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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Cedrik Bacon, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A convertible earcup for a headphone. The earcup includes an earcup frame, a driver positioned within the earcup frame and an earpad coupled to the earcup frame. The earpad is operable to be converted between a first configuration in which the earpad comprises a first diameter and a second configuration in which the earpad comprises a second, different diameter. A convertible headphone system including a set of earcups. Each earcup within the set of earcups includes a speaker unit and an earpad, and the earpad is convertible between a first diameter and a second diameter.