In-the-ear noise reduction headphones
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorRoman Sapiejewski
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Abstract
An in-the-ear earphone which is placed on a user's ear including a cushion and a shell body defining an internal cavity. The shell body has an extended portion shaped and sized to fit into a concha of the user's ear. The extended portion includes an aperture at an end thereof which aligns with the user's ear when the earphone is being worn by the user. The extended portion defines a passageway extending from the aperture to the internal cavity. The cushion covers at least part of the extended portion of the shell body and has an opening aligned with the aperture.
Claims45
An in-the-ear earphone which is placed on a user's ear, said earphone comprising;
- a shell body defining an internal cavity, said shell body having an extended portion shaped and sized to fit into a concha of the user's ear, said extended portion including an aperture at an end thereof which aligns with the user's ear when said earphone is being worn by the user, said extended portion defining a passageway extending from said aperture to said internal cavity so that said internal cavity is acoustically coupled to the user B ear cavity when the headphone is being worn by the user,
- said extended portion being curved along substantially its entire length to substantially match the curvature of said concha and allow attachment around said extended portion of a cushion for establishing a seal between said extended portion and the user's ear.
An in-the-ear earphone which is placed on a user's ear, said earphone comprising:
- a shell body defining an internal cavity, said shell body having an extended portion shaped and sized to fit into a concha of the user's ear, said extended portion including an aperture at an end thereof which aligns with the user's ear when said earphone is being worn by the user, said extended portion defining a passageway extending from said aperture to said internal cavity so that said internal cavity is acoustically coupled to the user's ear cavity when the earphone is being worn by the user;
- an acoustical driver mounted within said extended portion;
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- an acoustical microphone mounted within said extended portion, said microphone located substantially between said driver and said aperture and near a lower edge of said aperture;
- said extended portion being curved along substantially its entire length to substantially match the curvature of said concha and allow attachment around said extended portion of a cushion for establishing a seal between said extended portion and the user's ear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.