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Mobile terminal

US9106728B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9106728-B2
Application numberUS-201013258909-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 2, 2010
Priority dateApr 15, 2009
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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Abstract

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An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal in which a sound path can be secured around speaker sound holes when the mobile terminal is placed and which can thereby provide stable sound to a user. A mobile terminal according to the present invention is a mobile terminal in which an upper housing including a display unit is connected to a lower housing ( 1 ) including an operation unit in a freely-movable fashion and a speaker sound hole ( 7 ) is formed in a surface of the lower housing ( 1 ) opposite to the operation unit (rear surface), in which the rear surface is configured so as to be inclined with respect to a placing-surface ( 6 ) when the mobile terminal is placed on the placing-surface so that a space ( 9 ) that allows speaker sound to be released is formed between the rear surface and the placing-surface, and a protrusion ( 4 ) is formed near the speaker sound hole ( 7 ). As a result, a sound path is secured around the speaker sound hole ( 7 ), and therefore stable sound can be provided to a user.

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the invention claimed is: 1. A mobile terminal wherein a second housing comprising a display unit is connected to a first housing comprising an operation unit in a freely-movable fashion and a speaker sound hole is formed in a rear surface of the first housing opposite to the operation unit, wherein: the rear surface is configured so as to be inclined with respect to a placing-surface when the mobile terminal is placed on the placing-surface so that a space that allows speaker sou…

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What does patent US9106728B2 cover?
An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal in which a sound path can be secured around speaker sound holes when the mobile terminal is placed and which can thereby provide stable sound to a user. A mobile terminal according to the present invention is a mobile terminal in which an upper housing including a display unit is connected to a lower housing ( 1 ) including an o…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nakagawa Takahiro, Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04M1/035. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).