Suzanne Elizabeth Brown

US Patent:

20200223135, Jul 16, 2020

Filed:

Jan 10, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/245136

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Suzanne C. Brown - San Jose CA, US
Christopher Wilk - Los Gatos CA, US
Anthony P. Grazian - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

B29C 64/245
B29C 64/255
B28B 11/24

Abstract:

An additively manufactured component has an additively manufactured substrate and an inclusion. The substrate has a first region and a second region defining a first contour and a second contour, respectively. One or both of the first contour and the second contour is non-planar. The inclusion is positioned between the first region and the second region. The inclusion has a first major surface conforming to the first contour. The inclusion also has a second major surface. The second major surface can conform to the second contour. The inclusion can be a cavity, and the substrate can enclose the cavity or the cavity can be in open communication with an environment surrounding the substrate. The inclusion can be a member or an assembly of plural members. Modules and electronic devices incorporating an additively manufactured component also are described.

US Patent:

20180091892, Mar 29, 2018

Filed:

Apr 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/499775

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Hongdan Tao - Sunnyvale CA, US
Claudio Notarangelo - San Jose CA, US
Suzanne C. Brown - San Jose CA, US
Benjamin J. Pope - Mountain View CA, US
Scott P. Porter - Inglewood CA, US
Tang Y. Tan - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher Wilk - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

H04R 1/28
H04R 3/00
H04R 29/00

Abstract:

A portable electronic device including an enclosure having an enclosure wall that forms an interior chamber. A speaker module is positioned within the interior chamber and includes a speaker and a module wall forming a back volume chamber of the speaker. The back volume chamber includes an acoustic vent port formed through the module wall to acoustically couple the back volume chamber to the interior chamber. The device further including an electromechanical valve for regulating the acoustic coupling of the back volume chamber to the interior chamber. The electromechanical valve is operable to transition between an open configuration in which the acoustic vent port is open to the interior chamber and a closed configuration in which the acoustic vent port is closed off from the interior chamber.