Modular acoustic systems

US11500227B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bose Corporation · US

Inventors

• An Tran · Austin, US
• Craig Curtis · Raleigh, US
• Sarah Wolfe · Scottsdale, US
• Caitlin Hanson · Willowdale, US
• Jeremy Heaston · Ashland, US
• Kyle DeCubellis · Southborough, US
• Zachary David Provost · Marlborough, US
• Thomas David Chambers · Bellingham, US
• Matthew James Storey · Austin, US
• Bennett Alexander Nadeau · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2420/07
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A modular audio system which includes an acoustic module configured to be removably engaged with a head-worn peripheral device. In some examples, the head-worn peripheral device is a pair of eyeglass frames and the acoustic module is configured to removably secure to a socket arranged on the inside face of the temples of the eyeglasses. The acoustic module can slidingly, pivotably, and/or magnetically engage with the socket such that, when secured, the acoustic module is configured to generate acoustic energy in the form of audible sound proximate a user's ear while the user is wearing the head-worn peripheral device. In other examples, the temples of the head-worn peripheral device are configured to slidingly engage with a sleeve, where the sleeve includes a pocket configured to slidingly engage with the acoustic module.