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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Racal Acoustics Ltd., Harrow, GB;
Inventors:
Habib Hussein, Harrow, GB;
Norman Davidson, Harrow, GB;
Assignee:
Racal Acoustics Limited, Harrow Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); A61F 11/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01); A61F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); A61F 11/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 1/342 (2013.01); A61F 2011/145 (2013.01); H04R 2410/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
An earpiece comprising an earbud, which is arranged such that it may be inserted into the ear canal of a user, and a housing, which houses at least one microphone that is arranged to sample the ambient environment, the housing comprising a port through which sound may be received by the microphone, the earpiece being arranged such that when the earbud is inserted into the ear canal of a user the microphone samples the ambient environment between the earpiece and the concha.