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Earphone port

US11638081B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 2021
Grant dateApr 25, 2023
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2460/11
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A port tube for an earphone, wherein the port tube is configured to acoustically couple a rear acoustic cavity of the earphone to an external environment, includes a first section that is proximate the rear cavity and defines a first cross-sectional area, a second, transitional, section that is coupled to the first section and defines a gradually increasing cross-sectional area, a third, curved and banked, section that is coupled to the second section and defines a second cross-sectional area that is greater than the first cross-sectional area, a fourth, transitional, section that is coupled to the third section and defines a gradually decreasing cross-sectional area, and a fifth section that is coupled to the fourth section and defines a third cross-sectional area that it less than the second cross-sectional area.

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