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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marco Baratelli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin D. Crosby, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas H. Tsang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 7/10 (2006.01); H04R 7/18 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); H04R 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/2811 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 7/10 (2013.01); H04R 7/18 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01); H04R 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improved acoustic devices include water-resistant venting across various surfaces inside acoustic devices such as speakers and microphones. Surfaces such as an acoustic diaphragm, a cover for a resonant chamber, and a cover for an external port of an acoustic transducer may include design features that create or enhance gas-permeable and water impermeable attributes. Such design features include, for example, a series of apertures in the vented surface.