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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Wesley S. Smith, Mountain Viiew, CA (US);
Henry H. Yang, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Esge B. Andersen, Campbell, CA (US);
Sorin V. Dusan, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander Kanaris, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew E. Last, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A personal audio device has a bone conduction pickup transducer, having a housing of which a rigid outer wall has an opening formed therein. A volume of yielding material fills the opening in the rigid outer wall. An electronic vibration sensing element is embedded in the volume of yielding material. The housing is shaped, and the opening is located, so that the volume of yielding material comes into contact with an ear or cheek of a user who is using the personal audio device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.