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Granted Patent B2
US 12,332,698 · App. 18/335,904 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Electronic device

Inventor: Lidong Le (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
G06F1/1656G10K11/22H04R1/023H04R1/2857H04R2499/11
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Patent No.
US 12,332,698
App. No.
18/335,904
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided, and includes a housing, an acoustical component, and a communication support. The housing has an inner cavity, and the acoustical component is disposed in the inner cavity. The housing is provided with a first sound guide channel. The acoustical component is provided with a first installation groove. A bottom wall of the first installation groove is provided with a sound guide opening. The communication support is provided with a second sound guide channel. A first end of the communication support is disposed in the first installation groove. The sound guide opening is in communication with the first sound guide channel through the second sound guide channel. A part, between the housing and the acoustical component, of the communication support, is a flexible connection section.

Claims (15)

1. An electronic device, comprising a housing, an acoustical component, and a communication support, wherein

the housing has an inner cavity, the acoustical component is disposed in the inner cavity, and the housing is provided with a first sound guide channel;

the acoustical component is provided with a first installation groove, and a bottom wall of the first installation groove is provided with a sound guide opening;

the communication support is provided with a second sound guide channel, a first end of the communication support is disposed in the first installation groove, and the sound guide opening is in communication with the first sound guide channel through the second sound guide channel; and

a part, between the housing and the acoustical component, of the communication support, is a flexible connection section.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a first dustproof net is disposed between an end surface of the first end of the communication support and the bottom wall of the first installation groove, the communication support comprises a first annular elastic sealing protrusion, the first annular elastic sealing protrusion is disposed around an outer peripheral surface of the first end of the communication support, and the first annular elastic sealing protrusion is attached to a side wall of the first installation groove in a sealing manner.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the housing is provided with a second installation groove, and the first sound guide channel penetrates from a bottom wall of the second installation groove to an outer surface of the housing; a second end of the communication support is disposed in the second installation groove, and a second dustproof net is disposed between an end surface of the second end of the communication support and the bottom wall of the second installation groove; and

the communication support comprises a second annular elastic sealing protrusion, the second annular elastic sealing protrusion is disposed around an outer peripheral surface of the second end of the communication support, and the second annular elastic sealing protrusion is attached to a side wall of the second installation groove in a sealing manner.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein a width dimension of the first annular elastic sealing protrusion decreases from a bottom to a top of the first annular elastic sealing protrusion, and the first annular elastic sealing protrusion comprises a first guide slope facing the bottom wall of the first installation groove; and/or a width dimension of the second annular elastic sealing protrusion decreases from a bottom to a top of the second annular elastic sealing protrusion, and the second annular elastic sealing protrusion comprises a second guide slope facing the bottom wall of the second installation groove.

5. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein a first sealant layer is disposed between the end surface of the second end of the communication support and the bottom wall of the second installation groove, and the first sealant layer is fixedly connected to the second dustproof net, a second sealant layer is disposed between the end surface of the first end of the communication support and the bottom wall of the first installation groove, and the second sealant layer is fixedly connected to the first dustproof net.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication support comprises a first cylindrical sub-support, a second cylindrical sub-support, and a flexible connecting cylindrical member, a first end of the flexible connecting cylindrical member is connected to the first cylindrical sub-support, a second end of the flexible connecting cylindrical member is connected to the second cylindrical sub-support, the flexible connecting cylindrical member comprises the flexible connection section, and the flexible connection section is located between the first cylindrical sub-support and the second cylindrical sub-support.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the first end of the flexible connecting cylindrical member is sleeved on the first cylindrical sub-support, and the second end of the flexible connecting cylindrical member is sleeved on the second cylindrical sub-support.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the first cylindrical sub-support comprises a first limiting protrusion, and the first limiting protrusion is matched with an end surface of the first end of the flexible connecting cylindrical member, the second cylindrical sub-support comprises a second limiting protrusion, and the second limiting protrusion is matched with an end surface of the second end of the flexible connecting cylindrical member.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein a part, between the first cylindrical sub-support and the second cylindrical sub-support, of the flexible connecting cylindrical member, is a corrugated pipe section.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the communication support is an integrally injection-molded structural member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2023
From: LE, LIDONG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063967/0832 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011510931.8 · Dec 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021138169 · Dec 15, 2021
Related Publication 20230324961A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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