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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Carli E. Oster, San Francisco, CA (US);

Colden N. Eldridge, San Francisco, CA (US);

Russell K. Williams, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

David Garrido Lopez, San Jose, CA (US);

Forhad Hasnat, Cupertino, CA (US);

Alexander P. Niemeyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Brandon Z. Frank, San Francisco, CA (US);

Melody L. Kuna, San Jose, CA (US);

Matthew J. Wilander, Chester, MA (US);

Jordi A. Garcia Selva, San Jose, CA (US);

Stuart M. Nevill, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Carlo Catalano, Capitola, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06V 40/1306 (2022.01); G06V 40/1318 (2022.01); G06V 40/1329 (2022.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/44 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H04R 1/2803 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01);
Abstract

A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume and a speaker assembly can be positioned in the internal volume. The speaker assembly can include a speaker enclosure sealed to the housing within the internal volume, the speaker enclosure and the housing defining a speaker volume, and a speaker module in fluid communication with the speaker volume, the speaker module including a diaphragm positioned at an aperture defined by the speaker volume, the diaphragm defining multiple ridges.


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