Patent ID: 8260343

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprising: a printed circuit board; a speaker box defining an acoustic volume between spaced apart first and second speaker box walls wherein the first speaker box wall is between the second speaker box wall and the printed circuit board in a direction parallel with respect to a major surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the major surface is non-parallel with respect to the first and second speaker box walls; a loudspeaker coupled to the first speaker box wall, wherein the loudspeaker includes an acoustic actuator that is configured to generate displacements in response to an electrical signal applied thereto, and wherein the loudspeaker further includes a speaker membrane that is mechanically coupled to the acoustic actuator and that is configured to deflect in directions toward and away from the second speaker box wall responsive to displacements of the acoustic actuator, wherein the acoustic actuator is configured to generate displacements along the direction parallel with respect to the major surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board is electrically coupled to the loudspeaker; a wireless transmitter and/or receiver configured to transmit and/or receive wireless communications from a remote electronic device; a controller electrically coupled to the wireless transmitter and/or receiver wherein the controller is configured to process the communications transmitted to and/or received from the remote electronic device; and an antenna electrically coupled to the wireless transmitter and/or receiver, wherein the antenna extends along the second speaker box wall so that the acoustic volume is between portions of the antenna and the first speaker box wall.