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Granted Patent B2
US 10,440,457 · App. 15/874,941 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Electronic device

Inventor: Atsushi Yamaguchi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04R1/083H04R1/2853H04R1/44H04R2410/07
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Patent No.
US 10,440,457
App. No.
15/874,941
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing that has a sound hole formed in an outer surface of the housing, a sound collection member that is disposed in the housing, a sound path that extends from the sound hole to the sound collection member, and a waterproof member that is disposed in the sound path and that reduces a possibility of water reaching the sound collection member via the sound hole, wherein the sound path includes a first path that has a first end coupled to the sound hole and that bends more than once from the first end to a second end of the first path, and a second path that is positioned closer to the sound collection member than the first path is and to which the waterproof member is affixed, the second path extending while having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to a shape of the waterproof member.

Claims (11)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing that has a sound hole formed in an outer surface of the housing; a sound collection member that is disposed in the housing;

a sound path that extends from the sound hole to the sound collection member; and

a waterproof member that is disposed in the sound path and that reduces a possibility of water reaching the sound collection member via the sound hole, wherein the sound path includes a first path that has a first end coupled to the sound hole and that bends more than once from the first end to a second end of the first path, and a second path that is positioned closer to the sound collection member than the first path is and to which the waterproof member is affixed, the second path extending while having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to a shape of the waterproof member,

the outer surface of the housing has a frame region extending along an outer periphery of a display unit, and wherein the sound hole is formed in the frame region.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed in a direction in which the first path extends, a cross-sectional shape of the first path has a lengthwise dimension and a widthwise dimension each of which is not greater than 5 mm.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed in a direction in which the second path extends, the cross-sectional shape of the second path has a lengthwise dimension and a widthwise dimension each of which is not greater than 5 mm.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sound path is formed such that a straight path has a length of not greater than 6.1 mm in any direction.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sound path is formed such that a straight path has a length of not greater than 5 mm in any direction.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second path extends linearly in a thickness direction of the electronic device, and wherein the first path bends more than once in a plane including the thickness direction.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sound path is fabricated of a member that forms the housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2018
From: YAMAGUCHI, ATSUSHI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045097/0945 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-018921 · Feb 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180227655A1 · Aug 9, 2018