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Samsung patents speaker design that uses two openings to cancel noise

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes an electronic device with a speaker that sends sound out of two different openings in the housing. The design ensures that the sound exiting one opening is out of sync with the sound exiting the other, which helps manage how the audio is heard.

Why it mattersThis technique could improve sound quality in phones or laptops by reducing unwanted echoes or improving bass response through careful sound management.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes a housing, a speaker, a first sound path and a second sound path. The housing may include a first opening or a second opening. The second opening may be oriented in a different direction than the first opening. The speaker may be disposed in the housing. The speaker may include a diaphragm. When the diaphragm vibrates, a first sound output from a first surface of the diaphragm may have substantially the opposite phase as a second sound output from the other surface of the diaphragm.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a housing including a first opening, and a second opening facing in a direction different from a direction in which the first opening faces; and a speaker disposed in the housing and including a diaphragm, wherein when the diaphragm is vibrated, a first sound generated by vibration of the diaphragm is output through a first sound path extending from the diaphragm to the first opening, and a second sound generated by the vibration of the diaphragm is output through a second sound path extending from the diaphragm to the second opening, and wherein a phase of the first sound is substantially opposite to a phase of the second sound.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
SPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
Publication number
US20260323205A1
Application number
19691862
Filed
May 29, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
20

Classified under

H04R 1/345 Electricity & electronicsH04R 1/025 Electricity & electronicsH04R 1/028 Electricity & electronicsH04R 7/02 Electricity & electronicsH04R 2499/11 Electricity & electronics
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