IP Library Granted Patent US 12,294,826
Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,826 · App. 17/809,893 · Granted May 6, 2025

Earphones

Inventors: Yonggen Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhiqing Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Zhen Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Xinnan Mao (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
H04R1/1066H04R1/1008H04R1/105H04R1/1075H04R1/406H04R3/005H04R1/1041H04R2460/13
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Patent No.
US 12,294,826
App. No.
17/809,893
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an earphone. The earphone may include a wearing assembly and a core module. The core module may be disposed on one end of the wearing assembly. The wearing assembly may be configured to fix the core module on a head of a user. The core module may include a core housing, a core, and a cover plate. An opening may be disposed on one end of the core housing, and the cover plate may be covered on the opening of the core housing, so as to form a chamber structure inside the core housing for accommodating the core.

Claims (29)

1. An earphone, comprising:

a wearing assembly; and

a core module disposed on one end of the wearing assembly, the wearing assembly being configured to fix the core module on a head of a user, wherein

the core module includes a core housing, a core, and a cover plate, an opening being disposed on one end of the core housing, and the cover plate being covered on the opening of the core housing to form a chamber structure inside the core housing for accommodating the core; and

the wearing assembly includes an ear hook housing, wherein the ear hook housing includes an earphone fixing portion, a bending transition portion, and an accommodation bin which are sequentially connected, the earphone fixing portion being connected to a side of the cover plate facing away from the core housing.

2. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the earphone includes a first microphone and a second microphone, wherein

the first microphone is accommodated in the core housing, and

the second microphone is disposed outside the core housing.

3. The earphone of claim 2 , wherein the second microphone is disposed between the cover plate and the earphone fixing portion, a projection of the second microphone on the cover plate and a projection of the first microphone on the cover plate are staggered from each other, and the projection of the second microphone on the cover plate is closer to the bending transition portion than the projection of the first microphone on the cover plate.

4. The earphone of claim 2 , wherein the cover plate includes a long axis direction and a short axis direction, wherein

a size of the cover plate in the long axis direction is greater than a size of the cover plate in the short axis direction, and

an included angle between a line of a projection of the second microphone on the cover plate and a projection of the first microphone on the cover plate and the long axis direction is less than 45 degrees.

5. The earphone of claim 2 , wherein

a threaded hole is disposed on the cover plate,

a wiring channel is disposed inside the bending transition portion, wherein

the threaded hole is disposed close to the first microphone to allow a leading wire connected to the first microphone to extend from the core housing to the side of the cover plate facing away from the core housing through the threaded hole, and extend to the accommodation bin through the wiring channel, and

the side of the cover plate facing away from the core housing is disposed with a microphone accommodation groove and a wiring groove concave to the chamber structure, wherein

the second microphone is disposed in the microphone accommodation groove,

one end of the wiring groove is in communication with the threaded hole, and

the leading wire extends along the wiring groove.

6. The earphone of claim 2 , wherein

the core housing includes a bottom wall and an annular peripheral wall, one end of the annular peripheral wall being integrally connected with the bottom wall, and the cover plate being covered at another end of the annular peripheral wall and opposite to the bottom wall, the bottom wall being configured to contact with the user; and

the first microphone is disposed on the annular peripheral wall, an acoustic direction of the second microphone being perpendicular to the cover plate, and an acoustic direction of the first microphone being disposed parallel to the cover plate or inclined relative to the cover plate.

7. The earphone of claim 6 , wherein

an annular flange is disposed in an inner side of the annular peripheral wall,

the first microphone is embedded and fixed in the annular flange,

two wire management grooves are disposed in the inner side of the annular peripheral wall, and

welded joints formed between positive and negative terminals of the core and positive and negative outer wires are accommodated in the two wire management grooves, respectively.

8. The earphone of claim 6 , wherein a ratio of a difference between a rigidity of the bottom wall and a rigidity of the cover plate and the rigidity of the bottom wall is less than or equal to 10%.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: WANG, YONGGEN; LIU, ZHIQING; WANG, ZHEN; MAO, XINNAN
To: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060580/0516 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060580/0528 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 202020719524.7 · Apr 30, 2020 · national
CN 202020719543.X · Apr 30, 2020 · national
CN 202020720108.9 · Apr 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021089093 · Apr 22, 2021
Related Publication 20220337935A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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