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Granted Patent B2
US 11,432,062 · App. 17/096,604 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Bone conduction earphone

Inventors: Si Chen (Hong Kong, CN); Zhenhua Liu (Hong Kong, CN)
Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
H04R1/10H04R2460/13
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Patent No.
US 11,432,062
App. No.
17/096,604
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a bone conduction earphone that includes a main body, and a bone conduction speaker and a passive radiator that are mounted on the main body. The passive radiator is connected to the bone conduction speaker through a connecting rod. When vibrating by being excited by an audio signal, the bone conduction speaker drives the passive radiator to vibrate synchronously through the connecting rod. The passive radiator and the bone conduction speaker cooperate with each other to form a multi-vibration system, thereby effectively enhancing the quality of vibration, improving the effect of sound field radiation, and improving the frequency response, especially remedying the deficiencies in low-frequency response.

Claims (15)

1. A bone conduction earphone, comprising:

a main body;

a bone conduction speaker mounted on the main body; and

passive radiators mounted on the main body,

wherein the passive radiators are connected to the bone conduction speaker through connecting rods, and the bone conduction speaker is operative to vibrate when being excited by an audio signal and drive the passive radiators to vibrate synchronously through the connecting rods;

wherein a number of the passive radiators are even, every two of the passive radiators form one set and are symmetrically disposed about the bone conduction speaker, and each set of the passive radiators are connected to the bone conduction speaker through one of the connecting rods, wherein two ends of the one of the connecting rods are respectively connected to the two passive radiators of a corresponding set, and a center of the one of the connecting rods is connected to the bone conduction speaker.

2. The bone conduction earphone of claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises:

a base, wherein the bone conduction speaker and the passive radiators are mounted on the base; and

a hook, detachably connected to the base and operative to be hooked around a periphery of a human ear and cooperate with the bone conduction speaker to clamp the human ear.

3. The bone conduction earphone of claim 2 , wherein of the hook and the base one is provided with an insertion slot and a seizing hole that passes through a side wall of the insertion slot, and the other is provided with an insertion rod and a locking protrusion connected to an outer wall of the insertion rod, wherein the insertion rod is operative to be inserted in the insertion slot, and the locking protrusion is operative to be caught in the seizing hole.

4. The bone conduction earphone of claim 3 , wherein an opening of the insertion slot is provided with a limiting slot passing through a side wall of the insertion slot, and the outer wall of the insertion rod is provided with a limiting protrusion, wherein the limiting protrusion is operative to be inserted in the limiting slot.

5. The bone conduction earphone of claim 2 , wherein the base comprises a bottom housing and a cover, an opening of the bottom housing faces away from the hook, the cover is connected to the bottom housing and covers the opening of the bottom housing, the bottom housing is provided with an active acoustic aperture and passive acoustic apertures, wherein the bone conduction speaker is mounted in the active acoustic aperture, and the passive radiators are mounted in the passive acoustic apertures respectively.

6. The bone conduction earphone of claim 2 , wherein the hook is rod-shaped and comprises a first arc segment and a second arc segment connected to each other, wherein a free end of the first arc segment is connected to the base, the first arc segment is bent toward the base and operative to be hooked around the periphery of the human ear, the second arc segment is bent away from the base, and an outer side surface of the second arc segment abuts against the bone conduction speaker.

7. The bone conduction earphone of claim 6 , wherein the main body further comprises a cushion strip connected to the hook and extending from an inner side surface of the first arc segment to the outer side surface of the second arc segment, and the first arc segment is operative to be hooked around the periphery of the human ear through the cushion strip.

8. The bone conduction earphone of claim 6 , wherein the main body further comprises a cushion sleeve sleeved on the second arc segment, and the outer side surface of the second arc segment abuts against the bone conduction speaker through the cushion sleeve.

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 Nov 13, 2020
From: CHEN, SI; LIU, ZHENHUA
To: IFORY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054408/0687 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010633900.5 · Jul 2, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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