Patent ID: 6671384
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H04M,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a housing having a first housing wall provided with sound transmission apertures; a printed circuit board accommodated in the housing and extending substantially parallel to the first housing wall; an electroacoustic transducer having a front and a rear; holding means connected to the printed circuit board and to the transducer for securing the transducer to the printed circuit board such that the front of the transducer faces the first housing wall in the area of the sound transmission apertures; and sealing means arranged between the first housing wall and the transducer for achieving a nominal isolation between the front and the rear of the transducer, characterized in that the holding means is movably mounted with respect to the printed circuit board parallel to a direction extending transversely to the printed circuit board, and the apparatus further comprises spring means for urging the holding means towards the first housing wall under a spring load, the holding means being held against the first housing wall by the spring means, and the holding means, at the same time, forming the sealing means.