US 11,678,442 B2
Voice-activated electronic device assembly with separable base
Jung Geun Tak, Millbrae, CA (US); Amy Martin, San Francisco, CA (US); and Willard McClellan, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/670,940.
Application 17/670,940 is a continuation of application No. 17/222,323, filed on Apr. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,252,825.
Application 17/222,323 is a continuation of application No. 16/653,709, filed on Oct. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,973,134, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/653,709 is a continuation of application No. 15/717,820, filed on Sep. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,448,520, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/403,681, filed on Oct. 3, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/403,685, filed on Oct. 3, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167508 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/24 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0004 (2013.01) [H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/24 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
an exterior including an upper portion and a base portion, the upper portion having a top surface and a first periphery, the base portion having a bottom surface and a second periphery, each of the top surface, first periphery cross-section, bottom surface and second periphery cross-section being substantially circular, the second periphery of the base portion including an acoustically transparent wall and being covered by a first surface material that is different from a second surface material of the upper portion; and
two or more speakers that are concealed within the exterior, wherein at least one of the two or more speakers is attached to and extends below the upper portion, and wherein at least one of the two or more speakers faces towards the acoustically transparent wall of the base portion.