Internal input control
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsDouglas G. Fournier, Daniel W. Jarvis
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Abstract
This disclosure describes a portable electronic device that includes a device housing having a device housing component defining an opening. In some embodiments, the opening can be an acoustic opening configured to accommodate the passage of audio waves into and/or out of the device housing. The portable electronic device also includes an input control disposed within the device housing; and an electrical component disposed in a first position between the input control and the opening defined by the device housing component. At least a portion of the electrical component is configured to shift from the first position to a second position in which the input control is actuated by the electrical component.
Claims20
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing defining an opening;
- an input control disposed within the device housing;
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- an electrical component disposed in a first position between the input control and the opening, at least a portion of the electrical component being configured to move from the first position to a second position to actuate the input control.
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing defining an acoustic opening;
- an acoustic fabric adjacent to the acoustic opening;
- a push button disposed within the device housing;
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- a microphone disposed between the push button and the acoustic opening.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing comprising a device housing component defining an acoustic opening;
- an input control disposed within the device housing;
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- an acoustic component disposed in a first position proximate the acoustic opening and is between the input control and the acoustic opening, the acoustic component configured to move from the first position to a second position to actuate the input control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.