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US 2020/0221203 A1Published application
Earphone
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsAbby Tilton, Richard Arthur Grebe, Donna Marie Sullivan, Christopher Ratcliffe, Daniel H. Sargent
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Abstract
An earbud with a housing comprising a housing outer wall and an electromagnetic radiation-transmissive lens in the housing outer wall. The housing outer wall and the lens are co-molded.
Claims21
An earbud, comprising:
- a housing comprising a housing outer wall;
- and
- an electromagnetic radiation-transmissive lens in the housing outer wall;
- wherein the housing outer wall and the lens are co-molded.
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An earbud, comprising:
- a housing comprising a housing outer wall;
- first and second electromagnetic radiation-transmissive lenses in the housing outer wall, wherein the first lens is configured to pass IR radiation into the housing and the second lens is configured to transmit visible light out of the housing, wherein the housing outer wall and the lenses are co-molded;
- an infrared (IR) sensor in the housing and configured to sense IR radiation entering the housing through the first lens;
- and
- a light emitting diode (LED) in the housing and configured to transmit visible light through the second lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.