Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Component for draining off water from the speakers of a waterproof electronic device
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Application No.: US16635939Application Date: 2018-07-11
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Publication No.: US11134323B2Publication Date: 2021-09-28
- Inventor: Marco Mietta , Carmine Lucignano , Roberto Momente' , Vasco Marelli , Marco Mauri , Martina Simone , Elisa Grimoldi , Massimiliano Battistelli , Paolo Canonico
- Applicant: SAATI S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Appiano Gentile
- Assignee: SAATI S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: SAATI S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Appiano Gentile
- Agency: Hedman & Costigan, P.C.
- Agent James V. Costigan; Kathleen A. Costigan
- Priority: IT102017000088405 20170801,IT102018000003169 20180301
- International Application: PCT/IB2018/055116 WO 20180711
- International Announcement: WO2019/025885 WO 20190207
- Main IPC: H04R1/00
- IPC: H04R1/00 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R1/44

Abstract:
A shaped component made of technical fabric for protection of the speakers of electronic devices with waterproofing characteristics of IPx7 degree or higher, which have water-tight speakers. In addition to the function of protection from solid particles, the invention is optimised for guaranteeing fast and efficient draining-off of the water that has penetrated into the water-tight speaker so as to recover as fast as possible the initial acoustic functionality, in an improved way as compared to the solutions currently available. The component according to the present invention comprises within it one or more openings covered by synthetic technical fabric with hydrophilic treatment, to guarantee rapid exit of the water that has entered the speaker module, and one or more openings covered by synthetic technical fabric with hydrophobic treatment, to favour entry of air into the volume in front of the speaker, thus ensuring proper emptying thereof. In detail, among the various possible embodiments, the present invention may be implemented as a multilayer die-cut part that combines a hydrophilic synthetic fabric with a hydrophobic synthetic fabric and with one or more layers of adhesive to enable assembly inside the end products.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210152903A1 COMPONENT FOR DRAINING OFF WATER FROM THE SPEAKERS OF A WATERPROOF ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-05-20
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