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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lee M. Panecki, Cupertino, CA (US);
Arun D. Chawan, Berkeley, CA (US);
Julia C. Canning, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael B. Minerbi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pengchuan Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kyle Tse, Fremont, CA (US);
Brian R. Twehues, San Jose, CA (US);
Sean T. Bong, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric X. Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Ethan L. Huwe, Campbell, CA (US);
Scott C. Grinker, Belmont, CA (US);
Haochuan Sang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Martin Kuster, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sean J. Docherty, Mississauga, CA;
Ryan Buck, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yuta Kuboyama, San Mateo, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable acoustic device comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity, the device housing comprising a speaker housing portion and a stem portion extending away from the speaker housing portion; a first acoustic port formed through a wall of the speaker housing; an audio driver disposed within the speaker housing portion and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic first port; a battery disposed within the speaker housing portion and positioned an opposite side of the audio driver than the acoustic port; an antenna disposed in the stem; a user input region disposed along the stem; and a system in a chip disposed in the stem, the system in a chip comprising: a processor that controls operation of the portable wireless acoustic device, charging circuitry, an accelerometer, a wireless communication controller, support components for the antenna and support components for the user input region.