Apple Inc.

Sean J Docherty

Lee M Panecki

Eugene Antony Whang

Christopher J Stringer

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

David H Narajowski

Edward Siahaan

Daniel Ray Bloom

Dustin A Hatfield

Phillip Qian

Zachary Segraves

Scott Y Oshita

Ethan Larry Huwe

Arun Dhyaneshwar Chawan

Scott Charles Grinker

Brian R Twehues

Yuta Kuboyama

Michael B Minerbi

Eric X Zhou

Martin Kuster

Haochuan Sang

Kyle Tse

Julia C Canning

Ryan M Buck

Pengchuan Wang

Sean T Bong

This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that include earpad assemblies that improve acoustic isolation are discussed. User convenience features that include automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. Various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed.

Headphones

A portable acoustic device comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity, the device housing comprising a speaker housing portion and a stem portion extending away from the speaker housing portion; a first acoustic port formed through a wall of the speaker housing; an audio driver disposed within the speaker housing portion and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic first port; a battery disposed within the speaker housing portion and positioned an opposite side of the audio driver than the acoustic port; an antenna disposed in the stem; a user input region disposed along the stem; and a system in a chip disposed in the stem, the system in a chip comprising: a processor that controls operation of the portable wireless acoustic device, charging circuitry, an accelerometer, a wireless communication controller, support components for the antenna and support components for the user input region.

Wireless listening device

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Mississauga, Canada

Sean J Docherty