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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2017
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Hui He, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Hang Yan Yuen, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1066 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is drawn to an earpiece. The earpiece can include a speaker suitable for use within or adjacent to an ear canal of a user and a layered composite associated with the speaker. The layered composite can include an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) layer, a self-supporting substrate applied to a first side of the expanded PTFE layer, and a fabric substrate applied to a second side of the expanded PTFE layer. The expanded polytetrafluoroethylene layer can have a pore size having an average value from 0.1 micron to 0.5 micron. The self-supporting substrate can define a contour of the earpiece.


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