IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,696,025
Granted Patent B2
US 12,696,025 · App. 18/517,758 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Earphones

Inventors: Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Peigeng Tong (Shenzhen, CN); Guolin Xie (Shenzhen, CN); Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, CN); Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, CN); Duoduo Wu (Shenzhen, CN); Ao Ji (Shenzhen, CN); Xin Qi (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
H04R1/105H04R1/1016
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,696,025
App. No.
18/517,758
Filed
Nov 22, 2023
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2693
USPC
381/74
Abstract

An earphone comprises a sound production component and an ear hook including a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion is hung between an auricle of a user and a head of the user, and the second portion extends toward a front outer side of the auricle and connects to the sound production component, so that the sound production component is worn at a position near an ear canal but does not block an opening of the ear canal. The sound production component and the auricle have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively. A first distance between a centroid of the first projection and a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction is within a range of 17 mm-43 mm, and an area of the first projection is within a range of 202 mm 2 -560 mm 2 .

Claims (40)

1 . An earphone, comprising:

a sound production component; and

an ear hook including a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence, wherein

the first portion is hung between an auricle of a user and a head of the user,

the second portion extends toward a front outer side of the auricle and connects to the sound production component so that the sound production component is worn at a position near an ear canal but does not block an opening of the ear canal,

the sound production component forms a first projection on a sagittal plane of the user along a coronal axis direction of the user in a wearing state, and the auricle forms a second projection on the sagittal plane along the coronal axis direction,

a centroid of the first projection has a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction,

the first distance is within a range of 17 mm-43 mm, and

an area of the first projection is within a range of 202 mm 2 -560 mm 2 .

2 . The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the centroid of the first projection has a second distance from an end point of the second projection in a sagittal axis direction, at least a portion of the sound production component extends into a cavity of an auricular concha, the first distance is within a range of 25 mm-43 mm, and/or the second distance is within a range of 20 mm-32.8 mm.

3 . The earphone of claim 2 , wherein a ratio of an area of an overlapping part of the first projection and a projection of the cavity of auricular concha on the sagittal plane to an area of the first projection is within a range of 0.25-0.8.

4 . The earphone of claim 2 , wherein a ratio of an area of an overlapping part of the first projection and a projection of the cavity of auricular concha on the sagittal plane to a projection area of the cavity of auricular concha on the sagittal plane is not less than 44.01%.

5 . The earphone of claim 2 , wherein the first projection includes a long axis direction and a short axis direction, and the first projection satisfies at least one of the following conditions:

a size of the first projection in the long axis direction is within a range of 18 mm-29 mm; or

a size of the first projection in the short axis direction is within a range of 10 mm-15 mm.

6 . The earphone of claim 2 , wherein

a ratio of a distance between a midpoint of a projection of an upper sidewall of the sound production component on the sagittal plane and the highest point of the second projection to a distance between the centroid of the first projection and the highest point of the second projection is within a range of 0.75-0.9; or

a ratio of a distance between a midpoint of a projection of a lower sidewall of the sound production component on the sagittal plane and the highest point of the second projection to a distance between the centroid of the first projection and the highest point of the second projection is within a range of 1.1-1.35.

7 . The earphone of claim 2 , wherein a distance between a projection of the centroid of the first projection and a projection of a vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane is within a range of 28 mm-38 mm.

8 . The earphone of claim 2 , wherein

a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction is within a range of 0.35-0.6; or

a ratio of the second distance to a width of the second projection in the sagittal axis direction is within a range of 0.4-0.65.

9 . The earphone of claim 2 , wherein a ratio of a distance between the centroid of the first projection and a centroid of a projection of the opening of the ear canal on the sagittal plane to a distance between the centroid of the first projection and a projection of a contour of the second projection on the sagittal plane is within a range of 0.13-0.55.

10 . The earphone of claim 2 , wherein an inclination angle of a projection of an upper sidewall or a lower sidewall of the sound production component on the sagittal plane relative to a horizontal direction is within a range of 13°−21°.

11 . The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the centroid of the first projection has a second distance from an end point of the second projection in a sagittal axis direction, the sound production component at least partially covers an antihelix region, the first distance is within a range of 17 mm-29 mm, and/or the second distance is within a range of 20 mm-31 mm.

12 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein a ratio of an area of an overlapping part of the first projection and a projection of a cavity of auricular concha on the sagittal plane to an area of the first projection is not less than 0.18.

13 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein the ratio of an area of an overlapping part of the first projection and a projection of a cavity of auricular concha on the sagittal plane to a projection area of the cavity of auricular concha on the sagittal plane is not less than 11.82%.

14 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein a minimum distance between a projection of an end of the sound production component on the sagittal plane and a projection of an inner contour of the auricle on the sagittal plane is not greater than 8 mm, or a distance between the projection of the end of the sound production component on the sagittal plane and the projection of the inner contour of the auricle on the sagittal plane in the sagittal axis direction is not greater than 8 mm.

15 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein the first projection includes a long axis direction and a short axis direction, and the first projection satisfies at least one of the following conditions:

a size of the first projection in the long axis direction is within a range of 21 mm-33 mm; or

a size of the first projection in the short axis direction is within a range of 11 mm-18 mm.

16 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein

a ratio of a distance between a midpoint of a projection of an upper sidewall of the sound production component on the sagittal plane and a highest point of the second projection to a distance between the centroid of the first projection and the highest point of the second projection is within a range of 0.65-0.85, or

a ratio of a distance between a midpoint of a projection of a lower sidewall of the sound production component on the sagittal plane and the highest point of the second projection to a distance between the centroid of the first projection and the highest point of the second projection is within a range of 1.17 to 1.4.

17 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein a distance between a projection of the centroid of the first projection and a projection of a vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane is within a range of 14 mm-28 mm.

18 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein

a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction is within a range of 0.25-0.4, or

a ratio of the second distance to a width of the second projection in the sagittal axis direction is within a range of 0.4-0.6.

19 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein a ratio of a distance between the centroid of the first projection and a centroid of a projection of the opening of the ear canal on the sagittal plane to a distance between the centroid of the first projection and a projection of a contour of the second projection on the sagittal plane is within a range of 0.07-0.54.

20 . The earphone of claim 11 , wherein an inclination angle of a projection of an upper sidewall or a lower sidewall of the sound production component on the sagittal plane relative to a horizontal direction is not greater than 40°.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: ZHANG, LEI; TONG, PEIGENG; XIE, GUOLIN; LI, YONGJIAN; XU, JIANG; ZHAO, TAO; WU, DUODUO; JI, AO; QI, XIN
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066174/0083 →
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/CN2023/079409 · Mar 2, 2023 · international
WO PCT/CN2023/079412 · Mar 2, 2023 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2023083539 · Mar 24, 2023
Related Publication 20240147133A1 · May 2, 2024
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