Open Audio Device

An open audio device, comprising:

• a body comprising a first portion that is configured to be located behind an outer ear of a user and in contact with at least one of the outer ear and the head proximate the intersection of the head and the outer ear along most of the length of the first portion of the body;
• an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to be located at least in part on the outer ear, wherein the acoustic module defines a sound-emitting opening that is configured to be proximate but spaced from the user's ear canal;
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• wherein the body further comprises a second portion that connects the first portion of the body to the acoustic module and is configured to pass over a helix of the outer ear.

An open audio device, comprising:

• a body with an inner surface that is configured to be located behind an outer ear of a user and in contact along a length of the body at multiple locations of at least one of the outer ear and the head proximate the intersection of the head and the outer ear, wherein the inner surface of the body lies generally along a decaying helix;
• an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to contact the outer ear proximate but spaced from the ear canal opening;
• wherein the open audio device is configured to contact the ear and head at contact locations comprising the acoustic module contacting the outer ear, and contacts of the body with at least one of the outer ear and the head proximate the intersection of the head and the outer ear, both proximate an upper end of the helix and proximate a distal end of the body, and wherein these contact locations generally define apices of a triangle such that the contacts help stabilize the open audio device on the ear and head;
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• wherein the body depends from the acoustic module and comprises a bridge that is coupled to the acoustic module and a housing that is more distal from the acoustic module than is the bridge, wherein a first plane that is at least partially co-planar with the inner surface of the acoustic module and a second plane that bisects the bridge meet at an acute angle.