Electronic device including speaker module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12058484-B2
Application number	US-202217943670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2022
Priority date	Aug 10, 2021
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a camera module including a camera; a speaker module including a speaker disposed in a first direction with respect to the camera module; a first support including a speaker support configured to support the speaker module and a camera support configured to support the camera module; a second support having at least a portion coupled to the first support; a sound hole connected to an outside of the electronic device; a first sound outlet positioned in the first direction with respect to the camera module and connected to the sound hole; a second sound outlet positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the camera module and connected to the sound hole; a first sound channel configured to connect the speaker module and the first sound outlet; and a second sound channel configured to connect the speaker module and the second sound outlet, wherein the second sound channel may include a space provided between the camera support of the first support and the second support.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a camera module comprising a camera;
a speaker module comprising a speaker disposed in a first direction with respect to the camera module;
a first support comprising a speaker support configured to support the speaker module and a camera support configured to support the camera module;
a second support having at least a portion coupled to the first support;
a sound hole connected to an outside of the electronic device;
a first sound outlet positioned in the first direction with respect to the camera module and connected to the sound hole;
a second sound outlet positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the camera module and connected to the sound hole;
a first sound channel connecting the speaker module and the first sound outlet; and
a second sound channel connecting the speaker module and the second sound outlet,
wherein the second sound channel comprises a space provided between the camera support of the first support and the second support.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second sound channel comprises a groove concavely formed in at least one of the first support or the second support.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second sound channel comprises an airtight seal disposed between the first support and the second support.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second sound channel comprises a space formed by closing an opening formed in the first support by a cover bracket comprising a metal material.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the speaker support and the camera support of the first support are integrally formed.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a display module including a display; and
a housing configured to support the display module and to receive the first support and the second support.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the sound hole comprises a slit-shaped groove formed between the display module and the housing.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the display module comprises a camera hole configured to receive light incident to a lens of the camera module, and
a center of the sound hole is aligned with the camera hole.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:
a first connection part formed in the housing connecting the sound hole and the first sound outlet; and
a second connection part formed in the housing connecting the sound hole and the second sound outlet.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first sound channel comprises a passage extending obliquely in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
the second sound channel comprises a passage extending parallel to the third direction.

11. An electronic device, comprising:
an interface comprising a socket configured to connect with an external electronic device;
a speaker module including a speaker disposed in a first direction with respect to the interface;
a first support comprising a speaker support configured to support the speaker module and an interface support configured to support the interface;
a second support having at least a portion coupled to the first support;
a sound hole connected to an outside of the electronic device;
a first sound outlet positioned in the first direction with respect to the interface and connected to the sound hole;
a second sound outlet positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the interface and connected to the sound hole;
a first sound channel connecting the speaker module and the first sound outlet; and
a second sound channel connecting the speaker module and the second sound outlet,
wherein the second sound channel comprises a space provided between the interface support of the first support and the second support.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the second sound channel comprises a groove concavely formed in at least one of the first support or the second support.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the second sound channel comprises an airtight seal disposed between the first support and the second support.

14. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the second sound channel comprises a space formed by closing an opening formed in the first support by a cover bracket comprising a metal material.

15. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the speaker support and the interface support of the first support are integrally formed.

16. The electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising a housing having a connector hole configured to receive a connector configured to be connected to the interface, the housing configured to receive the first support and the second support.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the sound hole comprises a first sound hole formed in the housing in the first direction with respect to the connector hole, and a second sound hole formed in the housing in the second direction with respect to the connector hole.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein a distance between the first sound hole and the connector hole and a distance between the second sound hole and the connector hole are the same.

19. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the connector is a USB connector.

20. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the first sound channel comprises a passage extending obliquely with respect to a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
the second sound channel comprises a passage extending parallel to the third direction.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Sungjoo
• Noh Daeyoung
• Son Kwonho

Classifications

• G03B17/56

  Accessories (carrying-cases A45C11/38) · CPC title

• H04R1/2857

  for loudspeaker transducers · CPC title

• H04R1/2849

  for loudspeaker transducers · CPC title

• G06F1/1686

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera · CPC title

• H04R1/28

  Transducer mountings or enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means {(combinations of transducers with horns, i.e. front-loaded horns H04R1/30)} · CPC title