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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. 02, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick P. DeKalb, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Assignee:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/500 ; H04R 2/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/500 ; H04R 2/502 ;
Abstract
An earbud headset is provided that includes a speaker housing which advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The speaker housing includes a head portion and a thin edge portion that extends from the head portion to interface with a faceplate. The thin edge portion allows for acoustic coupling to deeper areas of the user's ear to provide better sound quality. A bias member is operably coupled to the speaker housing to contact an upper concha of the user's ear to provide bias forces for improved stability, sound quality, and universal fit.