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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Jianchun Dong, Mountain View, CA (US);

Mitchell Heinrich, Mountain View, CA (US);

John Stuart Fitch, Mountain View, CA (US);

Matthew Martin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Eliot Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jianchun Dong, Mountain View, CA (US);

Mitchell Heinrich, Mountain View, CA (US);

John Stuart Fitch, Mountain View, CA (US);

Matthew Martin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Eliot Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 11/02 (2006.01); H04R 13/00 (2006.01); H04R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2013.01); H04R 11/00 (2013.01); H04R 11/02 (2013.01); H04R 13/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/606 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses for the transmission of audio information from a bone-conduction headset to a user. The bone-conduction headset may be mounted on a glasses-style support structure. The bone-conduction transducer may be mounted near where the glasses-style support structure approach a wearer's ears. In one embodiment, an apparatus has a bone-conduction transducer with a diaphragm configured to vibrate based on a magnetic field. The magnetic field being based off an applied electric field. The apparatus may also have an anvil coupled to the diaphragm. The anvil may be configured to conduct the vibration from the bone-conduction transducer. Additionally, the anvil may be anvil may include at least one passage configured to enable the anvil to be physically coupled to the diaphragm. Thus, the anvil may be coupled to the diaphragm after the anvil is positioned on the diaphragm.


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