IP Library Granted Patent US 11,665,458
Granted Patent B2
US 11,665,458 · App. 17/702,538 · Granted May 30, 2023

Electronic device

Inventors: Yongjun Je (Seoul, KR); Youngin Ko (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04R1/028H04R1/025H04R1/2811H04R1/2857H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 11,665,458
App. No.
17/702,538
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an electronic device. In an embodiment, the electronic device may include a body, a display combined with the front of the body, and a speaker assembly embedded on at least one side of the body, wherein the speaker assembly may include a casing configured to form an external appearance and a speaker unit combined with the casing and configured to have at least part of an element of the speaker assembly exposed to an outside of the casing.

Claims (49)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a body;

a display in front of the body; and

a speaker assembly disposed inside the body,

wherein the speaker assembly including:

a casing forming an external appearance and including an internal space, the internal space providing a resonant region; and

a speaker unit mounted on the casing,

wherein the speaker unit comprises a magnet including a first large surface, a second large surface opposite the first large surface, a first small surface between the first large surface and the second large surface, a second small surface opposite the first small surface, and an upper surface connected with the first large surface, the second large surface, the first small surface and the second small surface,

wherein the first small surface and the second small surface of the magnet are covered by the casing with the first large surface and the second large surface of the magnet being externally exposed from the speaker assembly at the outside of the casing.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first large surface and the second large surface of the magnet is substantially identical to a thickness of the casing.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the magnet further includes a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and

wherein the speaker unit further includes a frame disposed on the lower surface of the magnet.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the frame is disposed along a center axis of the casing.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the frame is disposed offset from a center axis of the casing.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the speaker unit, the frame, and the magnet form a single unit that is attachable and detachable from the casing.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises an outer side including a first outer side, a second outer side connected with the first outer side, and a third outer side connected with the second outer side,

wherein the first outer side faces the third outer side,

wherein the first outer side faces one of the first small surface and the second small surface of the magnet, and the third outer side faces the other one of the first small surface and the second small surface of the magnet, and

wherein the second outer side faces the upper surface of the magnet.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the outer side of the casing corresponds to a shape of the magnet to accommodate the magnet.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the casing includes an opening adjacent to the first outer side, the second outer side and the third outer side, the speaker unit communicates with the internal space of the casing through the opening.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the casing further includes an inlet hole in the internal space and an outlet hole in communication with the inlet hole through a path.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the outlet hole faces toward an outside of the casing in order to spread sound from the speaker unit toward the outside of the casing.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the casing further comprises at least one wall within the internal space of the casing and the at least one wall forms the path where the inlet hole of the casing communicates with the outlet hole of the casing.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the casing is formed by combining a first casing part with a second casing part.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the speaker assembly is downwardly placed at the bottom of the body of the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the speaker assembly further comprises a cushion, wherein the cushion is disposed at an outer surface of the casing of the speaker assembly.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the speaker assembly abuts two inner surfaces of the body of the electronic device with the cushion there between..

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the magnet is covered by the casing with the first large surface and the second large surface of the magnet being externally exposed from the speaker assembly at the outside of the casing.

18. An electronic device comprising:

a body;

a display in front of the body; and

a speaker assembly inside the body,

wherein the speaker assembly comprises:

a casing forming an external appearance and including an internal space providing a resonant region;

a speaker unit mounted on the casing,

wherein the speaker unit comprises a magnet including a first large surface, a second large surface opposite the first large surface, a first small surface between the first large surface and the second large surface, a second small surface opposite the first small surface, an upper surface connected with the first large surface, the second large surface, the first small surface, and the second small surface,

wherein the first small surface, the second small surface, and the upper surface of the magnet are covered by the casing with the first large surface and the second large surface of the magnet being externally exposed from the speaker assembly at the outside of the casing, and

wherein an outer side of the casing corresponds to a shape of the magnet to accommodate the magnet.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the magnet further includes a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and

wherein the speaker unit further includes a frame disposed on the lower surface of the magnet.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the casing includes an opening adjacent to the first outer side, the second outer side and the third outer side, the speaker unit communicates with the internal space of the casing through the opening.

21. The electronic device of claim 20 , wherein the casing further includes an inlet hole in the internal space and an outlet hole in communication with the inlet hole through a path.

22. The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein the outlet hole faces toward an outside of the casing in order to spread sound from the speaker unit toward the outside of the casing.

23. The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein the casing further comprises at least one wall within the internal space of the casing and the at least one wall forms the path where the inlet hole of the casing communicates with the outlet hole of the casing.

24. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the outer side includes a first outer side, a second outer side connected with the first outer side, and a third outer side connected with the second outer side,

wherein the first outer side faces the third outer side,

wherein the first outer side faces one of the first small surface and the second small surface of the magnet, and the third outer side faces the other one of the first small surface and the second small surface of the magnet, and

wherein the second outer side faces the upper surface of the magnet.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: INNOTV LABS, LLC
Reel/Frame 074008/0768 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2022
From: JE, YONGJUN; KO, YOUNGIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 059497/0995 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0014385 · Feb 7, 2014 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17106664 · Nov 30, 2020
Continuation 16378112 · Apr 8, 2019
Continuation 16013738 · Jun 20, 2018
Continuation 14614021 · Feb 4, 2015
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