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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:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gokhan Hatipoglu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter C. Hrudey, San Mateo, CA (US);
Scott C. Grinker, Belmont, CA (US);
Ankur Jain, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Patrick B. Wright, Dartmouth, CA;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1058 (2013.01);
Abstract
A portable electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that forms an interior chamber and an opening to an environment surrounding the enclosure wall; and a valve comprising a number of sliding actuators operable to open and close the opening to the environment surrounding the enclosure wall.