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公开(公告)号：US11463799B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-04
申请号：US17351133
申请日：2021-06-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nahid Harjee , Brian R. Twehues , Teera Songatikamas
Abstract: An earphone includes a housing that defines a force input surface opposite a touch input surface. A spring member in the housing includes a first arm that biases a touch sensor toward the touch input surface. The spring member also includes a second arm that biases a first force electrode toward the housing and allows the first force electrode to move toward a second force electrode when a force is applied to the force input surface. A non-binary amount of the force is determinable using a change in a mutual capacitance between the first force electrode and the second force electrode. The mutual capacitance between the first force electrode and the second force electrode may be measured upon detecting a touch using the touch sensor.
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公开(公告)号：US11240591B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-01
申请号：US16583795
申请日：2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Scott C. Grinker , Claudio Notarangelo , Cole A. McCaughan , Ethan L. Huwe , Brian R. Twehues
Abstract: A driver assembly including a driver module having a driver frame and a diaphragm coupled to the driver frame, the driver frame defining a front volume chamber coupled to a first side of the diaphragm and a back volume chamber; an internal control leak formed through the driver frame to couple the front volume chamber to the back volume chamber; and a first driver vent and a second driver vent formed through the driver frame to couple a second side of the diaphragm to the back volume chamber, wherein a centroid of the first driver vent is aligned with a centroid of the second driver vent.
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公开(公告)号：US20230345166A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-26
申请号：US18216219
申请日：2023-06-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nahid Harjee , Brian R. Twehues , Teera Songatikamas , Aonan Li , Travis N. Owens , Kyle J. Campiotti
CPC classification number: H04R1/1041 , H04R1/1016 , G06F3/044 , H04R1/1075 , H04R2420/07 , G06F2203/04105
Abstract: An earphone includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positioned between the flexible circuit and the conductive object operable to allow the flexible circuit to move with respect to the stem; a force sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit; and a controller operable to determine an input to the earphone using a change in capacitance detected using the force sensor electrode, the change in capacitance corresponding to a non-binary amount of a force applied to the input surface. In some examples, the earphone further includes a touch sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit.
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公开(公告)号：US11463797B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-04
申请号：US17219799
申请日：2021-03-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nahid Harjee , Brian R. Twehues , Teera Songatikamas , Aonan Li , Travis N. Owens , Kyle J. Campiotti
Abstract: An earphone includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positioned between the flexible circuit and the conductive object operable to allow the flexible circuit to move with respect to the stem; a force sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit; and a controller operable to determine an input to the earphone using a change in capacitance detected using the force sensor electrode, the change in capacitance corresponding to a non-binary amount of a force applied to the input surface. In some examples, the earphone further includes a touch sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit.
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公开(公告)号：US11102563B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-24
申请号：US16584905
申请日：2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Craig M. Stanley , Sean T. McIntosh , Ethan L. Huwe , Brian R. Twehues , Mohammad Soroush Ghahri Sarabi
IPC: H04R1/10 , E05F1/12 , E05F3/20 , H01F7/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/02 , H05K5/03 , H04R1/02 , H04B1/38 , H04B1/3827 , G01V3/08 , A45C11/00 , A45C13/00
Abstract: Embodiments describe an attachment mechanism including a wire bent in various directions forming a spring compressible in lateral directions. The wire includes a first wireform feature and a second wireform feature extending from the first wireform feature, where the first wireform feature and the second wireform feature each include: an intermediate segment; a u-shaped segment extending from the intermediate segment; and an end segment extending from the u-shaped segment.
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公开(公告)号：US20210243514A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-05
申请号：US17234441
申请日：2021-04-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dustin A. Hatfield , Shota Aoyagi , Timothy E. Emmott , Ethan L. Huwe , Mitchell R. Lerner , Sean T. McIntosh , Yi-Fang D. Tsai , Jason C. Della Rosa , Patrick W. Sheppard , Samuel G. Parker , David J. Feathers , Brian R. Twehues , Daniel Strongwater
IPC: H04R1/10
Abstract: Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end, and including an inner eartip body and an outer eartip body. The inner eartip body has a sidewall that extends between the interfacing end and the attachment end, and includes a groove formed in an outer surface of the sidewall. The outer eartip body is sized and shaped to be inserted into an ear canal and extends from the interfacing end toward the attachment end of the eartip.
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公开(公告)号：US11012770B2
公开(公告)日：2021-05-18
申请号：US16584940
申请日：2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dustin A. Hatfield , Shota Aoyagi , Timothy E. Emmott , Ethan L. Huwe , Mitchell R. Lerner , Sean T. McIntosh , Yi-Fang D. Tsai , Jason C. Della Rosa , Patrick W. Sheppard , Samuel G. Parker , David J. Feathers , Brian R. Twehues , Daniel Strongwater
IPC: H04R1/10
Abstract: Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end, and including an inner eartip body and an outer eartip body. The inner eartip body has a sidewall that extends between the interfacing end and the attachment end, and includes a groove formed in an outer surface of the sidewall. The outer eartip body is sized and shaped to be inserted into an ear canal and extends from the interfacing end toward the attachment end of the eartip.
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公开(公告)号：US20210099791A1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-01
申请号：US16583795
申请日：2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Scott C. Grinker , Claudio Notarangelo , Cole A. McCaughan , Ethan L. Huwe , Brian R. Twehues
Abstract: A driver assembly including a driver module having a driver frame and a diaphragm coupled to the driver frame, the driver frame defining a front volume chamber coupled to a first side of the diaphragm and a back volume chamber; an internal control leak formed through the driver frame to couple the front volume chamber to the back volume chamber; and a first driver vent and a second driver vent formed through the driver frame to couple a second side of the diaphragm to the back volume chamber, wherein a centroid of the first driver vent is aligned with a centroid of the second driver vent.
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公开(公告)号：US12010477B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-11
申请号：US18216219
申请日：2023-06-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nahid Harjee , Brian R. Twehues , Teera Songatikamas , Aonan Li , Travis N. Owens , Kyle J. Campiotti
CPC classification number: H04R1/1041 , G06F3/044 , H04R1/1016 , H04R1/1075 , G06F2203/04105 , H04R2420/07
Abstract: An earphone includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positioned between the flexible circuit and the conductive object operable to allow the flexible circuit to move with respect to the stem; a force sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit; and a controller operable to determine an input to the earphone using a change in capacitance detected using the force sensor electrode, the change in capacitance corresponding to a non-binary amount of a force applied to the input surface. In some examples, the earphone further includes a touch sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit.
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公开(公告)号：US11910149B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-20
申请号：US17897148
申请日：2022-08-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nahid Harjee , Brian R. Twehues , Teera Songatikamas , Aonan Li , Travis N. Owens , Kyle J. Campiotti
CPC classification number: H04R1/1041 , G06F3/044 , H04R1/1016 , H04R1/1075 , G06F2203/04105 , H04R2420/07
Abstract: An earphone includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positioned between the flexible circuit and the conductive object operable to allow the flexible circuit to move with respect to the stem; a force sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit; and a controller operable to determine an input to the earphone using a change in capacitance detected using the force sensor electrode, the change in capacitance corresponding to a non-binary amount of a force applied to the input surface. In some examples, the earphone further includes a touch sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit.
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