Wearable audio device with modular component attachment
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsThomas George Andrikowich, Michael Camille Salame
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Abstract
Various aspects include wearable audio devices enabling modular component attachment and detachment. In certain implementations, a wearable audio device includes: a headband for contacting a head of a user; an earpiece coupled with the headband for positioning proximate an ear of the user, the earpiece having an electro-acoustic transducer configured to output audio signals; and a slot configured to engage an electronic component, where the slot includes one or more snap-fit and/or friction-fit connectors for selectively engaging the electronic component.
Claims20
A wearable audio device, comprising:
- a headband for contacting a head of a user;
- an earpiece coupled with the headband for positioning proximate an ear of the user, the earpiece including an electro-acoustic transducer configured to output audio;
- and
- a slot configured to engage a component, wherein the slot includes one or more snap-fit and/or friction-fit connectors for selectively engaging the component and forming a seal with the earpiece,
- wherein the slot is configured to engage a plurality of distinct types of component.
A wearable audio device, comprising:
- a headband for contacting a head of a user;
- an earpiece coupled with the headband for positioning proximate an ear of the user, the earpiece including an electro-acoustic transducer configured to output audio;
- and
- a slot configured to engage a component, the component including a boom microphone,
- wherein the slot includes one or more snap-fit and/or friction-fit connectors for selectively engaging the boom microphone and forming a seal with the earpiece,
- wherein the seal is formed using a gasket, and wherein the gasket isolates electrical noise from movement of the boom microphone relative to the earpiece.
A wearable audio device, comprising:
- a headband for contacting a head of a user;
- an earpiece coupled with the headband for positioning proximate an ear of the user, the earpiece including an electro-acoustic transducer configured to output audio;
- and
- a slot configured to engage a component, wherein the slot includes one or more snap-fit and/or friction-fit connectors for selectively engaging the component and forming a seal with the earpiece,
- wherein the seal forms an acoustic seal around the ear of the user, and wherein the acoustic seal aids in noise cancelation or reduction functions of the wearable audio device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.