Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device including opening and closing structure
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Application No.: US17698866Application Date: 2022-03-18
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Publication No.: US12133041B2Publication Date: 2024-10-29
- Inventor: Kyoungho Bang , Sungwook Kang , Junghyeon Kim , Jinyong Kim , Hangil Moon , Igor Ivanov , Byeongmin Lee , Jaeseong Lee , Hyung Lee , Joonrae Cho
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.
- Priority: KR 20210019373 2021.02.10
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; H04R1/08 ; H05K5/02

Abstract:
An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed herein may include: a housing, a speaker embedded in the housing, an acoustic duct configured to transfer an output from the speaker to a user, an external hole formed in the housing to be connected to outside the electronic device, an external sound duct configured to transfer a sound introduced through the external hole to the user, and a variable hole member comprising a variable opening disposed in at least one of the external hole and the external sound duct, wherein the variable hole member may include a conductive member comprising a conductive material configured to apply an electric signal, a ventilation hole configured to allow a sound transferred from the external hole to pass therethrough, and a deformable member comprising a deformable material configured to deform based on the electric signal to close at least a portion of the ventilation hole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220256275A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING OPENING AND CLOSING STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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