Cable assemblies for headphone devices
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsRonald W. Roberts, Jr., Mark Gerlovin, Mark Viscusi
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Abstract
Headphone playback devices can include a cable assembly including a plurality of conductors extending between a first earpiece and a second earpiece. The cable assembly includes a jacket, a power conductor disposed within the jacket and coupled between a power source in the first earpiece and a wireless transceiver in the second earpiece. The cable assembly further includes a microphone conductor at least partially disposed within the jacket and coupled to a microphone in one of the earpieces. A shield is at least partially disposed between the power conductor and the microphone conductor to reduce electromagnetic interference between the two.
Claims20
A headphone device comprising:
- a first earpiece;
- a first audio transducer housed within the first earpiece;
- a second earpiece;
- a second audio transducer housed within the second earpiece;
- a plurality of electrical components including a wireless transceiver and a power source, a first subset of the plurality of electrical components being at least partially disposed in the first earpiece and a second subset of the plurality of electrical components being at least partially disposed in the second earpiece;
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- a cable assembly extending between the first earpiece and the second earpiece, the cable assembly comprising
- a plurality of conductors electrically connecting the first subset of the plurality of electrical components to the second subset of the plurality of electrical components,
- a jacket at least partially enclosing the plurality of conductors, and
- a first termination assembly disposed in the first earpiece, wherein the first termination assembly includes a flexible circuit board including a plurality of conductive traces, and a plurality of terminals coupled to the plurality of conductive traces.
A wearable device comprising:
- a housing configured to be worn about a head of a subject;
- a power source at least partially disposed in the housing and disposed on a first side of the subject when the wearable device is worn about the head;
- at least one analog sensor at least partially disposed in the housing;
- a wireless radio at least partially disposed in the housing;
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- a cable assembly at least partially disposed in the housing and comprising
- a plurality of conductors,
- a jacket at least partially enclosing the plurality of conductors, and
- a termination assembly at least partially disposed in the housing, wherein the termination assembly includes a flexible circuit board including a plurality of conductive traces, and a plurality of terminals coupled to the plurality of conductive traces and to one or more of the plurality of conductors.
A cable assembly for a headphone device including a first earpiece and a second earpiece, the cable assembly comprising:
- a jacket having an outer diameter between 4 millimeters (mm) and 6 mm;
- a plurality of conductors at least partially disposed within the jacket and configured to electrically couple one or more electrical components disposed at least partially within the first earpiece to one or more electrical components disposed at least partially within the second earpiece;
- an inner coaxial cable at least partially disposed within the jacket, wherein the inner coaxial cable comprises a first end configured to electrically couple to an antenna at least partially disposed in the second earpiece and a second end configured to electrically couple to a wireless transceiver at least partially disposed in the first earpiece;
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- a termination assembly disposed in the first earpiece, wherein the termination assembly includes a flexible circuit board including a plurality of conductive traces, and a plurality of terminals coupled to the plurality of conductive traces and to one or more of the plurality of conductors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.