Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrostatic acoustic transducer utilized in a headphone device or an earbud
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Application No.: US15956738Application Date: 2018-04-18
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Publication No.: US11190868B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Apoorva Murarka , Vladimir Bulovic , Jeffrey H. Lang
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Spectrum IP Law Group LLC
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; H04R19/00 ; H04R31/00 ; H04R19/02 ; H04R25/00 ; H04R5/02 ; H04R5/033 ; H04R5/027

Abstract:
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a headphone device, comprises at least one ear muff comprising a structure to hold the at least one ear muff against an ear of a user, and at least one driver disposed in the at least one ear muff. An earbud comprises an earbud housing having a protrusion to fit into an external acoustic meatus or ear canal of a user, and a driver disposed in the earbud housing. The driver comprises an electrostatic acoustic transducer comprising a substrate comprising a first material to function as a first electrode, a dielectric layer coupled with the first material, wherein the dielectric layer has one or more cavities formed therein, and a membrane coupled with the dielectric layer to cover the one or more cavities and to function as a second electrode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180367884A1 ELECTROSTATIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER UTILIZED IN A HEADPHONE DEVICE OR AN EARBUD Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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