IP Library Granted Patent US 11,758,315
Granted Patent B2
US 11,758,315 · App. 17/586,633 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Earphone case and wireless earphone

Inventor: Fei Sun (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04R1/1016H04R2420/07H04R2460/17
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Patent No.
US 11,758,315
App. No.
17/586,633
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An earphone case is for storing a wireless earphone body, and includes a case body and a case cover. A top face and a side face of the case body each have an accommodating groove, the accommodating groove in the top face is configured to be fitted with an ear bud of the wireless earphone body, and the accommodating groove in the side face is configured to be fitted with a stem of the wireless earphone body. The case body is provided with a magnetic member for attracting the wireless earphone body.

Claims (34)

1. An earphone case for storing a wireless earphone body, comprising:

a case cover; and

a case body, a top face and a side face of the case body each having an accommodating groove, the accommodating groove in the top face being configured to be fitted with an ear bud of the wireless earphone body, the accommodating groove in the side face being configured to be fitted with a stem of the wireless earphone body, the case body being provided with a magnetic member for attracting the wireless earphone body,

wherein the case cover is flippably connected to the case body, and the case cover is configured to be flipped between a closed position and an open position,

in the open position, an upper side of the accommodating groove in the top face and a front side of the accommodating groove in the side face are both open, and in the closed position, the case cover covers the upper side of the accommodating groove in the top face and the front side of the accommodating groove in the side face.

2. The earphone case according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless earphone body comprises a left earphone body and a right earphone body, the accommodating groove in the side face has a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion, the first accommodating portion is configured to be fitted with a stem of the left earphone body, and the second accommodating portion is configured to be fitted with a stem of the right earphone body.

3. The earphone case according to claim 2 , wherein the case body comprises a protrusion arranged in the accommodating groove in the side face, the protrusion is located between the first accommodating portion and the second accommodating portion to separate the first accommodating portion from the second accommodating portion.

4. The earphone case according to claim 2 , wherein the first accommodating portion and the second accommodating portion are part of a single accommodating cavity.

5. The earphone case according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodating groove in the top face matches in shape with the ear bud of the wireless earphone body, and a part of the ear bud of the wireless earphone body is configured to be accommodated in the accommodating groove in the top face.

6. The earphone case according to claim 1 , wherein the case body is provided with at least one magnetic member for attracting the ear bud and at least one another magnetic member for attracting the stem, and the wireless earphone body is provided with a plurality of attraction members in one-to-one correspondence to the magnetic members.

7. The earphone case according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless earphone body comprises a left earphone body and a right earphone body, the magnetic member comprises a first magnetic member for attracting the left earphone body and a second magnetic member for attracting the right earphone body, and a magnetic pole, for attracting the left earphone body, of the first magnetic member is opposite to a magnetic pole, for attracting the right earphone body, of the second magnetic member.

8. The earphone case according to claim 7 , wherein the left earphone body is provided with a first attraction member corresponding to the first magnetic member, the right earphone body is provided with a second attraction member corresponding to the second magnetic member, the wireless earphone body is further provided with a Hall effect switch, and when the first attraction member and the second attraction member are attached with each other by attraction, the Hall effect switch is triggered, and the wireless earphone body enters a non-use state.

9. The earphone case according to claim 8 , wherein when the first attraction member and the first magnetic member attract each other, the Hall effect switch is triggered, and the left earphone body enters the non-use state;

when the second attraction member and the second magnetic member attract each other, the Hall effect switch is triggered, and the right earphone body enters the non-use state.

10. The earphone case according to claim 7 , wherein two first magnetic members are provided, the left earphone body is provided with two first attraction members in one-to-one correspondence to the two first magnetic members, and the two first attraction members are arranged on the ear bud and the stem of the left earphone body, respectively;

two second magnetic members are provided, the right earphone body is provided with two second attraction members in one-to-one correspondence to the two second magnetic members, and the two second attraction members are arranged on the ear bud and the stem of the right earphone body, respectively.

11. A wireless earphone, comprising:

a wireless earphone body; and

an earphone case configured to store the wireless earphone body, and the earphone case comprising a case body and a case cover, a top face and a side face of the case body each having an accommodating groove, the accommodating groove in the top face being configured to be fitted with an ear bud of the wireless earphone body, the accommodating groove in the side face being configured to be fitted with a stem of the wireless earphone body, the case body being provided with a magnetic member for attracting the wireless earphone body,

wherein the wireless earphone body comprises a left earphone body and a right earphone body, the magnetic member comprises a first magnetic member for attracting the left earphone body and a second magnetic member for attracting the right earphone body, and a magnetic pole, for attracting the left earphone body, of the first magnetic member is opposite to a magnetic pole, for attracting the right earphone body, of the second magnetic member.

12. The wireless earphone according to claim 11 , wherein the case cover is flippably connected to the case body, and the case cover is configured to be flipped between a closed position and an open position,

in the open position, an upper side of the accommodating groove in the top face and a front side of the accommodating groove in the side face are both open, and in the closed position, the case cover covers the upper side of the accommodating groove in the top face and the front side of the accommodating groove in the side face.

13. The wireless earphone according to claim 11 , wherein the accommodating groove in the side face has a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion, the first accommodating portion is configured to be fitted with a stem of the left earphone body, and the second accommodating portion is configured to be fitted with a stem of the right earphone body.

14. The wireless earphone according to claim 13 , wherein the case body comprises a protrusion arranged in the accommodating groove in the side face, the protrusion is located between the first accommodating portion and the second accommodating portion to separate the first accommodating portion from the second accommodating portion.

15. The wireless earphone according to claim 13 , wherein the first accommodating portion and the second accommodating portion are part of a single accommodating cavity.

16. The wireless earphone according to claim 11 , wherein the left earphone body is provided with a first attraction member corresponding to the first magnetic member, the right earphone body is provided with a second attraction member corresponding to the second magnetic member, the wireless earphone body is further provided with a Hall effect switch, and when the first attraction member and the second attraction member are attached with each other by attraction, the Hall effect switch is triggered, and the wireless earphone body enters a non-use state.

17. The wireless earphone according to claim 16 , wherein when the first attraction member and the first magnetic member attract each other, the Hall effect switch is triggered, and the left earphone body enters the non-use state;

when the second attraction member and the second magnetic member attract each other, the Hall effect switch is triggered, and the right earphone body enters the non-use state.

18. The wireless earphone according to claim 11 , wherein two first magnetic members are provided, the left earphone body is provided with two first attraction members in one-to-one correspondence to the two first magnetic members, and the two first attraction members are arranged on the ear bud and the stem of the left earphone body, respectively;

two second magnetic members are provided, the right earphone body is provided with two second attraction members in one-to-one correspondence to the two second magnetic members, and the two second attraction members are arranged on the ear bud and the stem of the right earphone body, respectively.

19. An earphone case for storing a wireless earphone body, comprising:

a case cover; and

a case body, a top face and a side face of the case body each having an accommodating groove, the accommodating groove in the top face being configured to be fitted with an ear bud of the wireless earphone body, the accommodating groove in the side face being configured to be fitted with a stem of the wireless earphone body, the case body being provided with a magnetic member for attracting the wireless earphone body,

wherein the accommodating groove in the top face matches in shape with the ear bud of the wireless earphone body, and a part of the ear bud of the wireless earphone body is configured to be accommodated in the accommodating groove in the top face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: SUN, FEI
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058799/0770 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110988010.0 · Aug 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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