US 11,892,885 B2
Information handling system housing with integrated planar speaker
Duck-Soo Choi, Georgetown, TX (US); Peng Lip Goh, Singapore (SG); and Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,752.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011184 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1688 (2013.01) [H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing having a length, a width and a depth, the housing having a separate speaker section at a bottom front surface along the width;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions to process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
an audio chipset disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the audio chipset operable to process the information to generate audio signals that play as audible sounds at a speaker;
a speaker chamber cover coupled to the housing within an opening formed at the speaker section, the speaker section coupling over the speaker chamber cover to define a speaker chamber, the speaker section exposed as the housing outer surface;
a first coil magnet coupled to the speaker chamber cover along the housing width; and
a first speaker coil coupled to the speaker section along the width to align parallel with the first coil magnet when the speaker section couples to the housing, the first speaker coil interfaced with the audio chipset to receive the audio signals and covert the audio signals to audible sounds in cooperation with the first coil magnet and the speaker chamber.