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US 2019/0166238 A1Published application
Device for clearing liquid from an audio transducer
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsPeter GILMORE, Scott G. POTTER, Charles KLINE, Stephen D. HUNT, Steven GILMORE
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Abstract
A device for clearing liquid from an audio transducer is provided. The device comprises an audio transducer and a port from an external surface of the device to the audio transducer. The device further comprises a liquid clearing mechanism for pushing liquid, trapped in the port, out of the port to clear a path for sound between the audio transducer and the external surface, and an actuator for operating the liquid clearing mechanism.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- an audio transducer;
- a port from an external surface of the device to the audio transducer;
- a liquid clearing mechanism for pushing liquid, trapped in the port, out of the port to clear a path for sound between the audio transducer and the external surface;
- and
- an actuator for operating the liquid clearing mechanism.
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A device comprising:
- an audio transducer;
- a port from an external surface to the audio transducer;
- a flexible depressible button;
- an air volume inside the flexible depressible button;
- and
- a one-way valve between the air volume and the port, wherein, when the flexible depressible button is depressed, air from the air volume moves through the one-way valve to the port and pushes liquid out of the port, the one-way valve closing when the flexible depressible button relaxes back to a rest position.
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A portable communication device comprising:
- an audio transducer configured to convert sound to a sound signal;
- a radio in communication with the audio transducer, the radio configured to wirelessly transmit the sound signal;
- a port from an external surface to the audio transducer;
- a liquid clearing mechanism for pushing liquid, trapped in the port, out of the port to clear a path for sound between the audio transducer and the external surface;
- and
- an actuator for operating the liquid clearing mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.