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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Zachary C. Rich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kurt R. Stiehl, San Jose, CA (US);
Arun D. Chawan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael B. Howes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jonathan S. Aase, Rochester, MI (US);
Esge B. Andersen, Campbell, CA (US);
Yacine Azmi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jahan C. Minoo, San Jose, CA (US);
David J. Shaw, San Diego, CA (US);
Aarti Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Augustin Prats, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert D. Watson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Baptiste P. Paquier, Saratoga, CA (US);
Axel D. Berny, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin W. Cook, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerzy S. Guterman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Benjamin Adair Cousins, Burlington, CA;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The wireless earphone () comprises a housing () having a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet () at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver () is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry () inside the housing () includes a wireless communications interface () to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery () as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion.