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US 12,726,749 B2Granted
Microphone head connector adapter
AssigneeSound Devices LLC
InventorsMatthew G. Anderson, Jason McDonald
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Abstract
A handheld wireless microphone body may be connected to an assortment of microphone heads, providing compatibility between models from differing manufactures including accommodating differing attachment threads and electrical/audio output contact configurations without the need for hardware or software substitution.
Claims16
A handheld wireless microphone apparatus:
- a main body;
- an RF antenna located in a bottom portion of the main body;
- an array of plug connectors attached to a top end of the main body, said array of plug connectors being arranged to receive electrical audio signals from at least a first type of microphone head and from a second type of microphone head, said first type of microphone head having audio output conductors in a first physical configuration, and said second type of microphone head having audio output conductors in a second physical configuration which is different from the first physical configuration of audio output conductors for the first type of microphone head;
- processing means located within the main body to receive said electrical audio signals from the array of plug connectors and provide audio transmission signals to the RF antenna for wireless RF transmission;
- a collar that includes means for mechanically attaching the collar to the said first type of microphone head, means for mechanically attaching the collar to the said second type of microphone head, and means for mechanically attaching the collar to the top end of the main body such that plug connectors on the top end of the main body connect electrically with the output connectors of the first type of microphone when the collar is attached to the first type of microphone head and the plug connectors on the top end of the main body connect electrically with the output connectors of the second type of microphone head when the collar is attached to the second type of microphone head.
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