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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128192 | EARPIECE SYSTEM An earbud adapter or in-ear monitor includes an Ear Interface that fits the human ear and further permits the wearer of these devices to adjust parameters of the fit. In additional aspects, the Ear Interface portion of these devices permits the user to adjust the transm... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120082336 | EARPHONE SLEEVE ASSEMBLY HAVING INTEGRAL BARRIER An apparatus for blocking materials from entering the sound port of an earphone, while simultaneously allowing sound to pass through unaffected is disclosed. In an earphone having an elongated nozzle with a central opening adapted to transmit sound, a removable or repla... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070028 | Earphone system, apparatus, and method for enhancing personal safety An earphone system, apparatus, and method enables a user to simultaneously receive auditory stimuli from an earphone-based source and at least one secondary source thereby enhancing a user's personal safety while listening to earphone-based auditory stimuli. At least on... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051577 | LISTENING DEVICE ADAPTED FOR ESTABLISHING AN ELECTRIC CONNECTION TO AN EXTERNAL DEVICE USING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PARTS OF ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF THE LISTENING DEVICE The application relates to a miniature listening device (20) comprising a housing (200) for enclosing an energy source (23) and a number of functional (21, 22, 24, 60, 70) and/or electronic (251) components of the listening device. The... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051574 | IN-EAR HEADPHONE An in-ear headphone has a shell, a loudspeaker accommodated in a space of the shell for making sound, an ear cushion fixed on a supporting portion of the shell. A through channel passes the whole supporting portion for connecting the space with outside to transmit the s... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051578 | EARTIP WITH TETHER An eartip made of a resilient body with an eartip core inside the open center of the body, and a tether attached to the eartip core at an attachment region along the length of the core. A free end of the tether extends outward from the eartip, allowing a wearer to remov... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045083 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF An electronic device includes a host and an earphone. The host includes a application module, the earphone includes at least one speaker, and at least one vibrator. The host generates a first vibration signal according to an original audio signal from the application mo... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120039501 | EARPIECE POSITIONING AND RETAINING The earpiece includes an electronics module for wirelessly receiving incoming audio signals from an external source. The earpiece further includes a positioning and retaining structure comprising at least an outer leg and an inner leg, each of the outer leg and inner le... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039502 | FILM-TYPE AUDIO OUTPUT APPARATUS A film-type audio output apparatus includes an audio output device, at least one speaker unit, and at least one film. The at least one speaker unit is positioned at any side of the audio output device. The speaker unit can be an embedded speaker unit. The at least one f... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039500 | Earpiece Positioning and Retaining A positioning and retaining structure for an in-ear earpiece. An outer leg and an inner leg are attached to each other at an attachment end and attached to a body of the earpiece at the other end. The outer leg lies in a plane. The positioning and retaining structure ha... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120027242 | ADJUSTABLE EARPHONE AND EARPHONE SET An earphone comprises an inner shell, a stem and a pivot connection. The inner shell has a generally circular periphery shaped to at least partially fit in a user's concha. The stem is mounted to the inner shell at a position spaced from a rotational center of the inner... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120008814 | EARPHONE ASSEMBLY An earphone assembly for an in-ear listening device is disclosed. The earphone assembly has an inner housing comprising a nozzle, configured to receive a sleeve for placement into a user's ear, and a balanced armature motor assembly. The balanced armature motor assembly... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110317864 | Earphone Solution Means: Earphone 10 possesses an outer ear canal insertion member for which at least a portion can be inserted into the outer ear canal, housing 11 onto which the outer ear canal insertion member can be installed and removed, and driver unit 41<... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110305361 | ENCLOSURE AND ACOUSTIC DEVICE USING THE SAME The present disclosure relates to an acoustic device. The acoustic device includes an enclosure and a speaker enclosed by the enclosure. The enclosure includes a magnesium based composite material. The magnesium based composite material includes a magnesium based metal ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110293105 | EARPIECE AND A METHOD FOR PLAYING A STEREO AND A MONO SIGNAL An earpiece for providing an audio signal to two ears of a user, includes an audio interface for providing the audio signal, a bone conduction speaker coupled to the audio interface for outputting an output signal, an adaptive filter with an adjustable impulse response ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293130 | EARPHONE An earphone comprises a trumpet unit, a hollow shield, and a guide sound tube: the shield is hollow to receive the trumpet, has a sound chamber and an opening, and the opening inclines an acute angle from the trumpet unit; the guide sound tube is disposed at the opening... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110286621 | Earphone Line, Earphone Line TAKE-UP Apparatus, Earphone Assembly and Mobile Terminal The present invention provides an earphone line, an earphone line take-up apparatus, an earphone assembly and a mobile terminal. The earphone line comprises a bullet-proof fibre, insulated conductive wires and an earphone line skin, wherein: the earphone line further co... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110274296 | Ear Tip Method and Apparatus An ear tip for a sound device. The ear tip has an asymmetrical arrangement which more closely aligns with a user's ear canal. The ear tip includes an ear tip base, ear tip shaft, and a first group of low-profile flanges. The ear tip is arra... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110268308 | Partially Occluding Ergonomic Earbud Adapter A partially occluding ergonomic earbud adapter is formed from low durometer materials. The exterior of the adapter is frustoconical and tear-drop shaped and formed with several fluted recesses which set apart finger-like flanges extending from an open base toward the ti... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110261988 | EARPHONE DEVICE WITH EAR CANAL PROTRUSION An earphone device (1) comprising a main body (14) to be inserted in to the outer ear (28) of a user. The main body (14) has a first side (5) that faces the user's head when inserted, a cavity (13) and a sound opening (2)... