US Patent:
20160233912, Aug 11, 2016
Inventors:
- Tempe AZ, US
Harald Quintus-Bosz - Sudbury MA, US
Manas Chandran Menon - Boston MA, US
Anthony Clegg Parker - Arlington MA, US
Klaus Heribert Renner - Hollis NH, US
Julien Prosper Marc Aknin - Somerville MA, US
Christopher O. Evans - Amherst NH, US
Bing Xu - Austin TX, US
Huyen NguyenNgoc Cam Le - Portola Valley CA, US
Fa Dai - Auburn AL, US
John Stadille - Frederick CO, US
Michael Fong - Chandler AZ, US
John Kinnard - San Tan Valley AZ, US
Craig Ovans - Chandler AZ, US
Andres Parada - Chicago IL, US
John Deros - Phoenix AZ, US
Andrew Goodfellow - Scottsdale AZ, US
Justin David Cumming - Boston MA, US
Gregg Robert Draudt - Boston MA, US
Eric Smallwood - Boston MA, US
Piotr Diduch - Billerica MA, US
Christopher R. McCaslin - Alameda CA, US
Elias R. Samia - Berkeley CA, US
Evan Hutker - Boston MA, US
Robert Francis Hartmann - Westford MA, US
Stuart Eric Schechter - Newton MA, US
International Classification:
H04B 1/3888
H05K 9/00
H05K 5/02
H04M 1/02
Abstract:
Some embodiments include a privacy/security apparatus for a portable communication device that includes a housing assembly configured to at least partially attenuate at least one of sound energy, acoustic energy, and electromagnetic energy including light, optical, and IR energy and RF radiation from passing through the housing assembly. The housing assembly includes a Faraday cage with two or more portions, and at least one protective shell coupled to or forming at least one aperture. The at least one aperture is configured and arranged to at least partially enclose the portable communication device so that at least a portion of the portable communication device is positioned within at least one portion of the Faraday cage, and the at least one seal coupled or integrated with the protective shell. The housing assembly can be an articulating assembly, a sliding assembly, and can include an active acoustic jamming or passive acoustic attenuation element.