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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:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thanh P. Hua, San Jose, CA (US);
Priyanka Venkatesh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jarrett B. Lagler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason J. LeBlanc, Oakland, CA (US);
Hanchi Chen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/2823 (2013.01);
Abstract
An in-ear electronic device comprising: an enclosure that defines an enclosed space surrounding a microphone and an acoustic opening to an ambient environment surrounding the enclosure; an acoustic pathway having a first end that opens to the acoustic opening and a second end that opens to the microphone; and a protective membrane positioned between the second end of the acoustic channel and the microphone.