Electronic accessory for an MP3 player, and method of providing the same
AssigneeBelkin International, Inc.
InventorsThorben Neu, David Kleemann, Vincent Razo
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Abstract
An electronic accessory (715) for an MP3 player comprising: (a) a body (705) having a neck (707) extending from the body, the neck having a cross-sectional dimension that is substantially less than a corresponding cross-sectional dimension of the body; (b) an electrical connector (763) located at least partially within the neck and configured to electrically connect the accessory to the MP3 player; (c) at least one electrical components (701) located at least partially within the body; and (d) a at least two electrical conductors (790) electrically coupling the electrical components to the electrical connector.
Claims15
An electronic accessory for a digital music player, the accessory comprising:
- a neck comprising a first cross-sectional dimension;
- a body coupled to the neck and comprising a first cross-sectional dimension greater than the first cross-sectional dimension of the neck;
- an electrical connector located at least partially within the neck and configured to electrically couple the electronic accessory to the digital music player;
- at least one electrical component located at least partially within the body;
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- at least two electrical conductors electrically coupling the at least one electrical component to the electrical connector;
- wherein, when the electrical connector is coupled to the digital music player:
- a first surface of the neck is closer than the body to a first outer surface of the digital music player;
- the first surface of the neck is substantially parallel to the first outer surface of the digital music player;
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- a first distance separates the digital music player from the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.