Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic devices with sound permeable fabric
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Application No.: US17211607Application Date: 2021-03-24
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Publication No.: US12003916B1Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Benjamin A. Shaffer , Yohji Hamada , Vincenzo Vuono , Eugene A. Whang , Christopher I. Wilson
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Kendall P. Woodruff
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; D04B21/14 ; H04R1/00 ; H04R1/02

Abstract:
A pair of headphones may include first and second ear cups that each contain one or more speakers. The speakers may emit audio through a sound-permeable warp knit spacer fabric that is coupled to each ear cup. The warp knit spacer fabric may include inner and outer fabric layers joined by a spacer layer. The outer fabric layer may have first and second regions with different fabric densities. The first region with the greater fabric density may be used to form a label such as an R-shape or L-shape to indicate which ear cup should cover the user's right ear and which ear cup should cover the user's left ear. The denser first region may have diamond-shaped openings of a first size and the less dense second region may have diamond-shaped openings of a second size that is greater than the first size.
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