Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Earpiece attachment devices
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Application No.: US14536553Application Date: 2014-11-07
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Publication No.: US10063958B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Lorenz Henric Jentz , Philip Bryan , Monika Romana Wolf , Kenneth Dennis Jasinski , Kory Gunnerson , Emron J. Henry , Karl William Vanderbeek , Richard James Wattles
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Ray Quinney & Nebeker, P.C.
- Agent Thomas M. Hardman; Miia Sula
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10

Abstract:
Devices for attaching earpiece to a user's ear are described herein. In one embodiment, an earpiece that is removably attachable to an ear of a user can include a housing that has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A transducer may be positioned, for example, at the proximal portion of the housing, and a retention member can be elastically coupled to the distal portion of the housing. The retention member and the housing can be configured to compress a portion of the user's ear therebetween in a manner that positions the proximal end portion of the housing in a vestibule of the ear adjacent an entrance to the auditory canal of the user's ear when the earpiece is attached to the user's ear.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160134957A1 EARPIECE ATTACHMENT DEVICES Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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