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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:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lee M. Panecki, Cupertino, CA (US);

Michael B. Minerbi, San Francisco, CA (US);

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

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/11 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract

An earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through a wall of the device housing and having an opening at an exterior surface of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; and a mesh disposed within the acoustic port and having an outer periphery spaced apart from the device housing wall, wherein the mesh forms a portion of an exterior surface of the earphone that is recessed from the opening at the exterior surface of the device housing.


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