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US 9,854,342 B2Granted
Custom earphone with dome in the canal
AssigneeChicago Custom Acoustics, Inc.
InventorsStavros Basseas, Russ Schreiner, Sargon Khamo, Rony Michael
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Abstract
An in-ear earphone featuring a housing, an audio output device carried in the housing, a hollow elongated stem formed integral with the housing and a toroidal-shaped ear dome. The stem having a first output end extending therefrom and being audibly coupled at a second input end to the output device. The ear dome integrally formed on the output end of the stem.
Claims21
A custom ear adaptor system used for sound amplification and processing and made to fit in a user's ear, comprising:
- an elastomeric custom body portion having a plurality of cavities, the plurality of cavities shaped to house an audio output device, cord components and a device for modifying audio signals;
- an elastomeric stem and dome member integrally formed with the elastomeric body portion as a single monolithic unit, the member having an elongated stem portion and a dome portion, the stem extending from the body portion and having opposing first and second ends, the first end integrally formed to the body portion and the dome portion integrally formed around the second end of the stem, the stem having a substantially hollow interior channel along its length between the first and second ends, the dome having a substantially flat top surface and a rounded peripheral side edge curving downwardly from the top over at least a portion of a length of the stem to define a space between an exterior of the stem and an underside of the dome;
- a toroidally-shaped deformable foam element partially filling the space between the exterior of the stem and the underside of the dome, surrounding a portion of the exterior of the stem, and contacting the rounded peripheral side edge of the dome;
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- the hollow interior channel within the stem having a tapered diameter along its length where the interior channel has a diameter at the second end greater than a diameter at the first end,
- wherein the toroidally-shaped deformable foam element provides a positive pressure to the underside of the dome to maintain contact between the dome and a portion of skin within the user's ear.
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An elastomeric in-ear mold comprising:
- an elastomeric custom body portion having a plurality of cavities, the plurality of cavities shaped to house an audio output device, cord components and a device for modifying audio signals;
- an elastomeric stem and dome member integrally formed with the elastomeric body portion as a single monolithic unit, the member having an elongated stem portion and a mushroom-shaped dome portion, the stem extending from the body portion and having opposing first and second ends, the first end integrally formed to the body portion and the dome portion integrally formed around the second end of the stem, the stem having a substantially hollow interior channel along its length between the first and second ends, the dome having a substantially flat top surface and a rounded peripheral side edge curving downwardly from the top over a least a portion of a length of the stem to define a space between an exterior of the stem and an underside of the dome, the body portion, stem and dome being a single integral unit;
- a toroidally-shaped deformable foam element partially filling the space between the exterior of the stem and the underside of the dome, surrounding a portion of the exterior of the stem, and contacting the rounded peripheral side edge of the dome;
- the hollow interior channel within the stem having a tapered diameter along its length where the interior channel has a diameter at the second end greater than a diameter at the first end;
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- a cover panel releasably secured to the body portion, the cover panel covering at least one of the plurality of cavities when secured to the body portion, the cover panel having a first side having a plurality of spaced apart locking pins extending therefrom, the locking pins being insertable into corresponding recesses in an exterior of the body portion, the locking pins having a barbed end portion suitable for releasably snapping into place within the recesses,
- wherein the toroidally-shaped deformable foam element provides a positive pressure to the underside of the dome portion to maintain contact between the dome and a portion of skin within the user's ear.
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An elastomeric in-ear mold comprising:
- an elastomeric stem and dome member integrally formed with an elastomeric custom body portion as a single monolithic unit, the elastomeric custom body portion having a plurality of cavities shaped to house an audio output device, cord components, a device for modifying audio signals;
- a toroidally-shaped deformable foam element partially filling a space between an exterior of the stem and an underside of the dome, surrounding a portion of the exterior of the stem, and contacting a rounded peripheral side edge of the dome;
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- a cover panel releasably secured to the body portion, the cover panel covering at least one of the plurality of cavities when secured to the body portion, the cover panel having a first side having a plurality of spaced apart locking pins or a flange extending therefrom, the locking pins or flange being insertable into corresponding recesses in an exterior of the body portion, the locking pins having a barbed end portion suitable for releasably snapping into place within the recesses or the flange having a shaped portion suitable for releasably snapping into place within the recesses,
- wherein the toroidally-shaped deformable foam element provides a positive pressure to the underside of the dome portion to maintain contact between the dome and a portion of skin within the user's ear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.