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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Cousins, San Jose, CA (US);
Travis Owens, Lakeway, TX (US);
Karan Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Lee M. Panecki, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mei Zhang, Danbury, CT (US);
Julia Canning, Redwood City, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an interior cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through a wall of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; a user input region disposed along an exterior surface of the device housing; a flex circuit disposed within the interior cavity, the flex circuit including a first portion bonded at a first location to an inner surface of the device housing directly beneath the user-input region, a second portion bonded at a second location to an inner surface of the device housing spaced apart from the first location, and a third portion extending between the first and second portions; a force pixel disposed within the interior cavity and mounted to the first portion of the flex circuit below the user input region; a plurality of touch pixels disposed within the interior cavity between the force pixel and the user input region; sensor control circuitry disposed within the interior cavity and mounted to the second portion of the flex circuit; and a wireless antenna disposed within the interior cavity defined by the device housing.