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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Htc Corporation, Taoyuan, Taoyuan County, TW;
William Chris Eaton, Cary, NC (US);
Wen-Ping Ying, Bellevue, WA (US);
HTC CORPORATION, Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
Devices and methods involving distributed mode loudspeakers are provided. A representative device includes: a housing defining an interior; a display supported by the housing; a distributed mode loudspeaker supported by the housing, the distributed mode loudspeaker having a driver and a panel, the driver being mounted within the interior and being operative to vibrate the panel, the panel being movable between a stowed position, in which a first portion of the panel is positioned within the interior, and an extended position, in which the first portion of the panel is positioned outside the interior.