公开(公告)号：US11856356B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17587761

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Thomas Chambers ,  Caitlin Hanson

IPC: H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R1/1058 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R1/1025 ,  H04R1/1041 ,  H04R2460/09

Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit. The length of the flexible printed circuit within the flexible arm is greater than the original resting length of the flexible arm. The flexible printed circuit can thus better accommodate tension or compression on the flexible arm as the flexible arm is bent from its original resting position.

公开(公告)号：US20230247343A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US17587761

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Thomas Chambers ,  Caitlin Hanson

IPC: H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R1/1058 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R1/1025 ,  H04R1/1041 ,  H04R2460/09

Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit. The length of the flexible printed circuit within the flexible arm is greater than the original resting length of the flexible arm. The flexible printed circuit can thus better accommodate tension or compression on the flexible arm as the flexible arm is bent from its original resting position.

公开(公告)号：US20210341762A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US16862909

申请日：2020-04-30

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： An Tran ,  Craig Curtis ,  Sarah Wolfe ,  Caitlin Hanson ,  Jeremy Heaston ,  Kyle DeCubellis ,  Zachary Provost ,  Thomas Chambers ,  Matthew James Storey ,  Bennett Alexander Nadeau

IPC: G02C11/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02C5/14 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: A modular audio system which includes an acoustic module configured to be removably engaged with a head-worn peripheral device. In some examples, the head-worn peripheral device is a pair of eyeglass frames and the acoustic module is configured to removably secure to a socket arranged on the inside face of the temples of the eyeglasses. The acoustic module can slidingly, pivotably, and/or magnetically engage with the socket such that, when secured, the acoustic module is configured to generate acoustic energy in the form of audible sound proximate a user's ear while the user is wearing the head-worn peripheral device. In other examples, the temples of the head-worn peripheral device are configured to slidingly engage with a sleeve, where the sleeve includes a pocket configured to slidingly engage with the acoustic module.

公开(公告)号：US20250150744A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US19013097

申请日：2025-01-08

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Thomas Chambers ,  Caitlin Hanson

IPC: H04R1/10

Abstract: Various implementations include open-ear headphones. In some cases, an open-ear headphone includes: an acoustic module for providing an audio output to an ear of a user; a battery housing; and a flexible arm physically and electrically coupling the acoustic module to the battery housing, the flexible arm including: a flexible printed circuit connecting the battery housing and the acoustic module, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit, where when worn, the acoustic module is located in a concha of the ear, the battery housing is located behind the ear, and the flexible arm passes over an outer side of at least one of at least one of an anti-helix, a helix, or a lobule of the ear.

公开(公告)号：US12225341B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18241293

申请日：2023-09-01

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Thomas Chambers ,  Caitlin Hanson

IPC: H04R1/10

Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit. The length of the flexible printed circuit within the flexible arm is greater than the original resting length of the flexible arm. The flexible printed circuit can thus better accommodate tension or compression on the flexible arm as the flexible arm is bent from its original resting position.

公开(公告)号：US20230412966A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18241293

申请日：2023-09-01

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Thomas Chambers ,  Caitlin Hanson

IPC: H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R1/1058 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R1/1025 ,  H04R1/1041 ,  H04R2460/09

Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit. The length of the flexible printed circuit within the flexible arm is greater than the original resting length of the flexible arm. The flexible printed circuit can thus better accommodate tension or compression on the flexible arm as the flexible arm is bent from its original resting position.

公开(公告)号：US11500227B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16862909

申请日：2020-04-30

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： An Tran ,  Craig Curtis ,  Sarah Wolfe ,  Caitlin Hanson ,  Jeremy Heaston ,  Kyle DeCubellis ,  Zachary Provost ,  Thomas Chambers ,  Matthew James Storey ,  Bennett Alexander Nadeau

IPC: G02C11/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02C5/14 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: A modular audio system which includes an acoustic module configured to be removably engaged with a head-worn peripheral device. In some examples, the head-worn peripheral device is a pair of eyeglass frames and the acoustic module is configured to removably secure to a socket arranged on the inside face of the temples of the eyeglasses. The acoustic module can slidingly, pivotably, and/or magnetically engage with the socket such that, when secured, the acoustic module is configured to generate acoustic energy in the form of audible sound proximate a user's ear while the user is wearing the head-worn peripheral device. In other examples, the temples of the head-worn peripheral device are configured to slidingly engage with a sleeve, where the sleeve includes a pocket configured to slidingly engage with the acoustic module.

公开(公告)号：US20210109595A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-15

申请号：US16597113

申请日：2019-10-09

Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION

Inventor： Thomas Claude Bernard Landemaine ,  Mark B. Andersson ,  Thomas Chambers ,  Prateek Nath

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G01L1/04 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a user input device is provided comprising a substrate configured to couple to a user, at least one sensing unit, the at least one sensing unit being coupled to the substrate and being configured to provide an output signal indicative of an amount of deformation of the substrate, and a controller coupled to the at least one sensing unit, the controller being configured to receive, from the at least one sensing unit, the output signal, and determine, based on the output signal, at least one gesture performed by the user.