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Granted Patent B2
US 12,279,085 · App. 17/934,192 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Acoustic output apparatuses and assemblies thereof

Inventors: Yonggen Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Haofeng Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Zeying Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Liwei Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Fanyue Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
H04R1/1066H04R1/1025H04R1/105H04R1/1091H04R2201/10
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Patent No.
US 12,279,085
App. No.
17/934,192
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an acoustic apparatus. The acoustic apparatus may include a support assembly. The support assembly may include a first portion and a second portion. When a user is wearing the acoustic apparatus, the first portion may be hung between a first side of an ear and a head of the user, the second portion may contact a second side of the ear. The first portion may cause the second portion to provide a compressive force on the second side of the ear.

Claims (51)

1. An acoustic apparatus comprising:

a support assembly including a first portion, and a second portion;

a core assembly; and

a battery assembly, the core assembly being arranged on the second portion, and the battery assembly being arranged on the first portion, wherein the first portion is hung between a first side of an ear and a head of a user, the second portion contacts a second side of the ear; the first portion causes the second portion to provide a compressive force on the second side of the ear.

2. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third portion, the first portion being connected with the second portion through the third portion, and the first portion causing the second portion to provide the compressive force on the second side of the ear through the third portion, and the third portion adapting to a thickness of the ear.

3. The acoustic apparatus of claim 2 , wherein

when the user is wearing the acoustic apparatus,

a first contact point and a second contact point between the first portion and the head are formed on the first portion,

the second contact point is located between the first contact point and a first connection point between the first portion and the third portion to cause the first portion to form a lever structure with the second contact point as a fulcrum,

a force provided by the head and directed toward an outside of the head at the second contact point is converted by the lever structure into a force directed toward the head at the first connection point, and

the force directed toward the head causes, through the third portion, the second portion to provide the compressive force on the second side of the ear.

4. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

when the user is wearing the acoustic apparatus,

a first contact point between the first portion and the first side of the ear is formed on the first portion,

a second contact point between the second portion and the second side of the ear is formed on the second portion, and

a distance between the first contact point and the second contact point when the user is not wearing the acoustic apparatus is smaller than a distance between the first contact point and the second contact point when the user is wearing the acoustic apparatus, to cause the second portion to provide the compressive force on the second side of the ear.

5. The acoustic apparatus of claim 4 , wherein

a third contact point between the first portion and the first side of the ear is formed on the first portion,

the third contact point is located between the first contact point and a first connection point between the first portion and the third portion, and is adjacent to the first connection point, and

a distance between projections of the first contact point and the third contact point on a reference plane perpendicular to an extension direction of the third portion when the user is not wearing the acoustic apparatus is smaller than a distance between projections of the first contact point and the third contact point on the reference plane perpendicular to the extension direction of the third portion when the user is wearing the acoustic apparatus to balance a self-weight of the second portion.

6. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first end of the first portion is provided with at least one of a bulge structure, a dull polish structure, a texture structure, or a hole structure.

7. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

an angle between a first end of the first portion and a reference plane when the user is not wearing the acoustic apparatus is greater than an angle between the first end of the first portion and the reference plane when the user is wearing the acoustic apparatus, and the reference plane includes a plane including a surface of the second portion.

8. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first portion is configured to provide a compressive force on the first side of the ear.

9. The acoustic apparatus of claim 2 , wherein

the first portion and the third portion are movably connected, the third portion and the second portion are movably connected, or a portion of the third portion is movably connected relative to another portion of the third portion.

10. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising

an auxiliary portion being physically connected with the second portion, wherein when the user is wearing the acoustic apparatus, the auxiliary portion is used to abut against at least a part of the ear to limit a movement of the second portion.

11. The acoustic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein

the second portion has a major axis and a minor axis, a dimension of the second portion in a direction of the major axis is greater than or equal to a dimension of the second portion in a direction of the minor axis,

one end of the second portion in the direction of the major axis is connected with a second end of the first portion, and the auxiliary portion is connected with a side of the second portion close to the first portion.

12. The acoustic apparatus of claim 11 , wherein when the user is not wearing the acoustic apparatus, a side of the second portion in contact with the second side of the ear is defined as an inner surface, a side of the second portion opposite to the inner surface is defined as an outer surface, a side of the second portion connected with the first portion is defined as an upper surface, and a side of the second portion opposite to the upper surface in the direction of the major axis is defined as a lower surface, a side of the second portion close to the ear is defined as a rear surface, and a side of the second portion opposite to the rear surface in the direction of the minor axis is defined as a front surface,

the auxiliary portion is provided at one of the upper surface, the rear surface, and the lower surface, or

the auxiliary portion is provided at a junction of the upper surface and the rear surface or a junction of the rear surface and the lower surface.

13. The acoustic apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the auxiliary portion includes a support segment and a contact segment connected with the support segment, the support segment is connected with the second portion, and the contact segment is used to abut against an auricular nave of the ear.

14. The acoustic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein an angle formed by the support segment along the extension direction of the second portion and the direction of the major axis of the second portion is within the range of 0° to 30°.

15. The acoustic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein an angle formed between a projection of the support segment on a reference plane perpendicular to the direction of the major axis of the second portion and the direction of the minor axis of the second portion is within the range of 0° to 60° to cause the auxiliary portion to clamp the ear together with the first portion when the user is wearing the acoustic apparatus.

16. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a total weight of the second portion to a weight of a portion of the first portion including the battery assembly is within 4:1.

17. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of a portion of the first portion including the battery assembly is larger than an outer diameter of other portions of the first portion.

18. The acoustic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a length to an outer diameter of a portion of the first portion including the battery assembly is within 6:1.

19. An acoustic apparatus, comprising

a support assembly, an auxiliary portion,

a core assembly, and a battery assembly;

the support assembly including a first portion and a second portion, the auxiliary portion being physically connected with the second portion, the core assembly being arranged on the second portion, and the battery assembly being arranged on the first portion;

wherein when a user is wearing the acoustic apparatus,

the first portion is hung between a first side of an ear and a head of the user and being at least partially in contact with the head,

the second portion contacts a second side of the ear, and the first portion provides the second portion with a compressive force on the second side of the ear, and

the auxiliary portion is used to abut against at least a part of the ear to limit a movement of the second portion.

20. The acoustic apparatus of claim 19 , wherein:

the support assembly further includes a third portion, the first portion being connected with the second portion through the third portion, and the first portion causing the second portion to provide the compressive force on the second side of the ear through the third portion, and the third portion adapting to a thickness of the ear.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2022
From: WANG, YONGGEN; ZHANG, HAOFENG; ZHENG, ZEYING; ZHANG, LEI; WANG, LIWEI; XU, JIANG; WANG, FANYUE
To: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061879/0206 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 25, 2022
From: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061879/0220 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 202010743396.4 · Jul 29, 2020 · national
CN 202011328519.4 · Nov 24, 2020 · national
CN 202011539560.6 · Dec 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021091673 · Apr 30, 2021
Related Publication 20230028541A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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