Apple Inc.

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Craig Matthew Stanley

Glenn K Trainer

Ethan Larry Huwe

Erik L Wang

Jason C Della Rosa

Scott Charles Grinker

Sean Thomas McIntosh

Brad G Boozer

John J Baker

Molly J Anderson

Simon K Porter

Christopher J Stringer

Phillip Michael Hobson

Kurt R Stiehl

Benjamin A Cousins

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Martin E Johnson

Albert John Golko

Afrooz Family

Trent Weber

Paul J Thompson

Michael B Howes

Phillip Qian

Stephen Brian Lynch

Christopher D Prest

Stephen Paul Zadesky

Eric Steven Jol

Jun Qi

Tyler S Bushnell

Jared Mitchell Kole

Edward Siahaan

Ibuki Kamei

Daniel C Wagman

Esge Brandt Andersen

Arun Dhyaneshwar Chawan

Darshan R Kasar

Rong Liu

Lee M Panecki

Michael J Webb

Hao Zhu

John H Sheerin

Nathan P Bosscher

Samuel G Parker

Javier Mendez

Meiting Wu

Trent K Do

Crenshaw Whitley

Alexander R Gould

Edward S Huo

Jason Joseph LeBlanc

Osamu Yabe

William A Bredall

Hani Esmaeili

Jeffrey C Olson

Warren Jones

Brian R Twehues

Qigen Ji

Robert Merrit

Yanchu Xu

Yin Yuan

Thanh Phong Hua

Jason Brinsfield

Rex Price

Joel C Yamasaki

Mei Zhang

Ethan W Juhnke

Richard J Blanco

Junyi Yang

Haochuan Sang

Matthew E Lang

Jacob A Pfitsch

Felix J Alvarez Rivera

Mohammad Soroush Ghahri Sarabi

Ferdinand S Toting

Yupin Sun

Jonathan C Lorman

Nathan A Van Nortwick

David B Flamholz

Sean T Mcintosh

Jason W Brinsfield

Jason J Leblanc

Zhu Hao

Warren Z Jones

A low-profile earbud is disclosed that sits securely within an ear of a user. The earbud includes a protruding portion that passes through a channel defined by the tragus and anti-tragus of the ear. In some embodiments, the protruding portion can take the form of a cable configured to supply power and transfer data to the earbud. In some embodiments, the protruding portion can provide additional space for electrical components and sensors supporting the earbud.

In-ear headphone

A voice-controlled electronic device that includes a device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include one or more microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the one or more microphones and first transducer and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.

Voice-controlled electronic device

A unitary elastomeric structure comprising: an annular body having an inward facing annular channel formed in an upper portion of the body and an annular sealing structure formed in a lower portion of the body, wherein the annular sealing structure is concentric with and radially within the annular channel; and a plurality of grommets disposed radially around and integrally formed with the annular body, wherein each grommet has opposing upper and lower surfaces and a bore extending through the grommet between the upper and lower surfaces.

Combined seal and damper for vertically orientated woofer module

A voice-controlled electronic device that includes an axisymmetric device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include a plurality of microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the plurality of microphones and first and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.

This disclosure relates to speakers and more specifically to an array speaker for distributing music uniformly across a room. A number of audio drivers can be radially distributed within a speaker housing so that an output of the drivers is distributed evenly throughout the room. In some embodiments, the exit geometry of the audio drivers can be configured to bounce off a surface supporting the array speaker to improve the distribution of music throughout the room. The array speaker can include a number of vibration isolation elements distributed within a housing of the array speaker. The vibration isolation elements can be configured reduce the strength of forces generated by a subwoofer of the array speaker.

Audio driver and power supply unit architecture

An earbud design is disclosed that is configured to sit securely within an ear of a user. The earbud can be secured within the ear by an anchoring feature formed from an elastomeric material. The anchoring feature has a size and shape in accordance with an interior geometry of an ear of a user. Because the anchoring feature positions the earbud with respect to the ear, geometries of the earbud can be focused upon audio performance and/or device aesthetics. In some embodiments, the earbud housing can have a linear design which allows an audio driver within the earbud housing to be positioned close to an opening defined by the earbud housing. In this way, acoustic degradation associated with a long audio path from the audio driver to the opening can be avoided.

Earbud stability anchor feature

An audio system that adjusts one or more beam patterns emitted by one or more loudspeaker arrays based on the preferences of users/listeners is described. The audio system includes an audio receiver that contains a listener location estimator, a listener identifier, and a voice command processor. Inputs from the listener location estimator, the listener identifier, and the voice command processor are fed into an array processor. The array processor drives the one or more loudspeaker arrays to emit beam patterns into the listening area based on inputs from each of these devices. By examining the location, preferred usage settings, and voice commands from listeners, the generated beam patterns are customized to the explicit and implicit preferences of the listeners with minimal direct input. Other embodiments are also described.

Handsfree beam pattern configuration

An electronic speaker can include: a device housing that defines an interior housing cavity; an audio driver disposed within the interior housing cavity; and a foot assembly coupled to the device housing and operable to support the electronic speaker. The foot assembly can include: a foot assembly sidewall having an outer sidewall perimeter extending outwardly away from a central neck; a planar foot having an outer foot perimeter proximate the outer sidewall perimeter where an upper surface of the planar foot cooperates with an interior surface of the foot assembly sidewall to create an internal cavity within the foot assembly; a suspension system disposed within the foot assembly internal cavity and coupling the planar foot to the foot assembly sidewall. The suspension system can include: an isolator plate disposed within the internal cavity of the foot assembly and mechanically coupled to the planar foot where the isolator plate includes a channel projecting perpendicularly away from the planar foot towards the device housing; an isolator stop fitted within the channel and having an aperture formed through the isolator stop aligned with a length of the channel; and an isolator fastener coupled to the foot assembly sidewall and disposed within the channel. The isolator fastener can extend through the isolator aperture formed through the isolator stop and can be operable to allow the foot assembly sidewall to translate with respect to the planar foot.

Electronic speaker with a planar foot

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

Embodiments describe an attachment mechanism including a wire bent in various directions forming a spring compressible in lateral directions. The wire includes a first wireform feature and a second wireform feature extending from the first wireform feature, where the first wireform feature and the second wireform feature each include: an intermediate segment; a u-shaped segment extending from the intermediate segment; and an end segment extending from the u-shaped segment.

Attachment mechanism for eartips

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Campbell, CA, United States of America

Craig Matthew Stanley