IP Library Granted Patent US 12,438,971
Granted Patent B2
US 12,438,971 · App. 18/138,048 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Electronic device with a sound-emitting assembly

Inventors: Lele Li (Dongguan, CN); Ningjie Zheng (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04M1/035H04M1/026H04M1/0266H04M1/0274H04M1/0277H04R1/021H04R1/025H04R1/2811H04R1/2888H04R2499/11
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Patent No.
US 12,438,971
App. No.
18/138,048
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a display module, a middle frame, a sound-emitting assembly, a first circuit board, a first structural member, and a back shell. The middle frame is provided with an accommodating groove. The display module is disposed in the accommodating groove. The sound-emitting assembly, the first circuit board, the first structural member, and the back shell are disposed on a side, away from the display module, of the middle frame. The sound-emitting assembly, the first circuit board, and the first structural member are located in an installation cavity formed by the back shell and the middle frame. The sound-emitting assembly includes a housing and a sound-emitting component. The housing is provided with a first cavity, and the sound-emitting component is located in the first cavity. The first structural member and the first circuit board form first space by enclosure.

Claims (12)

1. An electronic device, comprising: a display module, a middle frame, a sound-emitting assembly, a first circuit board, a first structural member, and a back shell, wherein

the middle frame is provided with an accommodating groove, the display module is disposed in the accommodating groove, the sound-emitting assembly, the first circuit board, the first structural member, and the back shell are disposed on a side, away from the display module, of the middle frame, and the sound-emitting assembly, the first circuit board, and the first structural member are located in an installation cavity formed by the back shell and the middle frame;

the sound-emitting assembly comprises a housing and a sound-emitting component, the housing is provided with a first cavity, the sound-emitting component is located in the first cavity and divides the first cavity into a front cavity and a rear cavity, and the housing is further provided with a first sound guide hole and a second sound guide hole, the first sound guide hole communicates with the front cavity, and the second sound guide hole communicates with the rear cavity;

the first structural member and the first circuit board enclose a first space, the first structural member is provided with a third sound guide hole, and the rear cavity communicates with the first space through the second sound guide hole and the third sound guide hole;

there is a first gap between the first structural member and the back shell, and a second gap between the housing and the back shell;

the housing comprises a first housing part and a second housing part connected to each other, the first housing part and the second housing part are in a shape of hollow cuboids, a thickness, in a thickness direction of the display module, of the first housing part, is greater than a thickness, in the thickness direction of the display module, of the second housing part, the first sound guide hole is disposed in the first housing part, and the second sound guide hole is disposed in the second housing part; and

the second housing part is located between the back shell and the first structural member, the second sound guide hole is disposed in a contact surface, in contact with the first structural member, of the second housing part, and the third sound guide hole is disposed in the first structural member and opposite to the second sound guide hole.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein there is a third gap between the display module and the middle frame, the third gap forms a sound guide channel, and the sound guide channel communicates with the first sound guide hole.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , further comprising a first sealing member, wherein the middle frame is connected to the housing through the first sealing member in a sealing manner.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second sealing member, wherein the first structural member provided with the third sound guide hole communicates with the housing through the second sealing member in a sealing manner.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first structural member is provided with a leakage hole, the leakage hole communicates with the first space, and a damping mesh is disposed in the leakage hole.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first structural member is connected to the first circuit board through an adapter board.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2023
From: LI, LELE; ZHENG, NINGJIE
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063408/0358 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011146121.9 · Oct 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021125012 · Oct 20, 2021
Related Publication 20230262155A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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