Patent ID: 7416048

Claim:
A portable terminal apparatus with a telephone function, comprising: one speaker having a sound producing section, and a connecting section to which a lead to convey a sound signal to the sound producing section is connected; a plate-like assembly having, on a first side, a speaker accommodating section which receives a first face of the speaker and exposes a second, opposite face of the speaker, and also has a first opening extending between the first side of the assembly to a second, opposite side of the assembly facing the first face of the speaker, with a space formed between a portion of the first side of the assembly and the first face of the speaker, and the space being in air communication with an outside of the apparatus; a first cover having a first sound producing outlet which emits a sound from the speaker to the outside and which is located at a position opposed to the second face of the speaker; a second, separate cover having a second sound producing outlet which emits the sound from the speaker to the outside and which is located at a position opposed to the first opening; and a first gasket sandwiched between the first side of the assembly and the first cover, surrounding a rim of the sound producing section of the speaker and covering the connecting section so as to prevent propagation of the sound from the first sound producing outlet to the space, wherein said speaker and said first and second sound producing outlets are arranged coaxially, and wherein the sound is simultaneously emitted from the first and second sound producing outlets.