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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Dustin A. Hatfield, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Eugene A. Whang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert A. Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Duy P. Le, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yi-Fang D. Tsai, Mountain View, CA (US);
David J. Feathers, San Jose, CA (US);
Shota Aoyagi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean S. Corbin, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An earpiece is described that includes a driver housing that encloses an audio driver. The driver housing is oriented so that a first end of the driver housing can be supported by a concha bowl of a user's ear and a second end opposite the first end can tilt outside of the user's ear so that the ear need not accommodate an entirety of the driver housing. The driver housing is held in place by an ear clip that engages an exterior portion of the user's ear and attaches to the driver housing by way of a bridge element that can enclose other electronic components such as a battery, antenna, processor and the like.