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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Nikolas T. Vitt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Neal D. Evans, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jesse A. Lippert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ruchir M. Dave, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Wilk, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brad G. Boozer, Saratoga, CA (US);
Dennis R. Pyper, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel K. Boothe, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device having a microphone behind a water resistant, air-impermeable membrane is disclosed. Embodiments include a trapped volume of air between the membrane and the microphone. A barometric equalization element may define an acoustic leak path, e.g., a tortuous leak path, between the trapped volume of air and an encased space within a casing of the electronic device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.