# US 10,772,225 B2 · Audio device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,772,225 B2 - Document ID: US10772225B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/336,997 - Filed: 2017-09-07 - Published: 2019-07-18 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-27 - Assignees: 1More Inc. - Applicants: 1More Inc. - Inventors: Kun-Chih Hsieh; Yonghui Hu; Shixuan Yu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10772225B2 ## CPC - G11B 33/025: {Portable cases} - G11C 7/00: Arrangements for writing information into, or reading information out from, a digital store (G11C5/00 takes precedence; auxiliary circuits for stores using semiconductor devices G11C11/4063, G11C11/413) - H04R 1/021: {incorporating only one transducer} - H05K 5/0217: {Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03)} - H05K 7/1427: {Housings} - H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04R 2430/01: Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - G11C: STATIC STORES (semiconductor memory devices H10B) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract An audio device, comprising a housing, a circuit board, a rotating shell, a contact switch, and a trigger; the circuit board is disposed in the housing; the housing is rotatably connected to the rotating shell; the contact switch is disposed on the circuit board, and the trigger is disposed on the rotating shell; during rotation of the rotating shell relative to the housing, the trigger triggers the contact switch. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An audio device, comprising a housing, a circuit board, a wireless communication, a rotary shell, a contact switch, and a trigger, wherein the circuit board is fixed in the rotary shell, the wireless communication is located on the circuit board and is configured to be communicatively connected with an external device, so as to play music in the external device, the housing is rotatably connected to the rotary shell, the contact switch extends beyond an edge of the circuit board, and the trigger is disposed on the rotary shell, wherein the trigger is a protruding tooth disposed on an inner surface of the rotary shell opposite to the contact switch which is located in the rotary shell, wherein the trigger triggers the contact switch during rotation of the rotary shell with respect to the housing; wherein the rotary shell comprises a rotating sleeve, the rotating sleeve is sleeved in the rotary shell, and the protruding tooth is provided on an inner surface of the rotating sleeve opposite to the contact switch. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The audio device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is circumferentially provided with an annular sliding rail, the annular sliding rail is located on an outer surface of the housing opposite to the rotary shell, the rotary shell is circumferentially provided with an annular sliding block, the annular sliding block is located on an inner surface of the rotary shell opposite to the housing, and the annular sliding block is rotatably engaged with the annular sliding rail. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The audio device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is circumferentially provided with an annular sliding rail, the annular sliding rail is located on an outer surface of the housing opposite to the rotating sleeve, the rotating sleeve is circumferentially provided with an annular sliding block, the annular sliding block is located on an inner surface of the rotating sleeve opposite to the housing, and the annular sliding block is rotatably engaged with the annular sliding rail. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The audio device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with a support frame, and the rotary shell is rotatable with respect to the support frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The audio device according to claim 4, wherein the support frame is circumferentially provided with an annular sliding rail, the annular sliding rail is located on an outer surface of the support frame opposite to the rotating sleeve; the rotating sleeve is circumferentially provided with an annular sliding block, the annular sliding block is located on an inner surface of the rotating sleeve opposite to the support frame, and the annular sliding block is rotatably engaged with the annular sliding rail. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The audio device according to claim 4, further comprising a display module, wherein the display module comprises a connecting frame, a monitor, and a glass cover, the connecting frame is fixed to the support frame, the monitor and the glass cover are fixed to one end of the connecting frame, and the glass cover covers the monitor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The audio device according to claim 6, wherein the circuit board is provided at the other end of the connecting frame, the circuit board is provided with a key, the support frame is provided with a pressing element triggering the key, and the pressing element is located on an end surface of the support frame facing the circuit board. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The audio device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with a support frame, and the rotary shell is rotatable with respect to the support frame. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The audio device according to claim 8, wherein the support frame is circumferentially provided with an annular sliding rail, the annular sliding rail is located on an outer surface of the support frame opposite to the rotary shell; the rotary shell is circumferentially provided with an annular sliding block, the annular sliding block is located on an inner surface of the rotary shell opposite to the support frame, and the annular sliding block is rotatably engaged with the annular sliding rail. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The audio device according to claim 8, furthering comprising a display module, wherein the display module comprises a connecting frame, a monitor, and a glass cover, the connecting frame is fixed to the support frame, the monitor and the glass cover are fixed to one end of the connecting frame, and the glass cover covers the monitor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The audio device according to claim 10, wherein the circuit board is provided at the other end of the connecting frame, the circuit board is provided with a key; the support frame is provided with a pressing element triggering the key, and the pressing element is located on an end surface of the support frame facing the circuit board. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The audio device according to claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the rotary shell is provided with a texture for increasing friction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The audio device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with an anti-slipping pad located on an end surface of the housing away from the rotary shell. ### Claim 14 An audio device configured to play music, comprising: a housing; a rotary shell rotatably connected to the housing, the rotary shell having an inner surface, a circuit board fixed in the rotary shell and surrounded by the inner surface of the rotary shell; a contact switch extends beyond an edge of the circuit board and located within the rotary shell; and a trigger comprising a plurality of protruding teeth formed on the inner surface of the rotary shell and opposite to the contact switch, wherein the trigger triggers the contact switch to thereby adjust the audio device during rotation of the rotary shell with respect to the housing; wherein the rotary shell comprises a rotating sleeve, the rotating sleeve is sleeved in the rotary shell, and the protruding tooth is provided on an inner surface of the rotating sleeve opposite to the contact switch. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The audio device according to claim 14, wherein the housing comprises a bottomed end and an open end opposite to the bottomed end, the audio device further comprises a support frame attached in the open end of the housing and covering the open end of the housing, and the rotary shell is rotatably connected to the support frame. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The audio device according to claim 15, further comprising a display module, wherein the circuit board is located between the display module and the support frame. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The audio device according to claim 15, wherein the circuit board is provided with a key, the support frame is provided with a pressing element configured to trigger the key, and the pressing element is located on an end surface of the support frame facing the circuit board. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The audio device according to claim 14, wherein the audio device further comprises a connecting device configured to be communicatively connected with an external device, so as to play music in the external device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The audio device according to claim 18, wherein the connecting device comprises at least one of an audio jack, a USB slot and a memory card slot defined in the housing, or a wireless communication module located on the circuit board.