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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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Axit H. Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edwin J. Corona Aparicio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel R. Bloom, Alameda, CA (US);
Tsu-Hui Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuta Kuboyama, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael B. Minerbi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/3563 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/033 (2013.01); G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (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.