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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jacob T. Meyberg Guzman, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
John Kelley, Wailea, HI (US);
Darrin Caddes, Soquel, CA (US);
Assignee:
PLANTRONICS, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 1/345 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improved monaural headsets are provided. In some embodiments, a monaural headset includes: a first earphone with a speaker to provide output audio to a user; a second earphone without a speaker to provide output audio to the user; and a headband, connected to the first earphone and the second earphone; wherein the second earphone includes at least one vent opening, which vent opening during use provides an acoustic path between an environment of the user, wearing the headset, and the user's ear.