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US 8,036,411 · App. 11/494,456 · Granted Oct 11, 2011

Portable communication tool

Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,036,411
App. No.
11/494,456
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided a speaker for outputting sound, a plurality of sound output holes formed in a reverse side cabinet, a mesh sheet, a two-sided tape, and a transparent sheet. The sound output holes, the mesh sheet, the two-sided tape, and the transparent sheet control the direction of sound output from the speaker.

Claims (28)

1. A portable communication tool, comprising:

a cabinet;

a speaker for outputting sound; and

sound output control means for controlling a direction of sound output from the speaker, the sound output control means including a plurality of sound output holes formed in the cabinet, a mesh sheet, a transparent sheet having a pair of openings, and a two-sided tape attached to both the mesh sheet and the transparent sheet, on either side, and provided for attaching the mesh sheet, and the transparent sheet to a cabinet, wherein

the sound output holes include a plurality of through holes that pass through the cabinet, and a non-through hole recessed in an obverse face portion of the cabinet so as not to pass through the cabinet,

the non-through hole is arranged at a central part of a region where the sound output holes are arranged, and

some of the through holes passing through the cabinet are covered with the transparent sheet to serve as sound insulation holes that do not allow sound to pass therethrough.

2. The portable communication tool of claim 1 ,

wherein the non-through hole and the sound insulation holes are arranged at the central part of the region where the sound output holes are arranged.

3. The portable communication tool of claim 2 ,

wherein the speaker is arranged at the central part of the region where the sound output holes are arranged.

4. The portable communication tool of claim 3 ,

wherein the sound output holes are arranged in a symmetric pattern.

5. The portable communication tool of claim 3 ,

wherein the mesh sheet, the two-sided tape, and the transparent sheet are attached to an inner face of the cabinet,

the mesh sheet covers at least all of the through holes,

the two-sided tape has a two-sided tape opening that surrounds at least all of the through holes, and

the transparent sheet has transparent sheet openings that surround only the through holes except the sound insulation holes.

6. The portable communication tool of claim 3 ,

wherein the two-sided tape has a plurality of two-sided tape positioning holes,

the transparent sheet has a plurality of transparent sheet positioning holes corresponding to the two-sided tape positioning holes, and

positioning protrusions are formed on the cabinet so as to correspond to the two-sided tape positioning holes and the transparent sheet positioning holes.

7. The portable communication tool of claim 3 , further comprising:

sound leak preventing means for preventing sound from the speaker from leaking.

8. The portable communication tool of claim 7 ,

wherein the sound leak preventing means includes a speaker cushion provided on the speaker and a rubber cushion provided on the cabinet which adhere to each other.

9. The portable communication tool of claim 3 ,

wherein the portable communication tool is a mobile phone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2006
From: DAIMON, KENZOH; IMAI, KIMIAKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 018101/0894 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-241450 · Aug 23, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070049357A1 · Mar 1, 2007