IP Library Granted Patent US 11,902,733
Granted Patent B1
US 11,902,733 · App. 18/365,207 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Earphones

Inventors: Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Zeying Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Haofeng Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
H04R1/105H04R1/1008H04R2460/09
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,902,733
App. No.
18/365,207
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an earphone including a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, the ear hook is configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner contour of a projection of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane includes a first curve that has an extremum point in a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component. The extremum point is located behind a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane, and the upper vertex of the ear hook is the highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along a vertical axis of the user.

Claims (29)

1. An earphone, comprising:

a sound production component including a transducer and a housing for accommodating the transducer; and

an ear hook, wherein in a wearing state, a first part of the ear hook is hung between an auricle and a head of a user, and a second part of the ear hook extends towards a side of the auricle away from the head and connects to the sound production component to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal, wherein

an inner contour of a projection of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane includes a first curve, the first curve has an extremum point in a first direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component; and

the extremum point is located behind a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane, and the upper vertex of the ear hook is the highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along a vertical axis of the user in the wearing state.

2. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the extremum point and the projection point of the upper vertex of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane is within a range of 6 mm-5 mm along the long-axis direction of the projection of the sound production component.

3. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the extremum point and a projection point of the centroid of the earphone on the user's sagittal plane is within a range of 20 mm-35 mm.

4. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a first included angle between a connection line connecting the extremum point and a projection point of the centroid of the earphone on the user's sagittal plane and the long-axis direction of the projection of the sound production component is less than 90°.

5. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the extremum point and a projection of the centroid of the sound production component on the user's sagittal plane is within a range of 20 mm-30 mm.

6. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a second included angle between a connection line connecting the extremum point and a projection point of the centroid of the sound production component on the user's sagittal plane and the long-axis direction of the projection of the sound production component is less than 90°.

7. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a first included angle between a connection line connecting the extremum point and a projection point of the centroid of the earphone on the user's sagittal plane and the long-axis direction of the projection of the sound production component is smaller than a second included angle between a connection line connecting the extremum point and a projection point of the centroid of the sound production component on the user's sagittal plane and the long-axis direction of the projection of the sound production component.

8. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein an included angle between a connection line connecting a corresponding point of the extremum point on the ear hook and the centroid of the sound production component and an ear hook plane is within a range of 10°-18°.

9. The earphone of claim 8 , wherein an included angle between an outer surface of the sound production component and the ear hook plane is within a range of 15°-25°.

10. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a vertical distance between a point on the ear hook with a farthest vertical distance from an inner surface of the sound production component and the inner surface of the sound production component is within a range of 6 mm-9 mm.

11. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a first derivative of the first curve in a first preset coordinate system is continuous, a vertical axis of the first preset coordinate system is parallel to the first direction, and a horizontal axis of the first preset coordinate system is parallel to the long-axis direction of the projection of the sound production component.

12. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the first part of the ear hook includes a transition section and a battery compartment, one end of the transition section is connected to the battery compartment, and a cross-sectional area of the transition section is larger than 17.99 mm 2 .

13. The earphone of claim 12 , wherein in the wearing state, a distance between a starting point of an inner curve of a projection of the transition section on the user's sagittal plane and a projection point of the extremum point on the user's sagittal plane is within a range of 24 mm-28 mm.

14. The earphone of claim 12 , wherein in the wearing state, an included angle between a connection line connecting a starting point of an inner curve of a projection of the transition section on the user's sagittal plane and a projection point of the extremum point on the user's sagittal plane and a connection line connecting a starting point of the projection of the transition section on the user's sagittal plane and the projection point of the upper vertex of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane is within a range of 18°-22°.

15. An earphone, comprising:

a sound production component including a transducer and a housing for accommodating the transducer; and

an ear hook, wherein in a wearing state, a first part of the ear hook is hung between an auricle and a head of a user, and a second part of the ear hook extends towards a side of the auricle away from the head and connects to the sound production component to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal, wherein

a projection of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane has a first curve, the first curve has an extremum point in a first direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component; and

the ear hook has a variable cross-section structure, and an area of a cross-section of the ear hook is the smallest near a corresponding point of the extremum point on the ear hook.

16. The earphone of claim 15 , wherein the cross-section with the smallest area of the ear hook is an axisymmetric plane and a cross-sectional area of the axisymmetric plane is within a range of 5 mm 2 -9 mm 2 .

17. The earphone of claim 16 , wherein the axisymmetric plane includes a long-axis and a short-axis, and a length of the long-axis is within a range of 2 mm-5 mm.

18. The earphone of claim 16 , wherein the axisymmetric plane includes a long-axis and a short-axis, and a length of the short-axis is within a range of 1.5 mm-4.5 mm.

19. The earphone of claim 16 , wherein the axisymmetric plane includes a long-axis and a short-axis, the long-axis is a symmetry axis of the axisymmetric plane, and an outer contour curve of a half-plane of the axisymmetric plane has an extremum point in a direction perpendicular to the long-axis.

20. The earphone of claim 19 , wherein in the wearing state, a second end point of the long-axis is closer to the auricle of the user than a first end point of the long-axis in a long-axis direction; and

the extremum point of the outer contour curve in a direction perpendicular to the symmetry axis is closer to the second end point in the long-axis direction compared with the first end point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2023
From: XU, JIANG; ZHENG, ZEYING; ZHANG, HAOFENG
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064504/0129 →
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 PCTCN2023083534 · Mar 24, 2023
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