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Four-terminal headphone socket with two electrically-connected terminals to ensure reliable audio with different plugs

US10734771B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 2015
Grant dateAug 4, 2020
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R2107/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A socket (2) for a headphone set, comprising: four terminals (5, 6, 7, 8), arranged to contact with terminal contacts (11a, 12a, 13, 14a) of a plug of a headphone set, the terminals longitudinally spaced within a plug-receiving space of the socket, wherein two of the adjacent terminals are electrically connected together.

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