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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/162 (2006.01); G10K 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/002 (2013.01); G10K 11/161 (2013.01); G10K 11/162 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 31/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects are disclosed of a filler for occupying a volume. The filler includes an expandable filler positioned in the volume so that it occupies a percentage of the volume. The expandable filler can permanently expand from a first dimension to a second dimension upon the application of an expansion trigger. The filler also includes an acoustic filler made up of a plurality of acoustically active beads positioned with the expandable filler in the volume so that the acoustic filler can adsorb gas flowing into the volume. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.