EARTIP FOR COUPLING VIA WIRE-SHAPED ATTACHMENT MECHANISM

• Main Authors: SEAN T MCINTOSH, SAMUEL G PARKER, JASON C DELLA ROSA, ETHAN L HUWE, BENJAMIN A COUSINS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.04.2020
• Subjects: DEAF-AID SETS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION

To provide a wireless listening device that achieves improved acoustic performance and functionality, which results in an enriched user experience.SOLUTION: An eartip body includes an inner eartip body 325 with a sidewall extending between an interfacing end 333 and an attachment end 337. The sidewall defines a sound channel 331 and has a first thickness T1 close to the attachment end and a second thickness T2 at the interfacing end that is different from the first thickness. An eartip 352 is coupled to an inner eartip body at the attachment end and further includes an attachment structure 343 having an inner surface and an outer surface. The attachment structure includes an upper region 378 that interfaces with the sidewall and defines discrete through-holes 349 and a lower region 399 below the upper region, of which an inner surface defines recesses 345a and 345b on the periphery of the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel toward the upper region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3E 【課題】豊かなユーザエクスペリエンスをもたらす音響性能及び機能性が改善された無線リスニングデバイスを提供する。【解決手段】イヤチップ本体は、インタフェース端部３３３とアタッチメント端部３３７との間に延在する側壁を有する内側イヤチップ本体３２５を含む。側壁は、サウンドチャネル３３１を画定し、アタッチメント端部付近の第１の厚さＴ１と、インタフェース端部における第１の厚さとは異なる第２の厚さＴ２とを有する。イヤチップ３５２は、アタッチメント端部で内側イヤチップ本体に結合され、内面及び外面を有するアタッチメント構造３４３を更に含む。アタッチメント構造は、側壁とインタフェースをとり、離散的な貫通孔３４９を画定する上部領域３７８と、上部領域の下方にあって、内面が下部領域の周囲に複数の凹部３４５ａ及び３４５ｂを画定する下部領域３９９と、チャネルをわたって上部領域へ延びるメッシュと、を含む。【選択図】図３Ｅ