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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.:

US 10979796 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2020

In-ear wireless listening device

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

M. Evans Hankey, San Francisco, CA (US);

Emery A. Sanford, San Francisco, CA (US);

Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);

Way Chet Lim, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sunita Joshi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H04M 1/05 (2013.01); H04M 1/6066 (2013.01); H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04W 52/0274 (2013.01); H04M 1/0262 (2013.01); H04M 1/0274 (2013.01); H04M 1/0277 (2013.01); H04M 1/6058 (2013.01); H04M 2250/02 (2013.01); H04R 25/556 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04R 25/602 (2013.01); H04R 25/603 (2019.05); H04R 2201/105 (2013.01); H04R 2201/107 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2420/09 (2013.01); H05K 1/147 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08);
Abstract

An apparatus for charging a portable wireless listening device including a housing having a socket to receive the portable wireless listening device; a battery; wireless circuitry that enables the apparatus to communicate wirelessly with a host device; power transmitting circuitry configured to provide power to the portable wireless listening device when the device is received in the socket to charge a battery within the portable wireless listening device; and a processor configured to configured to establish a wireless communication protocol between the portable wireless listening device and the host device.

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