H04R 1/2846
Vents, i.e. ports
Official title: {Vents, i.e. ports, e.g. shape thereof or tuning thereof with damping material}
H04R1/2846 (Vents, i.e. ports) appears on 281 US grants and 348 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage8 Sep 2026US 12,732,760 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Earphone and earphone assembly18 Aug 2026US 12,713,175 B2Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage14 Jul 2026US 12,684,300 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Open earphones16 Jun 2026US 12,659,651 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Acoustic output device2 Jun 2026US 12,647,723 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Valved Port24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292394 A1Apple Inc.
- Open-Ear Headphone with Energy-Directing Nozzle20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247066 A1
- Acoustic output devices13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238908 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Speaker assemblies and earphones13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238919 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Mems acoustic sensing chip, microphone and electronic device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230758 A1Weifang Goertek Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electroacoustical transducing with at least three cascaded subchambers84US 5,092,424 ABose Corporation · 1992
- In-ear headphones64US 7,916,888 B2Bose Corporation · 2011
- Acoustically asymmetric bandpass loudspeaker with multiple acoustic filters59US 6,389,146 B1American Technology Corporation · 2002
- Speaker configuration for a portable electronic device59US 6,785,395 B1Motorola, Inc. · 2004
- Loudspeaker system comprising a helmholtz resonator coupled to an acoustic tube56US 5,261,006 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1993