US 12,231,836 B2
Microphone port for electronic devices
Megan L. Banh, San Francisco, CA (US); and William C. Lukens, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/066,123.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/373,666, filed on Aug. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073573 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/086 (2013.01) [H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing including:
a sidewall having an interior surface defining a first aperture and an internal volume; and
a microphone assembly disposed in the internal volume, the microphone assembly comprising:
a cylindrical wall adjacent the interior surface of the housing around the first aperture; and
a radial protrusion extending inward from the cylindrical wall, the radial protrusion defining a second aperture;
a mesh fixed to the radial protrusion; and
a compressible ring defining a third aperture aligned with the second aperture, the compressible ring disposed against the radial protrusion, the radial protrusion disposed between the mesh and the compressible ring.