IP Library Granted Patent US 10,317,954
Granted Patent B2
US 10,317,954 · App. 15/749,099 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Electroacoustic devices for a computing device

Inventors: Robert C. Brooks (Houston, TX); Ann Alejandro Villegas (Houston, TX); Charlie Ku (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Hewett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
G06F1/1688G06F1/1616
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Patent No.
US 10,317,954
App. No.
15/749,099
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples disclosed herein provide electroacoustic devices of a computing device. An example computing device includes a base member and a display member rotatably connected to the base member via a hinge. The display member is to cover a top surface of the base member when the device is in a closed position. The computing device includes an electroacoustic device residing within a cavity along the top surface of the base member. As an example, when the display member is to be opened from the closed position of the device, the electroacoustic device is to rotate out from the cavity.

Claims (26)

1. A computing device comprising:

a base member;

a display member rotatably connected to the base member via a hinge, wherein the display member is to cover a top surface of the base member when the device is in a closed position; and

an electroacoustic device coupled to a flexible material, the electroacoustic device residing within a cavity along the top surface of the base member, wherein when the display member is to be opened from the closed position of the device, the electroacoustic device is to rotate out from the cavity to a first position and wherein

the electroacoustic device, after rotating out of the cavity, is extendable to a second position by extending the flexibly material.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein when the electroacoustic device is to rotate out from the cavity, audio generated by the electroacoustic device is to be directed towards a user of the device.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein when the display member is to be closed to cover the top surface of the base member, the electroacoustic device is to retract within the cavity.

4. The computing device of claim 3 , wherein the electroacoustic device is rotatably connected to the base member in order to rotate out from the cavity and retract within the cavity.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the electroacoustic device is synchronized to move based on opening and closing the display member.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the electroacoustic device is spring loaded in order to rotate out from the cavity when the display member is to be opened from the closed position of the device.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the hinge is to rotate the electroacoustic device out from the cavity when the display member is to be opened from the closed position of the device.

8. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the hinge is to prevent the electroacoustic device from retracting within the cavity when the display member is opened from the closed position of the device.

9. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein a height of the electroacoustic device is extendible when the electroacoustic device is to rotate out from the cavity.

10. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the height of the electroacoustic device is collapsible when the electroacoustic device is to retract within the cavity.

11. An electroacoustic device of a computing device, the electroacoustic device comprising:

a driver; and

an enclosure to house the driver, wherein the electroacoustic device is coupled to a flexible material and resides within a cavity along a top surface of a base member of the computing device, and wherein when a display member of the computing device rotatably connected to the base member is to be opened, the electroacoustic device is to eject from the cavity to a first position and wherein

the electroacoustic device, after ejecting from the cavity, is extendable to a second position by extending the flexible material.

12. The electroacoustic device of claim 11 , wherein a height of the enclosure is extendible when the electroacoustic device is to eject from the cavity.

13. The electroacoustic device of claim 12 , wherein the height of the enclosure is collapsible when the electroacoustic device is to retract within the cavity.

14. A computing device comprising:

a base member;

a display member rotatably connected to the base member via a hinge, wherein the display member is to cover a top surface of the base member when the device is in a closed position; and

an electroacoustic device coupled to a flexible material, the electroacoustic device residing within a cavity along the top surface of the base member, wherein when the display member is to be opened from the closed position of the device, the electroacoustic device is synchronized to automatically rotate out from the cavity to a first position and wherein

the electroacoustic device, after rotating out of the cavity, is extendable to a second position by extending the flexible material.

15. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein a height of the electroacoustic device is extendible when the electroacoustic device is to rotate out from the cavity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2018
From: BROOKS, ROBERT C.; VILLEGAS, ANN ALEJANDRO; KU, CHARLIE
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
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Continuity (1)
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