US 12,189,437 B2
Modular speakers for portable information handling system audio
John Trevor Morrison, Round Rock, TX (US); Jace W. Files, Round Rock, TX (US); and Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Amsterdam (NL)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,216.
Application 17/568,216 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/549,677, filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185343 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1688 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing having first and second housing portions rotationally coupled by a hinge;
a display sized to couple over the second housing portion;
a main board coupled to the second housing portion under the display, the main board having a central processing unit and memory that cooperate to process information and that interfaces with the display to present the information as visual images at the display;
a secondary board coupled to the first housing portion, the secondary board having an embedded controller to manage keyboard inputs, an audio processor to generate audio signals, and a keyboard connector exposed at an upper surface;
a speaker disposed in the first housing portion and having speaker interface contacts exposed at an upper surface, the speaker operable to generate audible sound from audio signals received at the speaker interface contacts; and
a housing cover including a keyboard, the keyboard having a keyboard connector interface exposed at a lower surface, the housing cover coupled to the first housing portion to align and contact the keyboard connector and keyboard connector interface when the housing cover couples over the first housing portion, the housing cover further having speaker interface contacts exposed at the lower surface and positioned to align with the speaker interface contacts of the speaker, the housing cover including a speaker wire interface communicating audio signals between the keyboard connector interface and the speaker interface contacts.