IP Library Granted Patent US 7,239,899
Granted Patent B2
US 7,239,899 · App. 10/738,474 · Granted Jul 3, 2007

Mobile phone and microphone module therein

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Patent No.
US 7,239,899
App. No.
10/738,474
Granted
Jul 3, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile phone and a microphone module therein. The mobile phone includes a housing, a printed circuit board, a connector, and a microphone. The housing includes a front case. The printed circuit board is disposed in the housing, and includes a notch. The connector is fitted into the notch of the printed circuit board. The microphone is disposed in the connector in a manner such that it faces the front case.

Claims (16)

1. A mobile phone comprising:

a housing including a front case;

a printed circuit board, disposed in the housing, including a notch;

a connector, fitted into the notch of the printed circuit board, comprising a first terminal and a second terminal; and

a microphone, disposed in the connector in a manner such that the microphone faces the front case, wherein the microphone includes a third terminal corresponding to the first terminal and a fourth terminal corresponding to the second terminal, whereby the microphone is electrically connected to the connector by the first terminal contacting the third terminal and the second terminal contacting the fourth terminal.

2. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connector includes a pad abutted by a surface, facing the front case, of the printed circuit board, and the printed circuit board includes a circuit electrically connected to the pad.

3. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the pad is located near an end, facing the front case, of the connector.

4. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein both the first terminal and the second terminal are elastic members.

5. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the front case includes a microphone hole corresponding to the microphone.

6. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes a rear case combined with the front case, and the printed circuit board, the microphone, and the connector are surrounded by the front case and the rear case.

7. The mobile phone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the microphone is abutted by the front case.

8. A microphone module for a mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone comprises a printed circuit board and a front case, and the microphone module comprises:

a connector, fitted into the printed circuit board, comprising a first terminal and a second terminal; and

a microphone disposed in the connector in a manner such that the microphone faces the front case, wherein the microphone includes a third terminal corresponding to the first terminal and a fourth terminal corresponding to the second terminal, whereby the microphone is electrically connected to the connector by the first terminal contacting the third terminal and the second terminal contacting the fourth terminal.

9. The microphone module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the connector includes a pad abutted by a surface, facing the front case, of the printed circuit board, and the printed circuit board includes a circuit electrically connected to the pad.

10. The microphone module as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the pad is located near an end, facing the front case, of the connector.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 31, 2008
From: BENQ CORPORATION
To: QISDA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020723/0117 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2003
From: LIN, YI LEN
To: BENQ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014823/0307 →