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Audio device

US12041404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 16, 2022
Grant dateJul 16, 2024
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R1/1075
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.

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