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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Miaolei Yan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David MacNeil, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael K. Brown, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Yeh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 2201/02 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A portable communication device includes a transducer enclosed in an enclosure. An opening allows flow of air between the transducer enclosed in the enclosure and a surrounding environment. The enclosure protects the transducer from misreading due to occlusion of environmental aggressors on the transducer. The enclosure is configured to repel the environmental aggressors away from a surface of the transducer and to keep a portion of the opening unclogged to maintain an air flow to the transducer.