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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Lorenz Henric Jentz, Seattle, WA (US);
Philip Bryan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Monika Romana Wolf, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Seattle, WA (US);
Kory Gunnerson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Emron J. Henry, Seattle, WA (US);
Karl William Vanderbeek, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard James Wattles, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Devices for attaching earpiece to a user's ear are described herein. In one embodiment, an earpiece that is removably attachable to an ear of a user can include a housing that has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A transducer may be positioned, for example, at the proximal portion of the housing, and a retention member can be elastically coupled to the distal portion of the housing. The retention member and the housing can be configured to compress a portion of the user's ear therebetween in a manner that positions the proximal end portion of the housing in a vestibule of the ear adjacent an entrance to the auditory canal of the user's ear when the earpiece is attached to the user's ear.