ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20170127176A1
• Filed: 04/28/2016
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: CHANG, Jia-Ren, LIU, Feng- Ming
• Granted Patent: US 9,860,632 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/02 Casings; Cabinets ; Supports therefor; Mountings therein H04R1/28 takes precedence ; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/345 for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

An electronic device is provided which includes a first substrate, a speaker disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate, and a sound conditioner. The sliding groove is formed at the second substrate, and a first sound outlet and a second sound outlet are connected to the sliding groove. The sound conditioner is slidably disposed in the sliding groove between a first position and a second position. With the change of the position of the sound conditioner, sound produced from the speaker is transmitted to the outside via the first sound outlet or the second sound outlet.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising

a first substrate;

a speaker disposed on the first substrate;

a second substrate connected to the first substrate, wherein a sliding groove is formed at the second substrate, and a first sound outlet and a second sound outlet are connected to the sliding groove; and

a sound conditioner slidably disposed in the sliding groove between a first position and a second position;

wherein when the sound conditioner is in the first position, the sound produced from the speaker is transmitted to the outside via the second sound outlet;

wherein when the sound conditioner is in the second position, the sound produced from the speaker is transmitted to the outside via the first sound outlet.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the area of the first sound outlet is the same as the area of the second sound outlet, and the depth of a portion of the sliding groove that corresponds to the first sound outlet is the same as the depth of a portion of the sliding groove that corresponds to the second sound outlet.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sound conditioner comprises a tube structure, a front opening is formed at an upper side wall of the tube structure and arranged adjacent to a first end portion of the tube structure, and a rear opening is formed at the tube structure and arranged adjacent to a second end portion of the tube structure, the first end being opposite to the second end.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the area of the front opening is the same as the area of the rear opening.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sound conditioner comprises a plate extending along the sliding groove, wherein the length of the plate is greater than the distance between the first sound outlet and the second sound outlet.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the sound conditioner is in the second position, the sound produced from the speaker is directly transmitted to the outside of the electronic device via the first sound outlet.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the sound conditioner is in the second position, the sound produced from the speaker is transmitted to the outside of the electronic device via the sound guiding passage in the sound conditioner and the second sound outlet.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first sound outlet directly faces the speaker.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first substrate is a circuit board, and the second substrate is a housing of the electronic device.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first substrate is a housing of the electronic device, and the second substrate is a protective cover detachably connected to the housing.