US 12,348,923 B2
Systems, device assemblies, and methods for achieving acoustic seal and ingress protection
Yao Xue, San Jose, CA (US); and David J. Drennan, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/041,263
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/045613
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/035416, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319452 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1016 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); H04R 2201/105 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An acoustically-sealed electronic device assembly comprising:
a first housing component having a locking element, the locking element including an engaging element;
a second component having a threaded channel extending at least partially along a perimeter of the second component, the threaded channel sized to receive the locking element and including:
an engaging recess having a wall surface, the engaging element configured to engage the wall surface of the engaging recess; and
a first leading end and a second opposed end, the engaging element positioned between the first leading end and the second opposed end of the locking element; and
a sealing element positioned at an interface between the first housing component and the second component,
the sealing element compressed by the first housing component and the second component to form an acoustic seal at the interface respondent to the locking element of the first housing component being moved from a first non-engaged position to a second engaged position within the threaded channel of the second component.