MOBILE TERMINAL WITHOUT MICROPHONE HOLE

摘要

A mobile terminal is provided that does not have a separate dedicated microphone hole. The mobile terminal preferably includes an ear jack assembly and a microphone unit. The ear jack assembly includes an ear jack plug insert hole. The microphone unit is disposed in a neighborhood of the ear jack assembly. The microphone unit is realized to use a microphone hole for receiving an external note also as an ear jack plug insert hole. Since a microphone hole for a speaker phone is excluded, the microphone unit is advantageous in space utilization, and can contribute to designing an elegance appearance of the mobile terminal. In addition, since the microphone unit is manufactured integrally with the ear jack assembly, manufacturing costs reduce and working efficiency may increase.

主权项

1. An audio jack module for a portable electronic device, the audio jack module comprising:
an audio jack housing defining an audio plug insert hole dimensioned to receive an audio plug; an acoustic port formed through a sidewall of the audio plug insert hole, the sidewall forming an inside inner radius of the audio plug insert hole; and an acoustic module housing acoustically coupled with the acoustic port, the acoustic module housing dimensioned to contain an acoustic module therein, wherein the audio jack housing is to be used as a passage to deliver an acoustic signal between the acoustic module and an external of the portable electronic device when the audio plug is absent.