Electronic device including microphone and speaker and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsGi Hoon Lee, Hyun Woo Sim
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Abstract
An electronic device and a method of manufacturing the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a structure that is formed on a surface of the housing and comprises a first pattern having a first at least one through-hole, a first speaker that is arranged in an interior of the housing to be adjacent to a first portion of the first pattern and is configured to output a sound, and a first microphone that is arranged in the interior of the housing to be adjacent to a second portion of the first pattern and is configured to receive a sound.
Claims18
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
- a structure that is formed on a surface of the housing and comprises a first pattern having a first at least one through-hole;
- a first speaker that is arranged in an interior of the housing to be adjacent to a first portion of the first pattern and is configured to output a sound;
- a first microphone that is arranged in the interior of the housing to be adjacent to a second portion of the first pattern and is configured to receive a sound;
- a first member that is configured to contact at least one of the first speaker and the first microphone to fix at least one of the first speaker and the first microphone to the first member;
- and
- a second member that is arranged between the first member and the first pattern.
A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising:
- mounting at least one speaker and at least one microphone on at least one surface of a bracket arranged inside the electronic device;
- punching at least one through-hole in a cover layer of the electronic device to form a pattern;
- connecting the cover layer that comprises the pattern to the bracket,
- wherein connecting the cover layer comprises arranging the pattern such that a first portion of the pattern is adjacent to the at least one speaker and a second portion of the pattern is adjacent to the at least one microphone;
- bringing a first member into contact with at least one of the at least one speaker and the at least one microphone to fix the at least one speaker and the at least one microphone with the first member;
- and
- arranging a second member between the first member and the pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.