IP Library Granted Patent US 8,879,768
Granted Patent B2
US 8,879,768 · App. 13/676,095 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Earpiece having adjustable front vent

Inventor: Robert M. Podoloff (Framingham, MA)
Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.
H04R31/00
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Patent No.
US 8,879,768
App. No.
13/676,095
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An earpiece is disclosed. The earpiece includes a housing forming a volume therein, a number of sound holes arranged in the front end and rear end of the housing, a sound generator accommodated in the volume, an ear gel attached to a front end of the housing, a wire electrically connected to the sound generator, wherein a adjusting module is assembled to the housing, a plurality of front vents are disposed on the front end of the housing, and the amount of the front vents communicating with the volume is mechanically altered by the adjusting module.

Claims (33)

1. An earpiece, comprising:

a housing including a main housing and a front housing forming a volume with the main housing, a plurality of sound holes arranged in the housing;

a sound generator accommodated in the volume;

a bass tube partially accommodated in the main housing;

a wire electrically connected to the sound generator; wherein

the earpiece further includes a rotatable ring assembled to the main housing, a rotatable vent cover assembled to the front housing and actuated by the ring, a plurality of front vents formed in the front housing and within a projection of the rotating region of the vent cover onto the front housing; and

wherein the ring is received in a ring-shaped slot formed on an outer face of the main housing and includes a lever disposed on an outer face of the ring.

2. The earpiece in claim 1 , wherein the vent cover is disposed in the volume and disposed on an inner face of the front housing.

3. The earpiece in claim 2 further comprising a post protruding from an center of the inner face of the front housing, a position portion connecting with the vent cover and including a hole passed through by the post.

4. The earpiece in claim 3 further comprising a connecting portion extending from the vent cover towards the ring and a protrusion disposed at one end of the connecting portion and engaging with a slot formed on an inner face of the ring.

5. The earpiece in claim 4 , wherein the vent cover is fan-shaped and rotatable about the post.

6. An earpiece, comprising,

a housing forming a volume therein, a plurality of sound holes arranged in the front end and rear end of the housing;

a sound generator accommodated in the volume;

an ear gel attached to a front end of the housing;

a wire electrically connected to the sound generator; wherein

the earpiece further includes a adjusting module assembled to the housing, a plurality of front vents formed on the front end of the housing, and the amount of the front vents communicating with the volume is mechanically altered by the adjusting module;

wherein the housing includes a main housing and a front housing, the main housing includes a back cover and a sleeve integrally molded with the back cover, the front housing includes a front cover and a sound output tube extending slantingly forwards from the front cover with the ear gel assembled to the sound output tube; and

wherein the adjusting module includes a rotatable ring assembled to the main housing, and a rotatable rotor assembled to the front housing and received in the volume and actuated by the ring.

7. The earpiece in claim 6 , wherein the ring is provided with a lever on an outer face thereof and received in a ring-shaped slot formed on an outer face of the back cover of the main housing.

8. The earpiece in claim 7 , wherein the rotor includes a position portion provided with a hole and positioned to the front cover, a vent cover rotatablely disposed on an inner face of the front cover, a connecting portion extending from the vent cover towards the ring, a protrusion disposed at one end of the connecting portion and engaged with a slot formed on an inner face of the ring.

9. The earpiece in claim 8 , wherein the front housing further includes a post protruding from the center of the inner face of the front cover and passing through the hole of the rotor and serving as an axis of rotation of the rotor.

10. The earpiece in claim 9 , wherein the plurality of front vents are disposed in the front cover and within a projection of the rotating region of the vent cover onto the front cover.

11. The earpiece in claim 6 , wherein the sound holes include a plurality of first sound holes formed in the back cover of the main housing used for communicating the volume with the outside from the back end of the housing, a second sound hole formed in the sound output tube for transmitting the sound produced by the sound generator to an user's ear.

12. An earpiece, comprising

a housing forming a volume therein;

a sound generator accommodated in the volume;

an adjusting module assembled to the housing including a rotatable actuator partially exposing outside of the housing and a rotor accommodated in the volume; wherein

the earpiece further includes at least one front vent disposed in the front end of the housing, and the amount of the front vent communicating with the volume is altered by the adjusting module; and

wherein the actuator is a ring assembled to a ring-shaped slot formed on an outer face of the housing and is provided with a lever on an outer face thereof.

13. The earpiece in claim 12 , wherein the rotor includes a position portion provided with a hole and positioned to the housing, a vent cover rotatablely disposed on an inner face of the housing, a connecting portion extending from the vent cover towards the ring, a protrusion disposed at one end of the connecting portion and engaged with a slot formed on an inner face of the ring.

14. The earpiece in claim 13 , wherein the housing further includes a post protruding from the center of the inner face of the housing and passing through the hole of the rotor and serving as an axis of rotation of the rotor.

15. The earpiece in claim 14 , wherein the front vent is disposed within a projection of the rotating region of the vent cover onto the inner face of the housing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2017
From: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
To: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 042319/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2012
From: PODOLOFF, ROBERT M
To: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO.,LTD.; AAC TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 029291/0302 →
Continuity (1)
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