IP Library Granted Patent US 11,877,116
Granted Patent B2
US 11,877,116 · App. 17/453,492 · Granted Jan 16, 2024

Speaker device

Inventors: Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, CN); Wenbing Zhou (Shenzhen, CN); Jinbo Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Zhuyang Jiang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,877,116
App. No.
17/453,492
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a speaker device. The speaker device may include a speaker assembly and a supporting connector. The speaker assembly may include a speaker module and a button module. The supporting connector may be configured to contact with the human head and provide a vibration fulcrum for a vibration of the speaker assembly. A distance between a center of the button module and the vibration fulcrum may be not greater than a distance between a center of the speaker module and the vibration fulcrum.

Claims (32)

1. A speaker device, comprising:

a speaker assembly including a speaker module, a button module, and a microphone module; and

a supporting connector configured to contact with the human head and connected to the speaker assembly, wherein

the supporting connector includes an ear hook, and the button module is disposed in a center position of the speaker assembly or disposed at a proximal end of the speaker assembly close to a top point of the ear hook,

a user operation is performed by clicking, sliding, or scrolling the button module, and

a distance between a center of the microphone module and the top point of the ear hook is not greater than a distance between the top point of the ear hook and a center of a portion of the speaker assembly other than the microphone module.

2. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein a first distance between a center of the button module and the top point of the ear hook is not greater than a second distance between a center of the speaker module and the top point of the ear hook.

3. The speaker device of claim 2 , the center includes a center of mass or a centroid.

4. The speaker device of claim 2 , wherein the button module is disposed in the center position of the speaker assembly when the first distance is the same as the second distance.

5. The speaker device of claim 2 , wherein the button module is disposed at the proximal end of the speaker assembly close to the top point of the ear hook when the first distance is smaller than the second distance.

6. The speaker device of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the first distance to the second distance is not greater than 0.95.

7. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a mass of the button module to a mass of the speaker module is not greater than 0.3.

8. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein

the speaker module includes a housing configured to accommodate an earphone core of the speaker device;

the housing includes an outer side wall away from the human head; and

the button module is located at a middle position of an outer side wall.

9. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein

a connection portion connecting the ear hook and the speaker module has a central axis; and

an extension line of the central axis has a projection on a plane where an outer surface of the button module locates.

10. The speaker device of claim 9 , wherein an angle formed between the projection and a long axis direction of the button module is less than 10°.

11. The speaker device of claim 9 , wherein a distance between the projection and an intersection of a long axis direction of the outer surface of the button module and a short axis direction of the outer surface of the button module is less than a width of the outer surface along the short axis direction of the button module.

12. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein

a first distance is formed between the center of the microphone module and the top point of the ear hook;

a second distance is formed between a center of the portion of the speaker module other than the microphone module and the top point of the ear hook; and

a ratio of the first distance to the second distance is not greater than 1.

13. The speaker device of claim 12 , wherein the microphone module is disposed on the center of the speaker assembly when the ratio of the first distance to the second distance is equal to 1.

14. The speaker device of claim 12 , wherein the microphone module is disposed on a proximal end close to the top point of the ear hook when the ratio of the first distance to the second distance is less than 1.

15. The speaker device of claim 12 , wherein the ratio of the first distance to the second distance is not greater than 0.95.

16. The speaker device of claim 12 , wherein the ratio of the first distance to the second distance is between 0.1 and 0.950.

17. The speaker device of claim 12 , wherein the ratio of the first distance to the second distance is between 0.4 and 0.6.

18. The speaker device of claim 12 , wherein a ratio of a mass of the microphone module to a mass of the portion of the speaker module other than the microphone module is not greater than 0.3.

19. The speaker device of claim 12 , wherein a ratio of a mass of the microphone module to a mass of the portion of the speaker module other than the microphone module is not greater than 0.005.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 20, 2022
From: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058785/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2021
From: ZHANG, LEI; LI, YONGJIAN; ZHOU, WENBING; ZHENG, JINBO; JIANG, ZHUYANG
To: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058145/0923 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910009909.6 · Jan 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17169694 · Feb 8, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2019102379 · Aug 24, 2019
Related Publication 20220060811A1 · Feb 24, 2022
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