# US 12,120,482 B2 · Speaker device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,482 B2 - Document ID: US12120482B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/340,855 - Filed: 2023-06-24 - Published: 2023-11-02 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-05 - Assignees: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yongjian Li; Haofeng Zhang; Fen You - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120482B2 ## CPC - H04R 1/1075: {Mountings of transducers in earphones or headphones} - H04R 1/023: {Screens for loudspeakers} - H04R 1/06: Arranging circuit leads; Relieving strain on circuit leads - H04R 1/1016: {Earpieces of the intra-aural type} - H04R 1/1025: Accumulators specially adapted for earpieces; Arrangements specially adapted for charging thereof - H04R 1/1041: {Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H)} - H04R 1/1066: {Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support (earpiece support for monophonic headphones H04R1/105; earpiece support for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335)} - H04R 5/0335: {Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests (for monophonic headphones H04R1/105)} - H04R 9/025: {Magnetic circuit} - H04R 9/06: Loudspeakers - H04R 2400/11: Aspects regarding the frame of loudspeaker transducers - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04R 2460/13: Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - 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) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A speaker device is provided. The speaker device may include a circuit housing, an ear hook, a rear hook, and a speaker assembly. The circuit housing may be configured to accommodate a control circuit or a battery. The ear hook may be connected to one end of the circuit housing and at least a part of the ear hook being covered by a first housing sheath. The rear hook may be connected to the other end of the circuit housing and at least a part of the rear hook being covered by a second housing sheath. The first housing sheath and the second housing sheath may cover at least a part of a periphery of the circuit housing from two ends of the circuit housing, respectively. The speaker assembly may include an earphone core and a core housing for accommodating the earphone core. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A speaker device, comprising: a speaker assembly, the speaker assembly including an earphone core and a core housing for accommodating the earphone core, and a location of the speaker assembly relative to an ear hook being able to change, so that the speaker assembly being attached to a front side or a rear side of a user's ear. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The speaker device of claim 1, wherein the speaker device further includes a circuit housing, wherein the circuit housing is configured to accommodate a control circuit or a battery, the ear hook and the speaker assembly are connected to opposite ends of the circuit housing, respectively. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The speaker device of claim 2, wherein the speaker device further includes a rear hook, wherein at least a part of the ear hook is covered by a first housing sheath, and the rear hook is connected to the other end of the circuit housing away from the ear hook and at least a part of the rear hook being covered by a second housing sheath, the first housing sheath and the second housing sheath covering at least a part of a periphery of the circuit housing from two ends of the circuit housing, respectively. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The speaker device of claim 3, wherein the circuit housing comprises one or more main side walls, one or more auxiliary side walls, and one or more end walls connected with each other, wherein the first housing sheath and the second housing sheath is coupled to each other on the one or more main side walls and the one or more auxiliary side walls. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The speaker device of claim 4, wherein an inner surface of the first housing sheath or the second housing sheath corresponding to the one or more main side walls includes a positioning convex block, and an outer surface of the one or more main side walls is provided with a positioning groove corresponding to the positioning convex block. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The speaker device of claim 4, wherein coupled regions between the first housing sheath and the second housing sheath on the one or more main side walls and the one or more auxiliary sides wall are arranged obliquely with respect to the one or more auxiliary side walls. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The speaker device of claim 4, wherein the rear hook includes a plug end facing an end of the circuit housing, and the second housing sheath is sleeved on a periphery of at least a part of the plug end; the circuit housing includes a socket facing the rear hook, and the plug end is at least partially inserted into the socket; wherein slots perpendicular to an insertion direction of the plug end relative to the socket are located on the plug end, and a first side wall of the socket is provided with a first through-hole corresponding to positions of the slots; and the speaker device further includes a fixing component, the fixing component including two pins disposed in parallel and a connecting part for connecting the pins; wherein the pins are inserted into the slots through the first through-hole from an outer side wall of the first side wall of the socket so as to achieve a plugged-in connection between the circuit housing and the rear hook. