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Granted Patent B2
US 11,259,109 · App. 16/934,694 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

In-ear earphone

Inventors: Jiaoping Cao (Hong Kong, CN); Zhenhua Liu (Hong Kong, CN); Yun Feng (Hong Kong, CN)
Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
H04R1/1016H04R1/02H04R1/1066H04R9/06
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Patent No.
US 11,259,109
App. No.
16/934,694
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-ear earphone includes an earphone housing, a speaker assembly fixed onto the earphone housing, and an electric energy portion electrically connected to the speaker assembly, a sound emitting tube and an ear tip, where one end of the sound emitting tube is fixed onto the earphone housing, where the sound emitting tube has a first through hole; and the ear tip is fixedly connected to the other end of the sound emitting tube, a cross-section of the ear tip is oval-shaped, the ear tip has a first end and a second end that face to each other, the ear tip has a stepped hole penetrating through the first end and the second end, a part of the sound emitting tube is located in a large-diameter section of the stepped hole, and a small-diameter section of the stepped hole is in communication with the first through hole.

Claims (25)

1. An in-ear earphone, comprising an earphone housing, a speaker assembly fixed onto the earphone housing, and further comprising:

a sound emitting tube, one end of which is fixed onto the earphone housing, wherein the sound emitting tube is bent-shaped and has a first through hole penetrating through both ends of the sound emitting tube; and

an ear tip fixedly connected to the other end of the sound emitting tube, wherein a cross-section of the ear tip is oval-shaped, the ear tip has a first end and a second end that face to each other, a plane where an end surface of the first end is located is configured to intersect with a plane where an end surface of the second end is located, the ear tip has a stepped hole penetrating through the first end and the second end, a part of the sound emitting tube is located in a large-diameter section of the stepped hole, and a small-diameter section of the stepped hole is in communication with the first through hole,

wherein the other end of the sound emitting tube is fixedly connected to a wall surface of the small-diameter section, a cross-section of the small-diameter section is oval-shaped, an edge of one end of the small-diameter section facing away from the large-diameter section is connected to an edge of the first end via a curved surface, and an contour of the edge of the first end is circle-shaped.

2. An in-ear earphone, comprising an earphone housing, a speaker assembly fixed onto the earphone housing, and further comprising:

a sound emitting tube, one end of which is fixed onto the earphone housing, wherein the sound emitting tube is bent-shaped and has a first through hole penetrating through both ends of the sound emitting tube; and

an ear tip fixedly connected to the other end of the sound emitting tube, wherein a cross-section of the ear tip is oval-shaped, the ear tip has a first end and a second end that face to each other, a plane where an end surface of the first end is located is configured to intersect with a plane where an end surface of the second end is located, the ear tip has a stepped hole penetrating through the first end and the second end, a part of the sound emitting tube is located in a large-diameter section of the stepped hole, and a small-diameter section of the stepped hole is in communication with the first through hole,

wherein the sound emitting tube comprises a first section and a second section that are connected to each other, there is an included angle between an axis of the first section and an axis of the second section, the ear tip is fixedly connected to the first section, and a cross-section of a portion of the first through hole in the first section is oval-shaped, and a cross-section of a portion of the first through hole in the second section is circle-shaped.

3. The in-ear earphone according to claim 2 , wherein the first section is externally provided with a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion which are outwardly convex, and an inner wall of the small-diameter section has a convex portion capable of being clamped between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion.

4. An in-ear earphone, comprising an earphone housing, a speaker assembly fixed onto the earphone housing, and further comprising:

a sound emitting tube, one end of which is fixed onto the earphone housing, wherein the sound emitting tube is bent-shaped and has a first through hole penetrating through both ends of the sound emitting tube; and

an ear tip fixedly connected to the other end of the sound emitting tube, wherein a cross-section of the ear tip is oval-shaped, the ear tip has a first end and a second end that face to each other, a plane where an end surface of the first end is located is configured to intersect with a plane where an end surface of the second end is located, the ear tip has a stepped hole penetrating through the first end and the second end, a part of the sound emitting tube is located in a large-diameter section of the stepped hole, and a small-diameter section of the stepped hole is in communication with the first through hole,

wherein the speaker assembly comprises a first moving coil unit and a first balanced armature;

wherein the first moving coil unit is located in and fixedly connected to the earphone housing, the first balanced armature is long-strip shaped, one end of the first balanced armature is connected to the first moving coil unit, and a part of the first balanced armature is located in the first through hole.

5. The in-ear earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker assembly comprises a first moving coil unit and a first balanced armature;

wherein the first moving coil unit is located in and fixedly connected to the earphone housing, the first balanced armature is long-strip shaped, one end of the first balanced armature is connected to the first moving coil unit, and a part of the first balanced armature is located in the first through hole.

6. The in-ear earphone according to claim 2 , wherein the speaker assembly comprises a first moving coil unit and a first balanced armature;

wherein the first moving coil unit is located in and fixedly connected to the earphone housing, the first balanced armature is long-strip shaped, one end of the first balanced armature is connected to the first moving coil unit, and a part of the first balanced armature is located in the first through hole.

7. The in-ear earphone according to claim 3 , wherein the speaker assembly comprises a first moving coil unit and a first balanced armature;

wherein the first moving coil unit is located in and fixedly connected to the earphone housing, the first balanced armature is long-strip shaped, one end of the first balanced armature is connected to the first moving coil unit, and a part of the first balanced armature is located in the first through hole.

8. The in-ear earphone according to claim 4 , wherein the first balanced armature comprises a first portion that is cuboid-shaped and a second portion that is column-shaped, one end of the first portion is fixedly connected to the first moving coil unit, and the other end of the first portion is fixedly connected to the second portion.

9. The in-ear earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker assembly comprises two second balanced armatures arranged in a stack-up manner, one end of each of the two second balanced armatures is located in and connected to the earphone housing, and the other end of each of the two second balanced armatures is located in the first through hole.

10. The in-ear earphone according to claim 2 , wherein the speaker assembly comprises two second balanced armatures arranged in a stack-up manner, one end of each of the two second balanced armatures is located in and connected to the earphone housing, and the other end of each of the two second balanced armatures is located in the first through hole.

11. The in-ear earphone according to claim 3 , wherein the speaker assembly comprises two second balanced armatures arranged in a stack-up manner, one end of each of the two second balanced armatures is located in and connected to the earphone housing, and the other end of each of the two second balanced armatures is located in the first through hole.

12. The in-ear earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker assembly comprises a second moving coil unit and a third moving coil unit, a size of a cross-section of the second moving coil unit is greater than a size of a corresponding cross-section of the third moving coil unit, the second moving coil unit is fixed in the earphone housing, one end of the third moving coil unit is connected to the second moving coil unit, and the other end of the third moving coil unit is located in the first through hole.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CITY AND ZIP CODE OF THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 057296 FRAME 0500. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: IFORY LIMITED
To: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057572/0681 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2021
From: IFORY LIMITED
To: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057296/0500 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2020
From: CAO, JIAOPING; LIU, ZHENHUA; FENG, YUN
To: IFORY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053283/0506 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202020205406.4 · Feb 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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