CONDUIT STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

• US 20190320050A1
• Filed: 04/17/2019
• Published: 10/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LIM, Jinho, BAE, Seungjae, KIM, Yonghwa, PARK, Jinyoung, SIM, Bokyung, YOON, Byounguk
• Granted Patent: US 10,819,836 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/035 Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing, e.g. ribs, walls, resonating chambers or cavities
• 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 1/086 Protective screens, e.g. all weather or wind screens
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/326 for microphones H04R1/34 and H04R1/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/342 for microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

A conduit structure of an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The conduit structure includes an inner structure including a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the front surface includes a first region configured to receive a display and a second region, which is a remaining area of the front surface of the inner structure; a receiver hole configured to penetrate the second region and to connect a receiver receiving space and an external space of the inner structure; a first through-hole configured to penetrate the first region and to connect the receiver receiving space and the front surface of the inner structure; a second through-hole, which is spaced apart from the first through-hole, configured to penetrate the first region and to connect the rear surface of the inner structure; and a flow path configured to connect the first through-hole and the second through-hole at the front surface of the inner structure.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

an inner structure including a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the front surface includes a first region configured to receive the display and a second region, which is a remaining area of the front surface of the inner structure;

a receiver receiving space positioned at the rear surface of the inner structure and configured to receive a receiver;

a receiver hole connected to the receiver receiving space and configured to penetrate the second region;

a first through-hole configured to penetrate the first region and to connect the receiver receiving space and the front surface of the inner structure;

a second through-hole spaced apart from the first through-hole to penetrate the first region and configured to connect the rear surface of the inner structure; and

a flow path configured to connect the first through-hole and the second through-hole at the front surface of the inner structure.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further'"'"'comprising a gasket sheet configured to cover and seal the flow path at the front surface of the inner structure.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first through-hole and the second through-hole are disposed such that an imaginary straight line connecting the first through-hole and the second through-hole deviates from at least one of a longitudinal direction or a width direction of the inner structure.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a first sealing gasket, at the receiver receiving space side of the first through-hole, the first sealing gasket configured to block liquid from passing, but to permit gas to pass through.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an electronic component disposed at the rear surface side of the second through-hole.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the electronic component comprises a microphone or a gas sensor.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, further comprising a second sealing gasket,

wherein the electronic component blocks the rear surface side of the second through-hole, and

wherein the second sealing gasket seals between a periphery of the second through-hole and the electronic component.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the receiver receiving space is formed at the rear surface of the inner structure and is formed over the first region and the second region.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising window glass covering the first region and the second region of the inner structure, and configured to expose the receiver hole.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing including a first plate, a second plate configured to face in a direction opposite to that of the first plate, and a side member configured to enclose a space between the first plate and the second plate;

a display exposed through a first region of the first plate;

an inner structure disposed between the display and the second plate;

a speaker disposed between the inner structure and the second plate, wherein the speaker communicates sound to outside of the housing through a first opening formed in a second region of the first plate, comprises a surface facing the first plate, and is spaced apart from the inner structure to form a first channel between the surface and the inner structure;

a microphone disposed between the inner structure and the second plate, wherein the microphone is spaced apart from the speaker;

a second opening configured to penetrate the inner structure between the microphone and the display;

a second channel formed between the inner structure and the display; and

a third opening configured to penetrate the inner structure between the first channel and the second channel,

wherein the microphone is configured to penetrate the first opening to receive sound from the outside of the housing.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising an elastic structure interposed between the microphone and the inner structure.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising a first sealing structure within the second channel.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, further comprising a second sealing structure disposed within the first channel.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the second sealing structure is attached to the third opening.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the first sealing structure is attached to the display.

16. A conduit structure of an electronic device, the conduit structure comprising:

an inner structure including a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the front surface includes a first region configured to receive a display and a second region, which is a remaining area of the front surface of the inner structure;

a receiver hole configured to penetrate the second region and to connect a receiver receiving space and an external space of the inner structure;

a first through-hole configured to penetrate the first region and to connect the receiver receiving space and the front surface of the inner structure;

a second through-hole, which is spaced apart from the first through-hole, configured to penetrate the first region and to connect the rear surface of the inner structure; and

a flow path configured to connect the first through-hole and the second through-hole at the front surface of the inner structure.

17. The conduit structure of claim 16, further comprising a gasket sheet configured to cover and seal the flow path at the front surface of the inner structure.

18. The conduit structure of claim 16, wherein the first through-hole and the second through-hole are disposed such that an imaginary straight line connecting the first through-hole and the second through-hole deviates from at least one of a longitudinal direction or a width direction of the inner structure.

19. The conduit structure of claim 16, further comprising a first sealing gasket, at the receiver receiving space side of the first through-hole, the first sealing gasket configured to block liquid from passing, and to permit gas to pass through.

20. The conduit structure of claim 16, further comprising an electronic component disposed at the rear surface side of the second through-hole.