# US 9,883,276 B2 · Earbud case with wireless radio shutdown feature > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,883,276 B2 - Document ID: US9883276B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/273,677 - Filed: 2016-09-22 - Published: 2017-03-30 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-30 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: James L. McPeak; Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan; Robert Doran Watson; Lee M. Panecki; Shannon X. Yang; Zachary C. Rich - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9883276B2 ## CPC - H04R 1/1041: {Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H)} - A45C 11/00: Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 (specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48) - A45C 11/24: Etuis for purposes not covered by a single one of groups A45C11/02 - A45C11/22, A45C11/26, A45C11/32 - A45C11/38 - A45C 13/02: Interior fittings; Means, {e.g. inserts,} for holding and packing articles - A45C 13/1069: {magnetic} - B65D 25/02: Internal fittings (of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/44) - B65D 43/16: hinged for upward or downward movement - H01R 13/521: {Sealing between contact members and housing, e.g. sealing insert} - H02J 7/0044 - H02J 7/0047 - H02J 7/025 - H04B 1/3888: Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers - H04B 5/0037 - H04R 1/02: Casings; Cabinets {; Supports therefor;} Mountings therein (H04R1/28 takes precedence {; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075}) - H04R 1/1016: {Earpieces of the intra-aural type} - H04R 1/1025: Accumulators specially adapted for earpieces; Arrangements specially adapted for charging thereof - H04R 1/1058: {Manufacture or assembly} - H04R 1/1075: {Mountings of transducers in earphones or headphones} - H04R 1/2826: {for loudspeaker transducers} - H04R 1/345: {for loudspeakers} - H04R 5/033: Headphones for stereophonic communication {(details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10)} - H04R 9/025: {Magnetic circuit} - H04R 9/06: Loudspeakers - A45C 2011/001 - A45C 2013/026: {Inserts} - F16B 2001/0035 - H02J 2007/0096 - H04B 1/385: {Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets} - H04M 1/6033: {for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets (arrangements for preventing acoustic echo H04M9/08)} - H04R 1/2857: {for loudspeaker transducers} - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04R 2460/03: Aspects of the reduction of energy consumption in hearing devices - H04R 2460/09: Non-occlusive ear tips, i.e. leaving the ear canal open, for both custom and non-custom tips (H04R2460/11 takes precedence) - H04R 2460/17: Hearing device specific tools used for storing or handling hearing devices or parts thereof, e.g. placement in the ear, replacement of cerumen barriers, repair, cleaning hearing devices - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H04B: TRANSMISSION - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A case for a portable listening device includes a lid and a lid sensor to detect if the lid is in an open or a closed position. The case further includes circuitry configured to turn on a wireless radio within the portable listening device when the lid sensor detects the lid is moved from the closed position to the open position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A case for an electronic device having a wireless radio, the case comprising: a housing having a cavity configured to receive the electronic device; a lid attached to the housing and operable between a closed position where the lid covers the cavity and an open position where the lid is displaced from the cavity; and circuitry configured to detect (1) when the lid is moved from the closed position to the open position and in response turn ON the wireless radio and (2) when the lid is moved from the open position to the closed position and in response turn off the wireless radio. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The case of claim 1 wherein the circuitry comprises a lid sensor that generates an open signal when the lid moves from the closed position to the open position, and the circuitry is configured to turn ON the wireless radio in response to the open signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The case of claim 1 further comprising an electrical connector having a first contact positioned within the cavity to electrically connect to a second contact on the electronic device when the electronic device is received within the cavity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The case of claim 3 wherein the circuitry turns ON the wireless radio in the electronic device by sending an instruction to the electronic device over the first contact. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The case of claim 4 wherein the electrical connector also provides an electrical connection that enables the case to charge a rechargeable battery within the electronic device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The case of claim 4 further comprising a device detector configured to detect when the electronic device is received within the cavity, and wherein the circuitry will not send the instruction to the electronic device unless the device detector detects the electronic device is received within the cavity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The case of claim 2 wherein the lid sensor comprises a Hall-effect sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The case of claim 1 wherein the electronic device comprises a portable listening device. ### Claim 9 A case for an electronic device having a wireless radio, the case comprising: a housing having a cavity configured to receive the electronic device; a lid attached to the housing and operable between a closed position where the lid conceals the cavity and an open position where the lid is displaced from the cavity; and circuitry configured to detect when the lid is moved from the open position to the closed position and in response turn OFF the wireless radio. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The case of claim 9 wherein the circuitry further comprises a lid sensor that generates a closed signal when the lid moves from the open position to the closed position, and the circuitry is configured to turn OFF the wireless radio in response to the closed signal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The case of claim 9 further comprising an electrical connector having a first contact positioned within the cavity to electrically connect to a second contact on the electronic device when the electronic device is received within the cavity. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The case of claim 11 wherein the circuitry turns OFF the wireless radio in the electronic device by sending an instruction to the electronic device over the first contact. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The case of claim 12 wherein the electrical connector also provides an electrical connection that enables the case to charge a rechargeable battery within the electronic device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The case of claim 12 further comprising a device detector configured to detect when the electronic device is received within the cavity, and wherein the circuitry will not send the instruction to the electronic device unless the device detector detects the electronic device is received within the cavity. ### Claim 15 An enclosure for an electronic device having a wireless radio, the enclosure comprising: a housing having a cavity configured to receive the electronic device; a lid attached to the housing and operable between a closed position where the lid conceals the electronic device within the enclosure and an open position that allows the electronic device to be removed from the enclosure; and circuitry configured to generate a signal to turn on the wireless radio in response to a the lid moving from the closed position to the open position and to turn off the wireless radio in response to the lid moving from the open position to the closed position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The enclosure of claim 15 wherein the circuitry further comprises a lid sensor that generates an open signal when a user moves the lid from the closed position to the open position and generates a close signal when the lid moves from the open position to the closed position, and wherein the circuitry is configured to turn ON the wireless radio in response to the open signal and to turn OFF the wireless radio in response to the close signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The enclosure of claim 16 further comprising one or more electronic device detectors configured to detect when the electronic device is placed in the cavity. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The enclosure of claim 17 wherein the circuitry is configured to turn OFF the wireless radio in the electronic device when the one or more electronic device detectors detect that the electronic device is received within the cavity and the lid sensor detects the lid in the closed position. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The enclosure of claim 18 wherein the circuitry is further configured to turn ON the wireless radio of the electronic device when the one or more electronic device detectors detect that the electronic device is received within the cavity and the lid sensor detects the lid in the open position. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The enclosure of claim 17 wherein the lid sensor comprises a Hall-effect sensor.