Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Handheld electronic device
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Application No.: US17471748Application Date: 2021-09-10
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Publication No.: US12256032B2Publication Date: 2025-03-18
- Inventor: Ethan R. Stobbe , Cameron Bauer , Samuel J. Pliska , Macey E. Dade , Baris Ozgen , Lee E. Hooton , Benjamin S. Bustle , Jason M. Gillier , Stoyan P. Hristov , Anthony B. Sinclair , Nicholas Merz , Daniel Jarvis , Ian A. Spraggs , Mitchell T. Hoertz , Michael D. Quinones , David A. Pakula , Brandon R Collins-Smoot , Matthew R. McGuire , Richard H. Koch , Simon C. Helmore , Gareth L. Rose , Marwan Rammah , Zachary S. Scott , Jonathan M. Lee , Melissa A. Wah , Jacob Barton , Laura M. Burke , Jesse P. Harris , Samruddhi A. Deshpande , Ekaterina Pease , David J. Dunsmoor , Nawaf Al-Baghly
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/02
- IPC: H04M1/02 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R1/28

Abstract:
A portable electronic device may include a housing having a wall defining an opening in the housing and at least a portion of four side surfaces of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining a front surface, a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing, and a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device. The electronic device may further include an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port and a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220286539A1 HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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