US 12,256,032 B2
Handheld electronic device
Ethan R. Stobbe, Cupertino, CA (US); Cameron Bauer, Cupertino, CA (US); Samuel J. Pliska, Cupertino, CA (US); Macey E. Dade, Cupertino, CA (US); Baris Ozgen, Mountain View, CA (US); Lee E. Hooton, Massapequa, NY (US); Benjamin S. Bustle, Cupertino, CA (US); Jason M. Gillier, Cupertino, CA (US); Stoyan P. Hristov, San Jose, CA (US); Anthony B. Sinclair, Cupertino, CA (US); Nicholas Merz, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ian A. Spraggs, San Francisco, CA (US); Mitchell T. Hoertz, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael D. Quinones, Campbell, CA (US); David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US); Brandon R Collins-Smoot, Campbell, CA (US); Matthew R. McGuire, Cupertino, CA (US); Richard H. Koch, Cupertino, CA (US); Simon C. Helmore, San Francisco, CA (US); Gareth L. Rose, Cupertino, CA (US); Marwan Rammah, San Francisco, CA (US); Zachary S. Scott, Cupertino, CA (US); Jonathan M. Lee, Fremont, CA (US); Melissa A. Wah, San Jose, CA (US); Jacob Barton, Cupertino, CA (US); Laura M. Burke, San Jose, CA (US); Jesse P. Harris, Saratoga, CA (US); Samruddhi A. Deshpande, San Jose, CA (US); Ekaterina Pease, Sausalito, CA (US); David J. Dunsmoor, San Jose, CA (US); and Nawaf Al-Baghly, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,477, filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/170,327, filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/155,693, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286539 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/026 (2013.01) [H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/2807 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising:
a first housing member;
a second housing member; and
a molded member coupling the first housing member to the second housing member, at least one of the first or second housing members at least partially defining a wall, the wall defining:
an opening in the housing; and
at least a portion of four exterior side surfaces of the portable electronic device;
a display at least partially within the housing;
a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining:
a front surface;
a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing; and
a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device;
an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port;
a microphone module at least partially within the housing and configured to receive sound through the acoustic port cover; and
a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover, wherein the molded member defines at least a portion of an acoustic path coupling the speaker to the acoustic port.