US 12,081,936 B2
Method and apparatus for a fragmented radial sound box hub device
Peng Lip Goh, Singapore (SG); Suet Chan Law, Singapore (SG); and Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP, Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,838.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031733 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/2803 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fragmented sound box hub device comprising:
a rounded, fragmented sound box housing having a bottom housing cover and a side ring housing having a plurality of apertures for data ports and a microphone;
a sound box processor, a sound box memory device, and a sound box power management unit (PMU) disposed on a base printed circuit board (PCB) within a hardware chamber of the rounded, fragmented sound box housing;
a speaker centrally disposed in the rounded fragmented soundbox housing; and
a plurality of adjacent fragmented sound chambers operatively coupled to the speaker disposed along the speaker in the rounded, fragmented sound box housing opposite to the hardware chamber, where a portion of the fragmented sound chambers are of a plurality of different sizes to resonate sounds produced by the speaker at a corresponding plurality of sound frequency bands; and
the plurality of adjacent fragmented sound chambers are enclosed and operatively coupled to the side ring housing via a vibration isolation member of a vibration absorbing material.