公开(公告)号：US10958997B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16535535

申请日：2019-08-08

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Mann Chamberlin ,  Chia Hung Kuo ,  Jacob William Beatty ,  Duane Everard Whyte ,  Adrian Roy Ramiscal Santos ,  Isabella Talley Lewis

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H04R1/34 ,  H02J7/00 ,  B23P19/04 ,  H05K1/18

Abstract: A portable audio input/output device may include one or more openings that extend through a cover of the device and allow acoustic signals outside a housing of the device to reach a microphone disposed within the housing. The opening(s) may be illuminated by a light guide disposed within the housing, which scatters light emitted from lights disposed within the housing. In some instances, a hole may pass through a printed circuit board to allow acoustic signals to be received by the microphone disposed below the printed circuit board. An input/output (I/O) interface module with multiple buttons and inputs may be installed in the hole. The multiple buttons and I/O ports of the I/O interface module may be aligned along an axis vertical relative to the housing and centered with respect to each other.

公开(公告)号：US10715894B1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US15872486

申请日：2018-01-16

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Mann Chamberlin ,  Chia Hung Kuo ,  Jacob William Beatty ,  Duane Everard Whyte ,  Adrian Roy Ramiscal Santos ,  Tony David ,  Albert John Yu Sam Chua

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  B23P19/04 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A portable audio input/output device may include an assembly enclosure that contains electrical and mechanical components of the device. A substantially cylindrical frame may encircle the assembly enclosure and may be surrounded by a tube of seamless material. A top end of the tube of seamless material may fold over a top end of the substantially cylindrical frame, and a bottom end of the tube of seamless material may fold over a bottom end of the substantially cylindrical frame. A cover assembly may couple to a top end of the assembly enclosure and secure the top end of the seamless fabric. A charging foot may be coupled to a bottom end of the assembly enclosure and secure the bottom end of the seamless fabric.

公开(公告)号：US10375471B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-06

申请号：US15691383

申请日：2017-08-30

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Kelly Erin Johnson ,  Christopher Mann Chamberlin ,  Aashish Nataraja ,  Duane Everard Whyte ,  Alexandra Hall Hoster

IPC: H04R1/34 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R3/12 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04R1/08

Abstract: An apparatus including a housing and a sleeve that engages and at least partially encloses the housing. The housing may include a top portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface and a bottom portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface. An audio diffuser may be positioned between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing so as to radially disperse sound from the loudspeakers. A light ring on the housing may indicate a functional state of the apparatus. Protrusions on the housing may interact with indentations on the sleeve to position and align the housing within the sleeve. The sleeve may include holes to allow sound to be outputted from the loudspeakers. Magnets and alignment elements may further situate and secure the housing to the sleeve.