Plantronics, Inc.

Edward O Sanderson

Christophe P Koch

Robert Benjamin Foster

Jacob T Meyberg

Gary T Brint

Eric R Bradford

Alan Grattan

Ear tip for a communications headset

Cable winding devices and mechanisms for providing direct cable to electrical component connections without brush contacts are disclosed. Electronic controls may be provided directly on the cable winding device. The cable winding device generally includes two cable segments physically disconnected from each other, a spool configured for winding the cable segments thereon, and a circuit component such as a printed circuit board assembly that rotates with the spool. The circuit component may include electrical contacts to electronically connect corresponding pairs of wires of the cable segments and a user-adjustable or user-actuatable electronic control in communication with the electrical contacts. The circuit component may provide a pair of electrical contacts for each corresponding pair of wires in the cable segments and the electronic control is in communication with at least one pair of the electrical contacts. The cable segments form a continuous electrical path through a circuit component with electronic controls.

Cable winding device with direct cable to electrical component connection

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Capitola, CA, United States of America

Edward O Sanderson