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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ethan R. Stobbe, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cameron Bauer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Samuel J. Pliska, Cupertino, CA (US);
Macey E. Dade, Cupertino, CA (US);
Baris Ozgen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lee E. Hooton, Massapequa, NY (US);
Benjamin S. Bustle, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jason M. Gillier, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stoyan P. Hristov, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony B. Sinclair, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nicholas Merz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian A. Spraggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mitchell T. Hoertz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael D. Quinones, Campbell, CA (US);
David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brandon R Collins-Smoot, Campbell, CA (US);
Matthew R. McGuire, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard H. Koch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Simon C. Helmore, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gareth L. Rose, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marwan Rammah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachary S. Scott, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Melissa A. Wah, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacob Barton, Cupertino, CA (US);
Laura M. Burke, San Jose, CA (US);
Jesse P. Harris, Saratoga, CA (US);
Samruddhi A. Deshpande, San Jose, CA (US);
Ekaterina Pease, Sausalito, CA (US);
David J. Dunsmoor, San Jose, CA (US);
Nawaf Al-Baghly, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic device may include a housing having a wall defining an opening in the housing and at least a portion of four side surfaces of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining a front surface, a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing, and a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device. The electronic device may further include an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port and a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover.