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US 10,257,601 B2Granted
Open-air earbuds and methods for making the same
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorJeffrey Y. Hayashida
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Abstract
Open-air earbuds and methods for making the same are disclosed. The earbud has a neck, which is open to the ambient environment in order to improve bass response. In order to prevent debris from entering the interior of the earbud, a filter is incorporated into the neck.
Claims27
A sound generating assembly comprising:
- a housing defining an interior volume;
- a filter;
- and
- an extension component extending from within the interior volume, through the filter, and into an ambient environment, wherein:
- the filter comprises at least one through-hole that acoustically couples the interior volume and the ambient environment;
- and
- at least a portion of the filter extends across an air gap between the extension component and the housing.
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A sound generating assembly comprising:
- a housing defining an interior volume;
- a filter;
- and
- a component extending from within the interior volume, through the filter, and into an ambient environment, wherein:
- the filter comprises an acoustic mesh;
- and
- at least a portion of the filter covers an air gap between at least a part of the component and the housing.
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A method for assembling a sound generating system, comprising:
- incorporating a filter into a housing;
- and
- providing a component comprising a first component portion positioned within an interior volume of the housing on a first side of the filter, a second component portion positioned within an opening through the filter, and a third component portion positioned within an ambient environment on a second side of the filter, wherein:
- the incorporated filter acoustically couples the interior volume and the ambient environment;
- and
- a portion of the incorporated filter prevents debris from entering the interior volume from the ambient environment by extending between at least a part of the component and the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.