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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:
Nov. 23, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tian Shi Li, Campbell, CA (US);

Daniel R. Bloom, Alameda, CA (US);

Jerzy S. Guterman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jue Wang, San Jose, CA (US);

Toni Ristoski, Gilroy, CA (US);

Jared M. Kole, San Jose, CA (US);

Edward Siahaan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Eugene Antony Whang, 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); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H01Q 1/24 (2013.01); H01Q 13/10 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); H04R 5/0335 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that enhance user comfort and improve user control of the headphones are discussed. Various sensor configurations and electronic component positions are also discussed. User convenience features that include detachable cushions and automatically detecting the donning and doffing of headphones are also discussed.


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