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US 11,109,135 B1Granted
Headphones with rotatable user input mechanism
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsEdwin J. Corona Aparicio, Daniel R. Bloom, Jason Joseph LeBlanc
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Abstract
This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that enhance user comfort and improve user control of the headphones are discussed. Various sensor configurations and electronic component positions are also discussed. User convenience features that include detachable cushions and automatically detecting the donning and doffing of headphones are also discussed.
Claims20
Headphones, comprising:
- a headband;
- and
- an earpiece coupled with one end of the headband, the earpiece comprising:
- an earpiece housing defining an aperture;
- a button assembly positionable in the aperture and comprising:
- a button housing having an upper portion and a lower portion and defining a channel having a central axis;
- a crown axially aligned with the central axis and configured to move into engagement with the button housing;
- a damper positioned between the upper portion of the button housing and the crown and configured to dampen vibrations caused when the crown engages the button housing;
- a hub coupled with the crown and positioned in the channel and translatable along and rotatable about the central axis, the hub comprising one or more markings and configured to engage a compressible dome when the hub is translated toward an interior of the earpiece housing;
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- seals positioned between the hub and the button housing, one of the seals having a variable diameter and contacts the hub and the button housing with only a portion of the seal.
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An earpiece, comprising:
- an earpiece housing defining an aperture;
- a button assembly positionable in the aperture and comprising:
- a button housing having an upper portion and a lower portion and defining a channel having a central axis;
- a crown axially aligned with the central axis and configured to move into engagement with the upper portion of the button housing;
- a first damper positioned between the button housing and the crown and configured to dampen vibrations caused when the crown engages the button housing;
- a hub coupled with the crown and positioned in the channel and translatable along and rotatable about the central axis, the hub comprising one or more markings and configured to move between engaging the lower portion of the button housing and engaging a compressible dome when the hub is translated toward an interior of the earpiece housing;
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- a second damper positioned between the hub and the lower portion of the button housing and configured to dampen vibration when the hub engages the lower portion of the button housing.
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A listening device, comprising:
- an earpiece having an earpiece housing defining an aperture;
- a button assembly positionable in the aperture and comprising:
- a button housing having an upper and a lower portion and defining a channel having a central axis;
- a crown axially aligned with the central axis and configured to move into engagement with the upper portion of the button housing;
- a hub coupled with the crown and positioned in the channel and translatable along and rotatable about the central axis, the hub comprising one or more markings and configured to engage a compressible dome when the hub is translated toward an interior of the earpiece housing;
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- seals positioned between the hub and the button housing, a first seal positioned adjacent to the upper portion of the button housing and configured to form a watertight seal and a second seal positioned between the hub and the compressible dome and having a variable diameter to contact the hub and the button housing with only a portion of the seal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.