IP Library Granted Patent US 11,832,048
Granted Patent B2
US 11,832,048 · App. 17/514,948 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Electronic device including speaker module

Inventors: Nammin Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Sungkwang Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Junwhon Uhm (Suwon-si, KR); Juyoung Yu (Suwon-si, KR); Heonjun Ha (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04R1/1075H04R1/025H04R1/105H04R1/1008H04R1/34G02C11/10H04R2201/107
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Patent No.
US 11,832,048
App. No.
17/514,948
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device may include: a housing; a speaker provided inside the housing; an interposer board provided inside the housing, the interposer board including a first board, a second board spaced apart from the first board, and a side wall surrounding an internal space between the first board and the second board; and a sealing member provided between the speaker and the first board, wherein the first board may include at least one first through hole configured to transmit at least a portion of sound generated by the speaker to the internal space.

Claims (30)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a speaker provided inside the housing, and comprising a first resonance space;

an interposer board provided inside the housing, the interposer board including a first board, a second board spaced apart from the first board, and a side wall surrounding an internal space between the first board and the second board, wherein the internal space is a second resonance space; and

a sealing member provided between the speaker and the first board,

wherein the first board includes at least one first through hole configured to transmit at least a portion of sound generated by the speaker to the internal space, and

wherein at least the portion of sound generated by the speaker resonates in the first resonance space in the speaker and the second resonance space in the interposer board.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the speaker faces the at least one first through hole.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the sealing member is provided between the speaker and a first area of the first board including the at least one first through hole.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the speaker includes a speaker unit and a speaker frame configured to accommodate the speaker unit and facing the first board.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the speaker faces at least a portion of the side wall.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the speaker includes a connection member connecting the speaker to the interposer board, and

wherein at least a portion of the connection member faces the at least one first through hole.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the connection member includes at least one second through hole configured to transmit at least the part of the sound generated by the speaker to the at least one first through hole and the internal space.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the interposer board includes at least one third through hole spaced apart from the at least one first through hole.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a lens frame configured to accommodate a display member, and a wearing member extending from the lens frame and configured to accommodate the speaker and the interposer board.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the wearing member includes an inner case having an inner surface configured to face a body of user of the electronic device and an outer case including an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, and

the speaker is provided between the inner case and the interposer board.

11. The electronic device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a battery provided in the wearing member and configured to provide power to the speaker,

wherein the speaker is provided between the battery and the interposer board.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a light output device provided inside the housing and configured to output an image.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member has a closed loop shape.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the speaker includes a speaker unit and a speaker frame including a speaker resonance space configured to accommodate the speaker unit and receive sound generated by the speaker unit, and

the sound generated by the speaker unit resonates in the speaker resonance space and the internal space.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes:

a first housing configured to surround at least a portion of a head of a user;

a second housing coupled to the first housing and configured to be seated on a face of the user; and

a third housing coupled to the first housing and configured to be seated on a rear portion of the head of the user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2021
From: JO, NAMMIN; YANG, SUNGKWANG; UHM, JUNWHON; YU, JUYOUNG; HA, HEONJUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057967/0404 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0188809 · Dec 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021014093 · Oct 13, 2021
Related Publication 20220210537A1 · Jun 30, 2022
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