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Patent No.:

US 11102563 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2019

Attachment mechanism for eartips

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Craig M. Stanley, Campbell, CA (US);

Sean T. McIntosh, San Jose, CA (US);

Ethan L. Huwe, Davis, CA (US);

Brian R. Twehues, San Jose, CA (US);

Mohammad Soroush Ghahri Sarabi, Albany, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Yosef K Laekemariam

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01); E05F 3/20 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); A45C 11/00 (2013.01); A45C 13/005 (2013.01); E05F 1/1261 (2013.01); E05F 3/20 (2013.01); G01V 3/081 (2013.01); H01F 7/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H05K 5/0086 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); A45C 2011/001 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/224 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/602 (2013.01); H04B 1/38 (2013.01); H04B 2001/3866 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 2400/11 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments describe an attachment mechanism including a wire bent in various directions forming a spring compressible in lateral directions. The wire includes a first wireform feature and a second wireform feature extending from the first wireform feature, where the first wireform feature and the second wireform feature each include: an intermediate segment; a u-shaped segment extending from the intermediate segment; and an end segment extending from the u-shaped segment.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Stanley, Craig. (2021). Attachment mechanism for eartips (U.S. Patent No. 11102563). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11102563

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