Sonos, Inc.

Philippe Vossel

Aki Laine

Edward D Mitchell

Dana Krieger

Vincent Shyu

Chris Bierbower

Vincent Wang

Eduardo Salazar

Jodi Vautrin

Jerad M Lewis

Michael Perkmann

Martin Seidl

Patrice Billaudet

Tristan Taylor

Dieter Rapitsch

Jonathan Oswaks

Wulin Xia

Ronald W Roberts, Jr

Wei-Hean Liew

Qiang Wu

Teik Siang Lee

Media player device

Headphone band

Wall mount for an audio device

Record player

Wireless headphones with user controls and methods for using are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless headphone includes a left earcup comprising a left speaker driver and a left earcup housing; and a right earcup comprising a right speaker driver and a right earcup housing; a processor; a microphone; user controls including: a voice assistant activator control; a volume slider; a play control slider; a play-pause control; and instructions configuring the processor to: commence a voice assistant recognition routine when sound received by the microphone matches a wake word, and perform an action based on instructions returned from the voice assistant; update a current volume of the headphone to a higher volume when the volume slider receives a swipe; skip to a next track of a current media content when the play control slider receives a swipe; and toggle playback of the media content when the play-pause control is activated.

Systems and methods for controlling playback and other features of a wireless headphone

Media plug adapter

A manufacturing process for a grille element of a media playback system is provided. In one embodiment a sheet of plastic is thermoformed into a desired shape. Holes may have been drilled into the sheet of plastic prior to being thermoformed. Once thermoformed into the desired shape, a coating is applied and cured via a subsequent heat treatment process that anneals the material to remove additional stresses in the material from thermoforming. Once formed and heat treated, the formed component can be bonded to profile substrates to help maintain the formed desired shape.

Manufacture of a grille element for a media playback device

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Wuppertal, Germany

Philippe Vossel