Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Portable wireless listening device
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Application No.: US17895019Application Date: 2022-08-24
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Publication No.: US12137312B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Benjamin A. Cousins , Travis Owens , Karan Jain , Lee M. Panecki , Mei Zhang , Julia Canning
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G01L1/00
- IPC: G01L1/00 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; H02J7/00 ; H04R1/00 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R1/10

Abstract:
An earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an interior cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through a wall of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; a user input region disposed along an exterior surface of the device housing; a flex circuit disposed within the interior cavity, the flex circuit including a first portion bonded at a first location to an inner surface of the device housing directly beneath the user-input region, a second portion bonded at a second location to an inner surface of the device housing spaced apart from the first location, and a third portion extending between the first and second portions; a force pixel disposed within the interior cavity and mounted to the first portion of the flex circuit below the user input region; a plurality of touch pixels disposed within the interior cavity between the force pixel and the user input region; sensor control circuitry disposed within the interior cavity and mounted to the second portion of the flex circuit; and a wireless antenna disposed within the interior cavity defined by the device housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230269514A1 PORTABLE WIRELESS LISTENING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2023-08-24
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