Earphone cushion with acoustic mesh-covered port
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsJohnpaul Philias Barrieau, Masanori Honda
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Abstract
Various implementations include earphone cushions and related headsets. In particular aspects, an earphone cushion includes: a body including a front surface configured to engage or surround an ear of a user, an outer side surface, an inner side surface opposing the outer side surface, and a rear surface opposing the front surface; a cover over a portion of the body, the cover including an outside radiating surface for contacting at least a portion of the user's head, wherein the cover includes a set of ports along at least one of (i) the inner side surface, (ii) the rear surface, or (iii) a junction between the inner side surface and the rear surface; and an acoustic mesh covering at least one port in the set of ports.
Claims20
An earphone cushion, comprising:
- a body including a front surface configured to engage or surround an ear of a user, an outer side surface, an inner side surface opposing the outer side surface, and a rear surface opposing the front surface;
- a cover over a portion of the body, the cover including an outside radiating surface for contacting at least a portion of the user's head, wherein the cover includes a set of ports along at least one of (i) the inner side surface, (ii) the rear surface, or (iii) a junction between the inner side surface and the rear surface;
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- an acoustic mesh covering at least one port in the set of ports.
A headset comprising:
- a pair of earcups having a front opening configured to be adjacent to an ear of a user when worn by the user;
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- a pair of earphone cushions sized to secure to the front opening of respective ones of the earcups, each earphone cushion having:
- a body including:
- a front surface configured to engage or surround the ear of a user, an outer side surface, an inner side surface opposing the outer side surface, and a rear surface opposing the front surface;
- a cover over a portion of the body, the cover having an outside radiating surface for contacting at least a portion of the user's head, the cover including a set of ports along at least one of (i) the inner side surface, (ii) the rear surface, or (ii) a junction between the inner side surface and the rear surface;
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- an acoustic mesh covering at least one port in the set of ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.