Acoustic insert for earpiece
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsAntoine Bernier, Katrin Braun, Bernard Daoust
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Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsAntoine Bernier, Katrin Braun, Bernard Daoust
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An earpiece includes a shell forming a cavity and a sound channel having a first end connected to and in communication with the cavity, and a second end opposite to the first end, the sound channel forming a single pass-through cavity extending from the first end to the second end; an insert disposed within the cavity; a speaker; a circuit board assembly mounted onto the insert, the circuit board assembly comprising a printed circuit board defining a first side and a second side, and a first microphone disposed on the first side; an acoustic chamber formed between the insert and the circuit board assembly, the first microphone being disposed within the acoustic chamber; and an acoustic channel extending from the acoustic chamber to the sound channel.
An earpiece comprising:
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6-10. (canceled)
An earpiece comprising:
20-35. (canceled)
A method for preventing microphone saturation or reducing acoustic coupling between a speaker and a microphone of an earpiece, the method comprising:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.