Patent ID: 8682020

Claim:
A consumer electronics device comprising: an external housing in which a plurality of electronic components of the device, including a processor, data storage containing an operating system and application software for execution by the processor, a display panel, and an audio codec, are installed, the external housing including a heat sink portion having a higher thermal conductivity than other portions of the external housing, the heat sink portion having a first face and a second face, the second face being exposed to an exterior of the device; a speaker driver that includes a magnet unit, a diaphragm and a voice coil, wherein the voice coil and diaphragm are coupled to move in a direction parallel to a thickness of the device, wherein sound waves travel in a direction perpendicular to the thickness of the device to exit the device, the speaker driver to be driven by an audio signal from the audio codec; and a thermal component that binds the speaker driver to the first face of the heat sink portion, wherein the speaker driver and a speaker box form a side-firing speaker or a side-ported speaker.