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255729 | In-ear Earpiece and Expansion Adaptor There is provided an in-ear earphone having a housing (50) for receiving an electroacoustic transducer and an expansion adaptor unit (20) which is coupled to the housing (50) of the in-ear earphone. The expansion adaptor unit (20) has an expa... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249856 | Earphone An earphone includes a speaker unit, a housing that covers a rear surface of the speaker unit, and a bushing having a cord holding portion that holds a cord that carries an audio signal to the speaker unit and is running to the outside of the housing. The bushing also h... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249855 | Earphone An earphone has a main body, a first tube portion that protrudes from the main body in a first direction, a speaker unit provided at a protruding top of the first tube portion, and a second tube portion that protrudes from the main body in a second direction that is dif... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249849 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IN-EAR SOUND GENERATION A device for in-ear sound generation comprises a sound determining unit adapted to determine a first sound signal, a sound collecting unit exposed to the ear canal and adapted to collect a second sound signal, a sound correction determining unit adapted to determine a t... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110245585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED STIMULATION OF THE LIMBIC AUDITORY RESPONSE A loudspeaker system for the optimization of sound production so as to achieve limbic and cortical arousal, comprising a resistance-controlled (or partially mass-controlled) woofer system, a mass-controlled (or partially resistance-controlled) midrange system, and a res... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235843 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACOUSTIC SEALING AND OCCLUSION EFFECT MITIGATION At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a system configured to occlude an ear canal. The system comprises a support structure, an expandable device, a housing, a resilient reservoir, and a threaded device. Resilient reservoir resides within housing and is fille... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110228963 | EARPIECE AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN EARPIECE An earpiece is provided containing a thermal activator layer comprised of a first polymer, the thermal activator layer being separated from the tympanic membrane of the user's ear by an air gap, and an acoustical reflector layer, containing a second polymer and pigment ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228964 | Inflatable Bubble An ear device having a bubble for placement approximate a user's ear canal and capable of inflation and deflation is disclosed. An inflation tube for delivering inflating air to the bubble during inflation of the bubble and an inflation source, such as a diaphonic valve... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110211723 | EARPHONE CUSHIONS A cushion includes a first material and a second material and is formed into a first region and a second region. The first region defines an exterior surface shaped to fit the concha of a human ear. The second region defines an exterior surface shaped to fit the ear can... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110182457 | IN-EAR EARPHONE WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING FUNCTION An in-ear earphone with a capacitive sensing function is provided. The earphone includes a case, a speaker, a circuit board, and a capacitive sensing unit. The case has an extension tube and an accommodating portion. An ear tip is sleeved on the extension tube. The acco... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110176700 | EARPHONE DEVICE AND EARPHONE DEVICE MAIN BODY An earphone device includes a case main body, a sound conduit, and an ear tip. The sound conduit is formed in a substantially tubular shape and protrudes from the case main body. The sound conduit has a flange disposed at the end on the opposite side from the case main ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170730 | Safe In-Ear Earphones A safe in-ear earphone for radiation protection, comprises earplug heads (1A, 1B), sound cavities (2A, 2B), acoustic wave transmission channels (3A, 3B), a main body (4), a conductor (8) and a plug (9), the ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110164777 | EARPHONE An earphone 1, which adopts the drum air power system the invention, includes at least a drum 5 composed of a drum-shaped casing 2, a front head 3 located on the front part of the casing 2, a rear head 4 located on the rear part... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110164776 | AUDIO EAR BUD HEADPHONE WITH EXTENDED CURVATURE Ear bud headphones configured for use with a portable media player include a main body portion with an extended curvature configuration. In one example implementation, the ear bud headphones include a speaker housing and an extension that form a gap between the speaker ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110158457 | Ear piece and earphone An ear piece to be detachably attached to a sound tube protruding from a housing of an earphone has a base portion with a through hole. The through hole has an inner wall with a first, a second, and a third portion continuously provided in order when viewed from the hou... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110135136 | CUSTOMIZED EARPHONE An earphone and method for forming the same are provided. The earphone includes an earphone housing, a speaker, and an earcap. The earphone housing includes a speaker mounting portion. The speaker is fixed to the earphone housing, and has a cable that passes through the... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110123059 | EARPHONE DEVICE WITH BI-STABLE CONCHAL WALL STABILIZER An earphone device (1) comprising a main body (14) to be inserted in the outer ear (28) of a user, a conchal wall stabilizer (4) extending from the main body (14) and adapted to engage the conchal wall (24) of the ear (28... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110116643 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HEADSET WITH SPEAKER SEAL EVALUATION CAPABILITIES Electronic devices and accessories for electronic devices such as headsets are provided. The electronic devices may produce audio output. The headsets may include earbuds with speakers that play the audio output for a user while the earbuds are located in the user's ear... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110110553 | Headset A headset including first and second ear assemblies, each ear assembly including a rear limb, a front limb, a transducer carried on the front limb, and an earpiece extending from the front limb. The rear limb is configured to locate behind a user's ear and the front lim... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110103636 | ADJUSTABLE, DUAL SPEAKER ELEMENT IN-EAR PHONE An adjustable, dual speaker element earphone. One of the speaker elements is sized to fit into the cavum concha of the listener's ear and the other element (is not. A hinged joint may allow the larger speaker element may be rotated about a vertical axis of the hinged jo... | 05/05/2011 |
