IP Library Granted Patent US 12,262,166
Granted Patent B2
US 12,262,166 · App. 17/809,013 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Earphones

Inventors: Zhen Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhiqing Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Yonggen Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Xinnan Mao (Shenzhen, CN); Fen You (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
H04R1/105H04R1/1025H04R1/1041H04R1/1075H04R5/033H04R9/066H04R2201/105H04R2460/13
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Patent No.
US 12,262,166
App. No.
17/809,013
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an earphone including a core module. The core module may include a core housing and a core. The core housing may include a bottom wall and an annular peripheral wall. When a user wears the earphone, the bottom wall may face the head of the user. One end of the annular peripheral wall may be integrally connected with the bottom wall, the other end of the annular peripheral wall that is away from the bottom wall includes an opening, and the core may be disposed in the core housing through the opening. The core may include a magnet configured such that the core module is attachable to a magnetic object through one side of the bottom wall.

Claims (32)

1. An earphone, comprising a core module, the core module including a core housing and a core, wherein:

the core housing includes a bottom wall and an annular peripheral wall, when a user wears the earphone, the bottom wall facing the head of the user, one end of the annular peripheral wall being integrally connected with the bottom wall, the other end of the annular peripheral wall that is away from the bottom wall including an opening, and the core being disposed in the core housing through the opening; and

the core includes a magnet configured such that the core module is attachable to a magnetic object through one side of the bottom wall, wherein the core further comprises:

a magnetic conduction shield, the magnetic conduction shield including a bottom plate and an annular side plate integrally connected with the bottom plate, and the magnet being disposed in the annular side plate and fixed on the bottom plate;

a magnetic conduction plate, the magnetic conduction plate being fixed on one side of the magnet that is away from the bottom plate; and

a coil, the coil being disposed in a magnetic gap between the magnet and the annular side plate.

2. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the magnet is a cylinder, a diameter of the magnet is in a range of 10.5 mm-11.5 mm, and a thickness of the magnet is in a range of 3.0 mm-4.0 mm.

3. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the magnetic conduction plate is equal to a diameter of the magnet, and a thickness of the magnetic conduction plate is equal to a thickness of the magnetic conduction shield.

4. The earphone of claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the magnetic conduction shield is in a range of 0.4 mm-0.8 mm.

5. The earphone of claim 4 , wherein the thickness of the magnetic conduction shield is 0.5 mm.

6. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a height of the annular side plate is in a range of 3.4 mm-4.0 mm.

7. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the core module further comprises a core bracket disposed in the core housing, and the coil is fixed on the core bracket.

8. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic gap between the magnet and the annular side plate is in a range of 1.0 mm-1.5 mm.

9. The earphone of claim 1 , further comprising an ear hook assembly, one end of the ear hook assembly being connected to the core module.

10. The earphone of claim 9 , wherein the ear hook assembly comprises an ear hook housing, the ear hook housing including:

an accommodation bin configured to accommodate a battery or a main control circuit board;

a fixing portion covered on an opening end of the core housing to form a chamber for accommodating the core; and

a bending transition portion, the bending transition portion connecting the accommodation bin and the fixing portion, and being disposed in a bent shape to be hung on an outside of an ear of the user.

11. The earphone of claim 10 , wherein an elastic modulus of the core housing is larger than an elastic modulus of the ear hook housing.

12. The earphone of claim 10 , wherein the fixing portion is disposed with a reinforcing structure, a ratio of a difference between a rigidity of the bottom wall and a rigidity of the fixing portion and the rigidity of the bottom wall being less than or equal to a preset ratio threshold.

13. The earphone of claim 12 , wherein the reinforcing structure comprises a reinforcing rib disposed on the fixing portion, and a material of the reinforcing structure includes a metal piece, wherein the reinforcing structure and the fixing portion of the earphone are integrally formed by metal insert injection molding.

14. The earphone of claim 10 , wherein the core module further comprises a cover plate, the cover plate being covered on the opening of the annular peripheral wall of the core housing, and the fixing portion being covered on one side of the cover plate that is away from the core housing.

15. The earphone of claim 14 , wherein an elastic modulus of the cover plate is larger than an elastic modulus of the ear hook housing and less than or equal to an elastic modulus of the core housing.

16. The earphone of claim 10 , wherein the ear hook assembly further comprises a decoration bracket, wherein:

a first groove is disposed on the bending transition portion, the decoration bracket is embedded and fixed in the first groove to form a wiring channel such that a wire extends from the core module into the accommodation bin through the wire channel.

17. The earphone of claim 16 , wherein

a button adaptation hole is disposed on the fixing portion of the earphone, and the button adaptation hole is in communication with one end of the first groove; and

the ear hook assembly further includes a button, the button being disposed on the other side of the ear hook housing that is away from the decoration bracket, and exposed through the button adaptation hole.

18. The earphone of claim 17 , wherein

the decoration bracket extends to a top of the button in a form of cantilever and is able to trigger the button when pressed by an external force, the button being exposed through the button adaptation hole.

19. The earphone of claim 9 , wherein the earphone includes two core modules, magnets of the two core modules having different polarities on one side close to the bottom wall of the core housing, when the earphone is in a non-wearing state, the two core modules being attractable to each other.

20. The earphone of claim 19 , wherein the earphone includes two ear hook assemblies and a rear hook assembly configured to circumferentially disposed at a rear side of the user's head, and two ends of the rear hook assembly are respectively connected with accommodation bins of the two ear hook assemblies.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060580/0439 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: WANG, ZHEN; LIU, ZHIQING; WANG, YONGGEN; MAO, XINNAN; YOU, FEN
To: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060580/0460 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 202010367108.X · Apr 30, 2020 · national
CN 202020720094.0 · Apr 30, 2020 · national
CN 202020720106.X · Apr 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021089713 · Apr 25, 2021
Related Publication 20220337929A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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