Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact home assistant having touch sensitive housing
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Application No.: US16898252Application Date: 2020-06-10
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Publication No.: US11079875B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Justin Richard Wodrich , Timothy Michael Vanderet , Daniel David Sachs , Jung Geun Tak , Laurie Kwan
- Applicant: GOOGLE LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
- Current Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Colby Nipper PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/16

Abstract:
A compact electronic device has a touch sensor and/or a microphone that are concealed within a housing at least partially wrapped by an acoustically porous cover. In some implementations, the touch sensor includes a sensing portion and a contact portion extending from the sensing portion. While the sensing portion is placed in proximity to an interior surface of the housing to detect a touch on the housing, the contact portion is bent to electrically couple the sensing portion to a circuit board via two distinct electrical paths. In some implementations, an exterior surface of the housing includes a sealing area surrounding an aperture on the housing, and the acoustically porous cover is affixed to the sealing area via an adhesive. The adhesive covers the sealing area and permeates a thickness of the acoustically porous cover, thereby enabling formation of a controlled sound path to access the microphone via the aperture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210026487A1 Compact Home Assistant Having Touch Sensitive Housing Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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