IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,678,110
Granted Patent B2
US 11,678,110 · App. 17/710,159 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Keita Morishita (Sakai, JP); Mitsunori Tanaka (Sakai, JP); Harutaka Uno (Sakai, JP); Daisuke Kuroda (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04R1/342H04R1/028H04R1/04H04R1/08H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 11,678,110
App. No.
17/710,159
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a housing having a sound receiving hole that guides a sound outside the housing into the housing, a substrate that is disposed in the housing and on which a microphone is mounted, an elastic member that is disposed so as to fill a gap between the substrate and an inner wall of the housing excluding a portion of the inner wall that is located around the sound receiving hole and so as to form a space between the substrate and the portion of the inner wall of the housing, which is located around the sound receiving hole, and a first member that is disposed so as to partially occupy the space.

Claims (49)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing having at least one sound receiving hole that guides a sound outside the housing into the housing;

a substrate that is disposed in the housing and on which a microphone is mounted;

an elastic member that is disposed so as to fill a gap between the substrate and an inner wall of the housing excluding a portion of the inner wall that is located around the sound receiving hole and so as to form a space between the substrate and the portion of the inner wall of the housing, which is located around the sound receiving hole; and

a first member that is disposed so as to partially occupy the space.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first member is formed in such a manner as to project from the inner wall of the housing toward the space.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first member has an annular shape, and

wherein the first member has an inner diameter that is equal to an outer diameter of the sound receiving hole.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first member has an annular shape, and

wherein the first member has an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the sound receiving hole.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first member is disposed so as to partially surround the sound receiving hole.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the space has a polygonal shape when viewed in a direction normal to the housing, and

wherein an outer edge of the first member has a polygonal shape when viewed in the direction normal to the housing.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing has a plurality of the sound receiving holes, and

wherein, in the first member, holes are formed at positions corresponding to the sound receiving holes.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing has a plurality of the sound receiving holes,

wherein the first member has an annular shape, and

wherein an inner edge of the first member is positioned outside an outer edge of the sound receiving hole.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second member that is disposed so as to partially occupy the sound receiving hole.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first member is disposed on the substrate on a side on which the space is present.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first member is formed in such a manner as to project from the substrate toward the space.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the microphone is disposed on a surface of the substrate, the surface being opposite to a surface of the substrate that faces the space, and

wherein the substrate has a sound guiding hole extending between the surface of the substrate that faces the space and the surface of the substrate on which the microphone is disposed.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the microphone is disposed on the substrate on a side on which the space is present.

14. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing having a first sound receiving hole group and a second sound receiving hole group that guide a sound outside the housing into the housing;

a substrate that is disposed in the housing and on which a first microphone that receives a sound through the first sound receiving hole group and a second microphone that receives a sound through the second sound receiving hole group are mounted;

a first elastic member that is disposed so as to fill a gap between the substrate and an inner wall of the housing excluding a portion of the inner wall that is located around the first sound receiving hole group and so as to form a first space between the substrate and the portion of the inner wall of the housing, which is located around the first sound receiving hole group;

a second elastic member that is disposed so as to fill a gap between the substrate and the inner wall of the housing excluding a portion of the inner wall that is located around the second sound receiving hole group and so as to form a second space between the substrate and the portion of the inner wall of the housing, which is located around the second sound receiving hole group;

a third member that is disposed so as to partially occupy the first space; and

a fourth member that is disposed so as to partially occupy the second space,

wherein one of the following conditions is satisfied: the third member and the fourth member are arranged at different positions, the third member and the fourth member have different shapes, the first space and the second space have different volumes, and the first sound receiving hole group and the second sound receiving hole group include different numbers of sound receiving holes.

15. A television receiver comprising:

a housing having a sound receiving hole that guides a sound outside the housing into the housing;

a substrate that is disposed in the housing and on which a microphone is mounted;

an elastic member that is disposed so as to fill a gap between the substrate and an inner wall of the housing excluding a portion of the inner wall that is located around the sound receiving hole and so as to form a space between the substrate and the portion of the inner wall of the housing, which is located around the sound receiving hole; and

a first member that is disposed so as to partially occupy the space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2022
From: MORISHITA, KEITA; TANAKA, MITSUNORI; UNO, HARUTAKA; KURODA, DAISUKE
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059462/0023 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2021-064833 · Apr 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220321994A1 · Oct 6, 2022