Portable communication device with flow through acoustic transducer ports for water management

摘要

Communication device includes a housing with a two or more apertures defined therein to form a speaker grille. The apertures are arranged to form one or more aperture sets, each comprised of at least two apertures connected by a fluid channel defined on an internal face of the panel. The fluid channel is comprised of one or more channel segments. Each of the channels segments and the acoustic apertures has a predetermined size and shape which draws fluid through the apertures from an exterior side of the panel, to an interior side of the panel, and then into one of the channel segments. The dimensions and geometry of the channels and apertures are selected to cause the fluid in the channels to exit from the housing at a lowermost one of the acoustic apertures.

主权项

1. A communication device, comprising:
a housing formed of a rigid material which encloses a loudspeaker, the housing including a panel with a plurality of apertures defined therein to form a speaker grille which facilitates passage of audio from an interior portion of the housing enclosing the loudspeaker to an environment exterior of the housing; each aperture defining a passage through the panel and decreasing in cross sectional area along a direction extending from an exterior side of the panel to an interior side of the panel; the plurality of apertures arranged to form a plurality of aperture sets, each aperture set of the plurality of aperture sets comprised of at least two apertures connected by a respective fluid channel of a plurality of elongate fluid channels having a parallel arrangement and formed on an internal face of the panel, the respective fluid channel comprised of one or more channel segments, each extending along a fluid path between adjacent ones of the apertures comprising a respective aperture set of a plurality of aperture sets; the respective fluid channel having a predetermined length which facilitates a gravitational head pressure needed to overcome a capillary force associated with at least one drain aperture.