公开(公告)号：US20230269514A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US17895019

申请日：2022-08-24

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Benjamin A. Cousins ,  Travis Owens ,  Karan Jain ,  Lee M. Panecki ,  Mei Zhang ,  Julia Canning

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: H04R1/1041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/04144 ,  H04R1/1016

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.

公开(公告)号：US12137312B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US17895019

申请日：2022-08-24

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Benjamin A. Cousins ,  Travis Owens ,  Karan Jain ,  Lee M. Panecki ,  Mei Zhang ,  Julia Canning

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.