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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2004
Larry Hawker, Waterloo, CA;
Ilan Rashish, Kitchener, CA;
Robert Phillips, Waterloo, CA;
Robert Lowles, Waterloo, CA;
Larry Hawker, Waterloo, CA;
Ilan Rashish, Kitchener, CA;
Robert Phillips, Waterloo, CA;
Robert Lowles, Waterloo, CA;
Research in Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
The invention provides a microphone coupler for a microphone located within a housing of a portable communication device and a device incorporating the coupler. The coupler comprises a body section and a conduit or just a conduit. The body section is shaped to fit around the microphone and is defined by one or more walls and within the walls an interior cavity is defined. One wall has a port in through connecting to the cavity. The cavity can receive at least a portion of the microphone and provides a space between the microphone and the body section. The conduit has an internal channel, a distal end, a proximate end and openings at each end connecting to the channel. For the conduit, the proximate end is connected to the body section and the second opening mates with the port.