Kingston Technology Corporation

Wei-Min Liang

Baron King Lee

Peter Leekuo Chou

Pen Hao Ma

The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and wherein the tip portion engages the concha of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and the axis of the tip portion is not parallel to the first axis. The headphone or the earpiece includes dual acoustic elements to amplify sounds in different frequency ranges.

Headphones with an ergonomic cushion and an ergonomic cushion thereof

The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, and wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user. A speaker element is positioned inside the nozzle portion of the housing, and the center of mass of the headphone is shifted close to a center plane of the cushion.

In-ear headphones with an ergonomic cushion and an ergonomic cushion thereof

The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and wherein the tip portion engages the concha of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and the axis of the tip portion is not parallel to the first axis.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Wei-Min Liang