IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,212,916
Granted Patent B2
US 12,212,916 · App. 18/625,183 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Headphones

Inventors: Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Haofeng Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Zeying Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Shanyong Gu (Beijing, CN); Hongqiang Zhao (Beijing, CN); Peigeng Tong (Shenzhen, CN); Guolin Xie (Shenzhen, CN); Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, CN); Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, CN); Duoduo Wu (Shenzhen, CN); Ao Ji (Shenzhen, CN); Xin Qi (Shenzhen, CN); Liwei Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhen Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
H04R1/105H04R1/1016
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Patent No.
US 12,212,916
App. No.
18/625,183
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a headphone including a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook and the sound production component form a first projection on a user's sagittal plane. In a non-wearing state, an inner contour, a first end contour, a second end contour of the first projection, and a tangent segment connecting the first end contour and the second end contour jointly define a first closed curve. A first area of the first closed curve ranges 300 mm 2 -500 mm 2 . A portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a first curve. The first curve has an extremum point in a first direction 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 sagittal plane.

Claims (33)

1. A headphone, comprising:

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

an ear hook, wherein the ear hook includes a first portion and a second portion, in a wearing state, the first portion is hung between an auricle of a user and a head of the user, and the second portion extends toward a side of the auricle away from the head and is connected to the sound production component to place the sound production component in a position near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal, wherein

the ear hook and the sound production component form a first projection on a sagittal plane of the user, wherein the first projection includes an outer contour, a first end contour, an inner contour, and a second end contour, in a non-wearing state, the inner contour, the first end contour, the second end contour, and a tangent segment connecting the first end contour and the second end contour jointly define a first closed curve, and a first area of the first closed curve is within a range of 300 mm 2 -500 mm 2 ; and

a portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a first curve, wherein the first curve 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 sagittal plane of the user, and the upper vertex of the ear hook is a highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along a vertical axis of the user in the wearing state.

2. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the wearing state, at least a portion of the housing is inserted into an auricular concha cavity.

3. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the extremum point and the projection point of the upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane of the user in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component is within a range of 6 mm-15 mm.

4. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component, the portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a left-most end and a right-most end, wherein

the left-most end and the right-most end are respectively two endpoints of the first curve, in the non-wearing state, a distance between the left-most end and the right-most end in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component is within a range of 25 mm-35 mm.

5. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component, the portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a left-most end, and in the non-wearing state, a distance between the extremum point and the left-most end in the first direction is within a range of 20 mm-25 mm.

6. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component, the portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a left-most end, and in the non-wearing state, a distance between the projection point of the upper vertex on the sagittal plane and the left-most point in the first direction is within a range of 17 mm-22 mm.

7. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the non-wearing state, a distance between a projection point of a centroid of the headphone on the sagittal plane and the extremum point is within a range of 20 mm-35 mm.

8. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the non-wearing state, a distance between the extremum point and a projection point of a centroid of the sound production component on the sagittal plane is within a range of 20 mm-30 mm.

9. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the non-wearing state, a distance between the projection point of the upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane and a projection point of a centroid of the headphone on the sagittal plane is within a range of 22 mm-35 mm.

10. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the non-wearing state, a distance between the projection point of the upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane and a projection point of a centroid of the sound production component on the sagittal plane is within a range of 18 mm-28 mm.

11. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein

the tangent segment is tangent to the first end contour at a first tangent point,

the tangent segment is tangent to the second end contour at a second tangent point, and

when the headphone is in the non-wearing state, an area of a triangle formed by the first tangent point, the second tangent point, and the extremum point is within a range of 150 mm 2 -190 mm 2 .

12. The headphone of claim 1 , wherein in the non-wearing state, a distance between a projection point of a centroid of the sound production component on the sagittal plane and a projection point of a centroid of the ear hook on the sagittal plane is within a range of 20 mm-35 mm.

13. A headphone, comprising:

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

an ear hook, wherein the ear hook includes a first portion and a second portion, in a wearing state, the first portion is hung between an auricle of a user and a head of the user, and the second portion extends toward a side of the auricle away from the head and is connected to the sound production component to place the sound production component in a position near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal, wherein

the ear hook and the sound production component form a second projection on a sagittal plane of the user, wherein the second projection includes an outer contour, a first end contour, an inner contour, and a second end contour, in a non-wearing state, the inner contour, the first end contour, the second end contour, and a tangent segment connecting the first end contour and the second end contour jointly define a second closed curve, and a second area of the second closed curve is within a range of 50 mm 2 -200 mm 2 ; and

a portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a first curve, wherein the first curve 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, in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component, a distance between the extremum point and a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane of the user is no greater than 5 mm, and the upper vertex of the ear hook is a highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along a vertical axis of the user in the wearing state.

14. The headphone of claim 13 , wherein in the wearing state, at least a portion of the housing covers an antihelix region.

15. The headphone of claim 13 , wherein in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component, the portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a left-most end and a right-most end, the left-most end and the right-most end are respectively two endpoints of the first curve, wherein

a distance between the left-most end and the right-most end in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component is within a range of 25 mm-35 mm.

16. The headphone of claim 13 , wherein in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component, the portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a left-most end, and in the non-wearing state, a distance between the extremum point and the left-most end in the first direction is within a range of 15 mm-20 mm.

17. The headphone of claim 13 , wherein in the long axis direction of the projection of the sound production component, the portion of the inner contour corresponding to the ear hook includes a left-most end, and in the non-wearing state, the distance between the projection point of the upper vertex on the sagittal plane and the left-most end in the first direction is within a range of 12 mm-17 mm.

18. The headphone of claim 13 , wherein in the non-wearing state, a distance between a projection point of a centroid of the headphone on the sagittal plane and the extremum point is within a range of 15 mm-30 mm.

19. The headphone of claim 13 , wherein in the non-wearing state, a distance between the extremum point and a projection point of a centroid of the sound production component on the sagittal plane is within a range of 15 mm-25 mm.

20. The headphone of claim 13 , wherein in the non-wearing state, a distance between the projection point of the upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane and a projection point of a centroid of the headphone on the sagittal plane is within a range of 17 mm-30 mm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2024
From: GU, SHANYONG; ZHAO, HONGQIANG
To: KING TONE INNOVATION (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068575/0983 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2024
From: XU, JIANG; ZHANG, HAOFENG; ZHENG, ZEYING; ZHANG, LEI; TONG, PEIGENG; XIE, GUOLIN; LI, YONGJIAN; ZHAO, TAO; WU, DUODUO; JI, AO; QI, XIN; WANG, LIWEI; WANG, ZHEN
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068575/0987 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2024
From: KING TONE INNOVATION (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068575/0996 →
Priority Claims (5)
CN 202211336918.4 · Oct 28, 2022 · national
CN 202223239628.6 · Dec 1, 2022 · national
WO PCT/CN2022/144339 · Dec 30, 2022 · international
WO PCT/CN2023/079401 · Mar 2, 2023 · international
WO PCT/CN2023/083534 · Mar 24, 2023 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2023126157 · Oct 24, 2023
Related Publication 20240284086A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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