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Patent No.:

US 10111345 B1

Date of Patent:

Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

May. 25, 2017

Sound output apparatus and hub for communication network

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventor:

Sangin Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Ked & Associates, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Nidhi Thaker

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); H01M 2/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1688 (2013.01); G06F 1/181 (2013.01); G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3202 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); H01M 2/00 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H05K 5/0004 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09063 (2013.01);

Abstract

A hub comprises a main body with a speaker; a communication module included in the main body; a window formed of a transparent material; a display panel for displaying a screen based on information exchanged via the communication module; and a cover housing coupled to a top of the main body and having a display panel and an opening at an upper surface thereof. The window is provided on an upper surface of the display panel, wherein a normal vector with respect to a predetermined plane in which the opening falls is at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane, and a vector acquired by orthogonally projecting the normal vector with respect to the horizontal plane faces forward. A portion of the inner surface of the cover housing is parallel with the normal vector, and the window is provided so that an upper surface faces the direction of the normal vector.

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