IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,871,171
Granted Patent B1
US 11,871,171 · App. 18/350,762 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Open earphones

Inventors: Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Peigeng Tong (Shenzhen, CN); Guolin Xie (Shenzhen, CN); Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, CN); Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, CN); Duoduo Wu (Shenzhen, CN); Ao Ji (Shenzhen, CN); Xin Qi (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
H04R1/1016H04R1/105H04R2460/09
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Patent No.
US 11,871,171
App. No.
18/350,762
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an open earphone. The open earphone may include a sound production device and an ear hook including a first part and a second part connected in sequence. The first part may be hooked and arranged between an auricle and a head of a user. The second part may extend to a front lateral surface of the auricle and may be connected to the sound production device. The sound production device may be worn at a position that is near an ear canal without blocking an earhole of the user. The sound production device may be at least partially inserted into an auricular concha cavity of the user. An overlap ratio of a projection area of the sound production device on a sagittal plane to a projection area of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane may be not less than 44.01%.

Claims (31)

1. An open earphone, comprising:

a sound production device; and

an ear hook including a first part and a second part connected in sequence, the first part being hooked and arranged between an auricle and a head of a user, the second part extending to a front lateral surface of the auricle and being connected to the sound production device, and the sound production device being worn at a position that is near an ear canal without blocking an earhole of the user, wherein

the sound production device is at least partially inserted into an auricular concha cavity of the user,

an overlap ratio of a projection area of the sound production device on a sagittal plane to a projection area of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane is not less than 44.01%.

2. The open earphone of claim 1 , wherein the overlap ratio of the projection area of the sound production device on the sagittal plane to 7 the projection area of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane is not less than 57.89%.

3. The open earphone of claim 1 , wherein the projection area of the sound production device on the sagittal plane is within a range of 202 mm 2 -560 mm 2 .

4. The open earphone of claim 1 , wherein a distance between a projection of an end of the sound production device on the sagittal plane and a projection of an edge of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane is not greater than 16 mm.

5. The open earphone of claim 4 , wherein the end of the sound production device is configured to abut against the edge of the auricular concha cavity.

6. The open earphone of claim 4 , wherein the distance between the projection of the end of the sound production device on the sagittal plane and the projection of the edge of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane is within a range of 4.77 mm-10.48 mm.

7. The open earphone of claim 1 , wherein a distance between a centroid of a projection of the sound production device on the sagittal plane and a centroid of a projection of the earhole on the sagittal plane is within a range of 8 mm-12 mm.

8. The open earphone of claim 1 , wherein a projection shape of the sound production device on the sagittal plane includes a long axis direction and a short axis direction, and the projection shape satisfies a condition including at least one of:

a size of the projection shape along the long axis direction is within a range of 18 mm-29 mm, or

a size of the projection shape along the short axis direction is within a range of 10 mm-15 mm.

9. The open earphone of claim 8 , wherein a ratio of the size of the projection shape along the long axis direction to the size of the projection shape along the short axis direction is within a range of 1.4-2.2.

10. The open earphone of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the sound production device is within a range of 6 mm-12 mm.

11. An open earphone, comprising:

a sound production device; and

an ear hook including a first part and a second part connected in sequence, the first part being hooked and arranged between an auricle and a head of a user, the second part extending to a front lateral surface of the auricle and being connected to the sound production device, and the sound production device being worn at a position that is near an ear canal without blocking an earhole of the user, wherein

the sound production device is at least partially inserted into an auricular concha cavity of the user,

a distance between a projection of an end of the sound production device on a sagittal plane and a projection of an edge of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane is not greater than 16 mm.

12. The open earphone of claim 11 , wherein the end of the sound production device is configured to abut against the edge of the auricular concha cavity.

13. The open earphone of claim 11 , wherein the distance between the projection of the end of the sound production device on the sagittal plane and the projection of the edge of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane is within a range of 4.77 mm-10.48 mm.

14. The open earphone of claim 11 , wherein an overlap ratio of a projection area of the sound production device on the sagittal plane to a projection area of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane is not less than 34.05%.

15. The open earphone of claim 14 , wherein the projection area of the sound production device on the sagittal plane is within a range of 202 mm 2 -560 mm 2 .

16. The open earphone of claim 11 , wherein a distance between a centroid of a projection of the sound production device on the sagittal plane and a centroid of a projection of the earhole on the sagittal plane is within a range of 8 mm-12 mm.

17. The open earphone of claim 16 , wherein a projection shape of the sound production device on the sagittal plane includes a long axis direction and a short axis direction, and the projection shape satisfies a condition including at least one of:

a size of the projection shape along the long axis direction is within a range of 18 mm-29 mm, or

a size of the projection shape along the short axis direction is within a range of 10 mm-15 mm.

18. The open earphone of claim 17 , wherein a ratio of the size of the projection shape along the long axis direction to the size of the projection shape along the short axis direction is within a range of 1.4-2.2.

19. The open earphone of claim 11 , wherein a thickness of the sound production device is within a range of 6 mm-12 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: ZHANG, LEI; TONG, PEIGENG; XIE, GUOLIN; LI, YONGJIAN; XU, JIANG; ZHAO, TAO; WU, DUODUO; JI, AO; QI, XIN
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064321/0721 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 202211336918.4 · Oct 28, 2022 · national
CN 202223239628.6 · Dec 1, 2022 · national
WO PCT/CN2022/144339 · Dec 30, 2022 · international
Continuity (1)
Continuation PCTCN2023079412 · Mar 2, 2023
Cited By (1)
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