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Granted Patent B2
US 10,924,839 · App. 16/594,097 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

In-ear headphone

Inventors: Hung-Uei Jou (Taichung, TW); Chung-Yi Huang (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
H04R1/1016H04R1/04H04R1/1066H04R2201/10
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Patent No.
US 10,924,839
App. No.
16/594,097
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-ear headphone includes a shell, a speaker, a circuit board, and a sensing structure. The shell has an accommodating space. The speaker is disposed in the accommodating space. The circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the speaker. A sensing chip is disposed on the circuit board. The sensing structure includes a sensing sound tube and a transmission member. The sensing sound tube protrudes from a front end of the shell and has a conductor. The sensing sound tube is electrically connected to the sensing chip by the transmission member. A material of the sensing sound tube is different from a material of the shell.

Claims (16)

1. An in-ear headphone, comprising:

a shell, internally comprising an accommodating space;

a speaker, disposed in the accommodating space;

a circuit board, disposed in the accommodating space, electrically connected to the speaker, and provided with a sensing chip;

a sensing structure, comprising a sensing sound tube and a transmission member, wherein the sensing sound tube protrudes from a front end of the shell and the whole sensing sound tube is a conductor, the sensing sound tube is electrically connected to the sensing chip by the transmission member, and a material of the sensing sound tube is different from a material of the shell,

wherein the accommodating space is defined with a front cavity and a rear cavity by location of the speaker, the front cavity is communicated with the rear cavity through a guide channel, and pressure of the front cavity is guided to the rear cavity by the guide channel; and

an inner support, disposed in the accommodating space, the speaker is located inside the inner support, and the guide channel is formed in at least one of the inner support and the shell.

2. The in-ear headphone according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is located in the rear cavity, and the sensing sound tube is partially located in the front cavity and is communicated with the front cavity.

3. The in-ear headphone according to claim 1 , wherein the rear cavity is provided with a pressure relief hole, and the pressure of the front cavity is released from the pressure relief hole successively through the guide channel and the rear cavity.

4. The in-ear headphone according to claim 3 , wherein the shell comprises a front cover and a rear cover assembled to the front cover, the sensing sound tube protrudes from a front end of the front cover, a rear end of the front cover and the rear cover jointly form the rear cavity, and the pressure relief hole is formed in the rear cover.

5. The in-ear headphone according to claim 1 , wherein a groove is formed between the inner support and the shell, and the transmission member is located in the groove.

6. The in-ear headphone according to claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises a front cover, the front cover is provided with an opening and comprises a concave platform encircling the opening, the sensing sound tube comprises a flange protruding from an outer wall, and the flange of the sensing sound tube is fixed on the concave platform of the front cover.

7. The in-ear headphone according to claim 1 , wherein the whole shell is a non-conductor.

8. The in-ear headphone according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker is provided with a sound outlet surface, and the sound outlet surface faces a sound outlet of the sensing sound tube.

9. The in-ear headphone according to claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of the sensing sound tube is between 4 mm and 5 mm.

10. The in-ear headphone according to claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises a front cover and a rear cover assembled to the front cover, the sensing sound tube protrudes from a front end of the front cover, and the front cover is not provided with a pressure relief hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2019
From: JOU, HUNG-UEI; HUANG, CHUNG-YI
To: MERRY ELECTRONICS(SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050723/0871 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 108123039 A · Jul 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210006884A1 · Jan 7, 2021