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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Pablo Diego Regla, Budapest, HU;
Viktor Dobos, Kecskemét, HU;
Zsolt Marton, Zalaegerszeg, HU;
Zoltán Giang-Son Kleinheincz, Pillsborosjenö, HU;
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A microphone apparatus for attachment to an exterior portion of a vehicle, the apparatus may include a housing maintaining a printed circuit board (PCB) and a microphone element positioned on the PCB, a sealing element arranged on one side of the housing and defining at least one housing opening, and a cover extending over the sealing element and defining a cover opening configured to align in an open state with the housing opening to enable ambient sound external to the vehicle to be transmitted to the microphone element, the cover configured to block the housing opening in a closed state to protect the microphone element.