Apple Inc.

Benjamin A Cousins

Arun Dhyaneshwar Chawan

Kurt R Stiehl

Jonathan Sarjeant Aase

Yacine Azmi

Paul Choiniere

Ethan Larry Huwe

Lee M Panecki

Jason C Della Rosa

Daniel J Coster

Sean S Corbin

Jerzy S Guterman

Esge Brandt Andersen

Robert Sean Murphy

Darshan R Kasar

Melody L Kuna

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Craig Matthew Stanley

Daniel C Wagman

John J Baker

Samuel Gilkison Smith

Zachary C Rich

Timothy J Rasmussen

Ian P Colahan

Simon K Porter

Scott W Slabaugh

Sean Thomas McIntosh

Samuel G Parker

Shannon X Yang

Siddhartha Hegde

Marcus Albonico

Mei Zhang

Eric Steven Jol

Robert D Watson

Jahan C Minoo

Augustin Prats

David John Shaw

Baptiste Pierre Paquier

Michael B Howes

Axel Dominique Berny

Daniel Max Strongwater

Benjamin W Cook

Aarti Kumar

Thanh Phong Hua

Haochuan Sang

Christopher J Stringer

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Molly J Anderson

Mattia Pascolini

Ruben Caballero

Jue Wang

Jun Qi

Erik L Wang

John M Brock

Edward Siahaan

Thomas W Wilson, Jr

Joachim S Hammerschmidt

Carlo Di Nallo

Rong Liu

Scott Charles Grinker

Glenn K Trainer

Hao Zhu

Phillip Qian

Jason Joseph LeBlanc

John H Sheerin

Jarrett B Lagler

Karan S Jain

Brian R Twehues

Qigen Ji

Hanchi Chen

Michael B Minerbi

Tian Shi Li

Travis N Owens

Javier Mendez

Jason Brinsfield

Meiting Wu

Joel C Yamasaki

Ethan W Juhnke

Julia C Canning

Rebecca J Russell

Priyanka Venkatesh

Mohammad Soroush Ghahri Sarabi

Dirk Schmelzer

Jeyakkrishnan Chengleput Srinivasan

Robert Chun

Yupin Sun

Sebastien D De Rivaz

Sean T Mcintosh

Jason W Brinsfield

Jason J Leblanc

Zhu Hao

Rico L ZÖRKENDÖRFER

C Daniel Wagman

Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end. The eartip body can include an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end. The eartip can also include an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end, the attachment structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. The attachment structure can include an upper region interfacing with the sidewall and defining discrete through-holes, a lower region below the upper region where the inner surface defines a plurality of recesses positioned around the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel and into the upper region.

Bistable hinge for portable wireless listening device case

A housing has a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry inside the housing includes a wireless communications interface to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Wireless earphone

An earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an interior cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through a wall of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; a user input region disposed along an exterior surface of the device housing; a flex circuit disposed within the interior cavity, the flex circuit including a first portion bonded at a first location to an inner surface of the device housing directly beneath the user-input region, a second portion bonded at a second location to an inner surface of the device housing spaced apart from the first location, and a third portion extending between the first and second portions; a force pixel disposed within the interior cavity and mounted to the first portion of the flex circuit below the user input region; a plurality of touch pixels disposed within the interior cavity between the force pixel and the user input region; sensor control circuitry disposed within the interior cavity and mounted to the second portion of the flex circuit; and a wireless antenna disposed within the interior cavity defined by the device housing.

Portable wireless listening device

A charging case for a pair of wireless earphones comprising: a housing having a peripheral wall that defines a shell; a frame insert coupled to the housing and extending into the shell, the frame insert having one or more insert walls that define first and second pockets sized and shaped to accept first and second wireless earphones, respectively, wherein the one or more insert walls cooperate with the housing primary wall to define a sealed chamber within the charging case; a lid coupled to the housing and operable between a closed position in which the lid covers the first and second pockets and an open position in which the first and second pockets are exposed; a speaker module disposed within the sealed chamber, the speaker module comprising an audio driver having a diaphragm that separates a front volume of the audio driver from a back volume of the audio driver and a speaker vent disposed within the back volume; one or more first openings formed through the peripheral wall and opening into the front volume, wherein the audio driver is positioned and aligned to emit sound into the front volume and through the one or more acoustic openings; and one or more second openings formed through the peripheral wall at a location spaced apart from the front volume, wherein at least one of the one or more second openings is an acoustic vent acoustically coupled to the back volume of the audio driver through the speaker vent ear tip.

Charging case for portable wireless listening device

A deformable ear tip comprising: an annular inner ear tip body having a sidewall extending between first and second opposing ends thereby defining a sound channel through the ear tip; an annular outer flange integrally formed with and surrounding the first end of the inner ear tip body and extending towards the inner ear tip second end forming an air gap between the annular inner ear tip body and the annular outer flange along a portion of a length of the ear tip, wherein the outer flange comprises a first material having a first durometer and is sized and shaped to be inserted into a human ear canal; and an inner flange integrally formed with the inner ear tip body and comprising a second material having a second durometer less than the first durometer, the inner flange body extending from a location along the inner ear tip body between the first and second ends towards an inner surface of the outer flange body.

Ear tip for portable wireless listening device

Eartips for coupling via wireform attachment mechanisms

An earbud includes a housing that includes a driver assembly positioned within the housing forming a front volume in front of the driver and a back volume behind the driver. An acoustic insert is positioned behind the driver assembly and attached to an interior surface of the housing such that it forms a bass channel that is routed from the back volume to a vent in the housing.

Portable listening device with sensors

Portable listening device with accelerometer

A wireless earphone comprising a housing that defines an interior cavity having an inner surface and an outer surface; an opening extending through the housing from the inner surface to the outer surface; and a mesh assembly disposed over the opening and comprising a permanent assembly coupled to the housing and a replaceable assembly removably coupled to the permanent assembly and comprising a mesh.

Replaceable mesh in portable electronic devices

Embodiments describe a magnetic securing component including a set of magnets positioned laterally adjacent to one another and having a curved top surface defined by individual curved top surfaces of each magnet in the set of magnets. The set of magnets includes: first and second magnets positioned laterally adjacent to one another, where the first and second magnets each have a polarity that is oriented parallel to a vertical dimension; and third and fourth magnets laterally positioned from the first and second magnets, where the third magnet is positioned adjacent to the first magnet and the fourth magnet is positioned adjacent to the second magnet, the third and fourth magnets each having a magnetic polarity that is oriented at an angle with respect to the vertical dimension.

Magnet array for securing wireless listening devices

Embodiments describe an acoustic shielding component including a stiffener formed of a rigid material providing structural integrity to the acoustic shielding component, a cosmetic mesh comprising a plurality of interlaced wires, and an acoustic mesh disposed between the stiffener and the cosmetic mesh. The stiffener includes first and second walls extending along a length of the stiffener and a plurality of ribs spaced apart from each other and extending between the first and second walls. The cosmetic mesh includes a mesh cover disposed over the stiffener and having an outer surface and an inner surface, and a mesh wall extending from an outer periphery of the inner surface of the mesh cover and defining a tab.

Multi-layer porous shielding

Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end, and an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end. The eartip body can include: an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end; and an outer eartip body sized and shaped to be inserted into an ear canal and extending from the interfacing end, the outer eartip body extending toward the attachment end of the eartip. The attachment structure including a sidewall extending around a periphery of the attachment structure and defining an opening extending through the sidewall that fluidly couples the channel to an ambient environment.

Eartip with control leak

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Campbell, CA, United States of America

Benjamin A Cousins