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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:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2013.01); H04R 1/1033 (2013.01); H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); H04R 31/00 (2013.01); H04R 31/006 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49005 (2015.01);
Abstract
Open-air earbuds and methods for making the same are disclosed. The earbud has a neck, which is open to the ambient environment in order to improve bass response. In order to prevent debris from entering the interior of the earbud, a filter is incorporated into the neck.