US 11,750,958 B2
Portable terminal having speaker and acoustic output path for speaker
Sungsoo Jun, Suwon-si (KR); Namjun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sejin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Youngkyu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jongchun Wee, Suwon-si (KR); Hwanseok Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Byounguk Yoon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/159,826.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0015964 (KR), filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0250670 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01)
CPC H04R 1/028 (2013.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04B 1/3827 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising:
a first surface facing a first direction,
a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and
a side surface member enclosing the first surface and the second surface;
a display visible through at least a portion of the first surface;
an opening formed on the portion of the first surface;
a speaker positioned within the housing;
a sensor positioned within the housing;
a mid-plate positioned on a back surface of the display and being connected to the side surface member;
an adhesive member attached between the mid-plate and the display;
a first path configured to guide a sound of the speaker to the opening; and
a second path configured to guide the sound of the speaker to the opening,
wherein, when the electronic device is viewed from a front, at least a portion of the sensor is positioned between the first path and the second path and between the opening and the speaker.