US 12,081,934 B2
Dynamic valve for an electronic device
Gokhan Hatipoglu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Peter C. Hrudey, San Mateo, CA (US); Scott C. Grinker, Belmont, CA (US); Ankur Jain, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Patrick B. Wright, Dartmouth (CA)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,417.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,435, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,570, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086021 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1058 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
an enclosure having an enclosure wall that forms an interior chamber and an opening to an environment surrounding the enclosure wall; and
a valve comprising a number of sliding actuators operable to open and close the opening to the environment surrounding the enclosure wall, and at least one sliding actuator of the number of sliding actuators is operable to transition between an open configuration and a closed configuration independent of another of the number of sliding actuators.