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The speaker device of claim 3, wherein a cover area of one of the first housing sheath or the second housing sheath on the circuit housing is not less than a half of a cover area of the other one of the first housing sheath or the second housing sheath on the circuit housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The speaker device of claim 1, wherein the speaker assembly is connected to an end of the ear hook through a hinge assembly, and the hinge assembly is able to rotate to change the location of the speaker assembly relative to the ear hook. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The speaker device of claim 9, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a hinge, a rod-like component, and a fixing component; the hinge includes: a hinge base; and a hinge arm, wherein the hinge arm and the hinge base are rotatably connected by a rotating axis, and the hinge arm rotates relative to the hinge base under an external force, so as to alter a position of the speaker assembly relative to the ear hook; a supporting element, the supporting element being movably arranged on the hinge base; and an elastic element, the elastic element is configured to elastically bias the supporting element toward the hinge arm so that the supporting element elastically abuts against the hinge arm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The speaker device of claim 10, wherein the hinge arm includes a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface connected with each other; the support element includes a third supporting surface; the third supporting surface elastically abuts against the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface, respectively, when the supporting element is elastically biased toward the hinge arm; and the supporting element is driven to rotate reversely to overcome the elastic bias of the elastic element by a connection between the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface when the hinge arm rotates relative to the hinge base under an external force, so that the third supporting surface is switched from elastically abutting against one of the first supporting surface or the second supporting surface to the other one of the first supporting surface or the second supporting surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The speaker device of claim 11, wherein the hinge base includes a base body, a first lug, and a second lug, and the first lug and the second lug protrude from the base body and are arranged at intervals between each other; and the hinge arm includes an arm body and a third lug protruding from the arm body, and the third lug is inserted into an interval region between the first lug and the second lug and is rotatably connected with the first lug and the second lug through the rotating axis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The speaker device of claim 12, wherein the supporting element is at least partially arranged in the interval region and located on one side of the third lug facing the base body; and the base body is provided with an accommodating cavity communicated with the interval region, the elastic element is disposed within the accommodating cavity, and the supporting element is elastically biased toward the third lug by the elastic element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The speaker device of claim 1, wherein the earphone core at least includes a composite vibration assembly constituted by a vibration plate and a second vibration conductive plate, the composite vibration assembly generating two resonance peaks. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The speaker device of claim 14, wherein the earphone core further includes at least one voice coil and at least one magnetic circuit assembly; and the at least one voice coil is physically connected to the vibration plate, and the at least one magnetic circuit assembly is physically connected to the second vibration conductive plate. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The speaker device of claim 1, wherein the earphone core comprises: a magnetic assembly, the magnetic assembly at least including a magnetic element; a positioning assembly, the positioning assembly at least including two elastic elements; the magnetic assembly and the positioning assembly being both provided on the core housing; the two elastic elements being located on opposite sides of a center of gravity of the magnetic assembly; and a relative position between the magnetic assembly and the core housing being fixed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The speaker device of claim 16, wherein the magnetic assembly at least includes a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element, the first magnetic element being a magnetic conductor or a magnet and the second magnetic element being a magnetic conductor or a magnet; and there is a magnetic gap between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The speaker device of claim 17, wherein the positioning assembly includes a first elastic element and a second elastic element; the first elastic element causes a relative position between the first magnetic element and the core housing to be fixed in an extending direction of the first elastic element; and the second elastic element causes a relative position between the second magnetic element and the core housing to be fixed in an extending direction of the second elastic element. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The speaker device of claim 18, wherein the core housing includes a first housing and a second housing; the first housing and the second housing form an accommodating space for accommodating the magnetic assembly and the positioning assembly; and the first elastic element causes a relative position between the first magnetic element and the first housing to be fixed in the extending direction of the first elastic element. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The speaker device of claim 17, wherein the earphone core includes a voice coil, and at least a portion of the voice coil is disposed in the magnetic gap between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element.