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Open ear headphones

US11736850B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 7, 2022
Grant dateAug 22, 2023
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

Disclosed is an open ear headphone, including a housing, a speaker arranged in an accommodating space inside the housing to define the accommodating space into a front cavity and a rear cavity, a connecting member including opposite first and second ends, and a supporting member connected to the second end and including a supporting portion and a sound outlet channel. A sound outlet is provided on a surface of the housing and is in acoustic communication with the front cavity. The first end is connected to the surface of the housing. When a user wears the open ear headphone, the housing is located in a concha cavity of the user's ear, the supporting portion at least leans against a lower edge of the concha cavity, and the sound outlet channel is in acoustic communication with the user's ear canal and is not in contact with the user's ear.

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