US 11,733,742 B2
Information handling system integrated speaker with variable volume sound chamber
Travis C. North, Cedar Park, TX (US); Jace W. Files, Round Rock, TX (US); and John Trevor Morrison, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/113,524.
Prior Publication US 2022/0179461 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1688 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a portable housing having first and second housing portions rotationally coupled to rotate between open and closed positions;
a first circuit board disposed in the housing;
a second circuit board disposed in the housing and vertically stacked relative to the first circuit board;
a central processor unit coupled to the first circuit board and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a display integrated in the portable housing and operable to present the information as visual images;
a graphics processor unit coupled to the second circuit board and interfaced with the central processor unit and the display, the graphics processor unit operable to process the information to generate pixel values that define visual images for presentation at the display; and
an audio speaker interfaced with the central processor unit and disposed in the portable housing, the audio speaker operable to play information as audible sounds, the audio speaker having first and second speaker portions engaged to slide relative to each other to have first and second speaker volumes based upon one or more predetermined conditions, the first speaker portion coupled to the first circuit board, the second speaker portion coupled to the second circuit board, the first and second circuit boards move vertically relative to each other to provide the first and second speaker volumes.