Combined speaker and audio jack
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorJohn Raff
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Abstract
A speaker and audio jack module for a portable electronic device. The module includes an audio jack housing having a tube dimensioned to receive an audio plug. An acoustic port is formed through a side of the tube so as to acoustically connect a speaker housing having a speaker contained therein to the audio jack housing. The audio jack housing is capable of receiving an audio input when the audio plug is inserted therein and outputting an audio output from the speaker when the audio plug is removed.
Claims20
A speaker and audio jack module for a portable electronic device, the module comprising:
- an audio jack housing defining a tube dimensioned to receive an audio plug;
- an acoustic port formed through a sidewall of the tube, the sidewall forming an inside inner radius of the tube;
- and
- a speaker housing acoustically coupled to the acoustic port, the speaker housing dimensioned to contain a speaker therein, and
- wherein the audio jack housing is capable of outputting sound from the speaker when the audio plug is absent.
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a portable electronic device housing having an acoustic opening formed through a sidewall thereof;
- an electrical socket extending from the acoustic opening and within the portable electronic device housing, the electrical socket having an open end and a closed end connected by a sidewall, wherein the open end is dimensioned to receive an audio plug;
- and
- a driver housing acoustically coupled to the electrical socket by an acoustic duct extending from the sidewall of the electrical socket, and
- wherein the electrical socket is capable of receiving an audio input when the audio plug is inserted therein and outputting an audio output from the driver when the audio plug is removed.
A method of manufacturing a speaker and audio jack module for a portable electronic device comprising:
- injection molding a plastic substrate to form (a) a first cavity having a first end, a second end and a sidewall connecting the first end to the second end, the first end dimensioned for receiving an audio plug, and the sidewall having an acoustic port, (b) a second cavity for receiving a speaker, and (c) an acoustic duct extending from the acoustic port of the first cavity to the second cavity to acoustically connect the first cavity to the second cavity;
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- mounting a speaker within the second cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.