Speaker coupling and bracket
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsRobert F. Meyer, Daniel W. Jarvis, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Stoyan Hristov
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Abstract
This application relates to an audio assembly that includes both a speaker assembly and a microphone. By mounting both the microphone and the speaker assembly to a unitary audio bracket, space savings can be achieved over a configuration that relies on separate brackets for each component. In some embodiments, an acoustic mesh can be embedded within the audio bracket and extending across an audio channel defined by the audio bracket. The microphone can be aligned with an opening in the audio bracket by an alignment clip that is coupled with the microphone. The alignment clip helps to achieve alignment of a sensor opening of the microphone with a channel defined by the audio bracket.
Claims14
A portable media device, comprising:
- a device housing including a wall defining multiple audio openings;
- an audio bracket comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the audio bracket defining multiple audio channels extending from the first end to the second ends of the audio bracket, the first end being coupled with a portion of the wall that defines the audio openings;
- a speaker housing defining an opening configured to emit audio and comprising a laterally protruding arm, wherein a portion of the speaker housing defining the opening is coupled with the second end of the audio bracket so that audio emitted by the speaker housing is transmitted through an audio channel and then out of the device housing by one of the audio openings;
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- a microphone coupled with the laterally protruding arm and the second end of the audio bracket, the microphone being positioned to receive audio entering the device housing through one of the audio openings by way of one of the audio channels.
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing including a wall defining multiple audio openings;
- a speaker housing disposed within the device housing and defining an opening configured to emit audio, the speaker housing comprising a laterally protruding arm;
- an audio bracket defining audio channels through which the speaker assembly transmits audio, the audio bracket comprising a first side coupled to a portion of the speaker housing that defines the opening and a second side coupled to the wall, one or more of the audio channels being configured to transmit audio emitted from the opening defined by the speaker housing to the audio openings defined by the wall;
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- a microphone coupled with the laterally protruding arm and the first side of the audio bracket, the microphone being configured to receive audio through one or more of the audio channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.