Cover and electronic device having same

• US 9,571,910 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Interface Solution Limited (General Interface Solution (GIS) Holding Ltd.), Interface Optoelectronic (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: General Interface Solution Limited (General Interface Solution (GIS) Holding Ltd.), Interface Optoelectronic (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lu, Chien-Chih, Wu, Juin-Ming, Lou, Wei-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAUFMAN, JOSHUA A
• Application Number:
  US14/447,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20150036845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/023 Screens for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/345 for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/029 Manufacturing aspects of enclosures transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

An electronic device includes a speaker, and a cover covering the speaker. The cover includes a transparent main portion, and a non-transparent border portion. The non-transparent border portion includes a substrate integrated with the transparent main portion. The substrate of the border portion defines a plurality of through holes corresponding to the speaker to transmit sound output from the speaker.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a speaker; and

a cover covering the speaker, the cover comprising;

a transparent main portion; and

a non-transparent border portion comprising a substrate integrated with the transparent main portion, wherein the substrate of the border portion defining a plurality of through holes corresponding to the speaker to transmit sound output from the speaker;

wherein the non-transparent border portion further comprises an adhesive layer;

the adhesive layer exists within at least one of the through holes and adheres to an inner wall of the at least one of the through holes, a color of the adhesive layer is the same as the non-transparent border portion to adjust the visibility of the through holes.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the through holes has a same dimension.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substrate of the border portion is made of non-transparent material, the border portion further comprises a non-transparent shielding layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the shielding layer has the same color as the adhesive layer.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the adhesive layer and the shielding layer are formed in a same manufacturing process using the same material.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the substrate of the border portion is a non-transparent region, the color of the adhesive layer is the same as a color of the substrate of the border portion.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substrate of the border portion is transparent, the border portion further comprises a non-transparent shielding layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the color of the adhesive layer is the same as a color of the shielding layer.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesive layer forms a plurality of sound transmission holes sleeved on the through holes, and the thickness of the adhesive layer is between 0.01 millimeters to 0.45 millimeters.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the through holes is circular and has a diameter of 0.1 millimeter to 0.25 millimeter.

9. A cover for an electronic device comprising:

a transparent main portion and a non-transparent border portion, the non-transparent border portion comprising a transparent substrate integrated with the transparent main portion, a non-transparent shielding layer attached on the substrate, and an adhesive layer;

the transparent substrate defining a plurality of through holes;

the adhesive layer forms a plurality of sound transmission holes sleeved on the through holes;

a color of the adhesive layer adjusts the visibility of the through holes;

the color of the adhesive layer is the same as a color of the border portion;

each of the through holes is circular and has a diameter of 0.1 millimeter to 0.25 millimeter.

10. The cover as claimed in claim 9, wherein the thickness of the adhesive layer is between 0.01 millimeters to 0.45 millimeters.