Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Human-ear-wearable apparatus, system, and method of operation
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Application No.: US16139069Application Date: 2018-09-23
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Publication No.: US10681454B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Christopher Robert Barry
- Applicant: Christopher Robert Barry
- Agency: Axenfeld Law Group, LLC
- Agent Robert R. Axenfeld, Esq.
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; H04R1/24 ; H04R11/02 ; H04R25/00 ; F04B33/00 ; F04B45/04

Abstract:
Described is a human-ear-wearable apparatus having a housing, which contains electronic and auditory components for conveying sound into a human hear. An inflatable mounting system is configured to secure the housing to the human ear. The mounting system includes an elastomeric bladder configured to inflate into a customizable counterpart shape of portions of the user's Concha and Meatus areas of a particular user's ear. A pump, coupled to the housing, is configured to pass air through an opening in the housing to the elastomeric bladder. Inflation of the bladder, via the pump, is controllable by a user to form a customized fit of the mounting system's bladder to the Concha and Meatus areas of the user's ear. One or more speakers may be encased in the elastomeric bladder. For example, a dual-hybrid speaker arrangement is described with a cone speaker and a balanced-armature driver embedded in the bladder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190037302A1 HUMAN-EAR-WEARABLE APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATION Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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