Inventors:
- CUPERTINO CA, US
Arun D. Chawan - Berkeley CA, US
Julia C. Canning - Sunnyvale CA, US
Michael B. Minerbi - San Francisco CA, US
Pengchuan Wang - San Jose CA, US
Kyle Tse - Fremont CA, US
Brian R. Twehues - San Jose CA, US
Sean T. Bong - San Jose CA, US
Eric X. Zhou - San Jose CA, US
Ethan L. Huwe - Campbell CA, US
Scott C. Grinker - Belmont CA, US
Haochuan Sang - Santa Clara CA, US
Martin Kuster - Los Gatos CA, US
Sean J. Docherty - Mississauga, CA
Ryan Buck - San Francisco CA, US
Yuta Kuboyama - San Mateo CA, US
International Classification:
H04R 1/10
H04R 1/22
Abstract:
A portable acoustic device comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity, the device housing comprising a speaker housing portion and a stem portion extending away from the speaker housing portion; a first acoustic port formed through a wall of the speaker housing; an audio driver disposed within the speaker housing portion and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic first port; a battery disposed within the speaker housing portion and positioned an opposite side of the audio driver than the acoustic port; an antenna disposed in the stem; a user input region disposed along the stem; and a system in a chip disposed in the stem, the system in a chip comprising: a processor that controls operation of the portable wireless acoustic device, charging circuitry, an accelerometer, a wireless communication controller, support components for the antenna and support components for the user input region.