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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Billy J. Worley, Hixson, TN (US);
Robert L. Doss, Ringgold, GA (US);
David G. Lashley, Cartersville, GA (US);
Inventors:
Billy J. Worley, Hixson, TN (US);
Robert L. Doss, Ringgold, GA (US);
David G. Lashley, Cartersville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a microphone apparatus. The microphone apparatus includes a housing with an outer surface and an interior chamber. A microphone element is disposed within the interior chamber. The outer surface includes a first substantially planar surface having at least one aperture leading to the interior chamber and a second substantially planar surface intersecting at an angle with the first planar surface.