H04R 1/1066
Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support
Official title: {Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support (earpiece support for monophonic headphones H04R1/105; earpiece support for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335)}
H04R1/1066 (Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support) appears on 1,184 US grants and 1,511 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Wearable smart electronics1 Sep 2026US 12,726,754 B2Blyngz Luxury Technologies, Inc.
- Speaker device25 Aug 2026US 12,720,252 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Headphone8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313285 A1Shenzhen Dancing Future Technology Ltd.
- Earphone case and case structure thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304015 A1Maintek Computer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Wind noise reduction earphone structure and earphone1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304019 A1Shenzhen Dancing Future Technology Ltd.
- Open-type earphone24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292386 A1Shenzhen Grandsun Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Open earphones24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292393 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wearable computing device with behind-ear bone-conduction speaker267US 8,553,910 B12013
- Headphone apparatus for providing dynamic sound with vibrations and method therefor252US 6,603,863 B1Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Headphone228US 7,072,483 B2AKG Acoustics GmbH · 2006
- Headphoning226US 4,455,675 ABose Corporation · 1984
- Aircraft headset210US 6,295,366 B1Flightcom Corporation · 2001