Plantronics, Inc.

Acs Communications

Acs Wireless, Inc.

Larry R Linville

Gerald W Skulley

Christine Burris

Joseph Vitug

Phillip A Gattey

Robert F Young

Frederick P DeKalb

Charles G Scott

Robert L Harris

Victor Kolough

Truman R Baughman, Jr

Robert A Hines

Frank E Golding

Brandon Fletcher

Earloops with improved post design for increased reliability and quality for over-the-ear style headsets are disclosed. The earloop includes an earloop main body having connecting and stabilizer portions and a post extending from the connection portion for insertion into a corresponding opening in an audio receiver/transmitter assembly. An embedded hardened steel member extends from the post into the connection portion. The stabilizer portion is configured to be positioned over, around and behind a user's ear. The earloop may be incorporated in a headset that includes the audio receiver/transmitter assembly that defines an opening to receive the post therethrough. The audio assembly may be positionable along a length of the post and rotatable about the post. The hardened steel member increases the stiffness and strength and minimizes breakage of the post and thus increases the reliability, quality, and useful life of the earloop and/or headset.

Earloop for telecommunications headset

Base cradle for a communications headset

Base portion of a communications headset base cradle

Communications headset

Ear cone for a communications headset

Control pod for communications headset

A communications headset is disclosed having a detachable receiver capsule rotatably and pivotally attached to a main body, and a cable pivot for allowing the headset connection cable to pivot with respect to the receiver capsule. This combination of features allows the headset to be configured for use on either ear, and allows the receiver capsule to be used in conjunction with a variety of main body assemblies. Stabilization of the headset on the wearer's head is also increased by the cable pivot. The pivoting action of the cable allows the cable to exert a uniform force (from its own weight and tension) on a centrally balanced point on the headset regardless of the forward inclination of the wearer's head, thereby greatly reducing the amount of unsettling force to the headset that typically accompanies movement of the wearer's head.

Communications headset having a detachable receiver capsule and cable

A miniaturized headset for two-way voice communication is supported and positioned by the notch in the concha portion of a wearer's ear. The headset is reversible and may be worn on either the left or right ear. The earpiece includes sound output ports located therein to provide for alignment of a port with the auditory canal of either of the headset wearer's ears. The earpiece is disposed within the concha of the wearer's ear and outside the auditory canal.

Miniaturized headset for two-way voice communication

Growing community of inventors

Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America

Larry R Linville