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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Kenneth Ryan Loo, San Jose, CA (US);
Leng Ooi, San Jose, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for porting a speaker through a keyboard module and a backlight module is provided. The system includes an enclosure, the enclosure configured to mount the keyboard module, the backlight module, and the speaker thereto, wherein the speaker is disposed under a portion of the keyboard module and the backlight module. The system also includes a port path for porting the speaker through the keyboard module and the backlight module, the port path extending from the speaker to an outer surface of the keyboard module, wherein a first portion of the port path includes a passage in the enclosure, the passage disposed adjacent to an edge of the keyboard module and the backlight module, and wherein a second portion of the port path includes a periphery of a key of the keyboard module.