公开(公告)号：WO2020197674A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：PCT/US2020/019280

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： HATFIELD, Dustin A. ,  AOYAGI, Shota ,  EMMOTT, Timoty E. ,  HUWE, Ethan L. ,  LERNER, Mitchell R. ,  MCINTOSH, Sean T. ,  TSAI, Yi-Fang D. ,  DELLA ROSA, Jason C. ,  SHEPPARD, Patrick W. ,  PARKER, Samuel G. ,  FEATHERS, David J. ,  TWEHUES, Brian R. ,  STRONGWATER, Daniel

IPC: H04R1/10

Abstract: An eartip (600) including an eartip body having an attachment end (614) and an interfacing end (612) opposite from the attachment end (614), and including an inner eartip body (606) and an outer eartip body (608). The inner eartip body (606) has a sidewall that extends between the interfacing end (612) and the attachment end (614), and includes a groove (602) formed in an outer surface of the sidewall. The outer eartip body (608) is sized and shaped to be inserted into an ear canal and extends from the interfacing end (612) toward the attachment end (614) of the eartip (600).

公开(公告)号：WO2020069374A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-02

申请号：PCT/US2019/053547

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： MCINTOSH, Sean T. ,  DELLA ROSA, Jason C. ,  PARKER, Samuel G. ,  COUSINS, Benjamin A. ,  HUWE, Ethan L. ,  STANLEY, Craig M. ,  TWEHUES, Brian R. ,  GHAHRI SARABI, Mohammad Soroush ,  GRINKER, Scott C. ,  ANDERSEN, Esge ,  SIAHAAN, Edward ,  JUHNKE, Ethan W. ,  ZHANG, Mei ,  HUA, Thanh P. ,  JI, Qigen ,  ZHU, Hao ,  SANG, Haochuan ,  CHAWAN, Arun D. ,  PANECKI, Lee M. ,  LEBLANC, Jason J. ,  WU, Meiting

IPC: H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end. The eartip body can include an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end. The eartip can also include an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end, the attachment structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. The attachment structure can include an upper region interfacing with the sidewall and defining discrete through-holes, a lower region below the upper region where the inner surface defines a plurality of recesses positioned around the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel and into the upper region.

公开(公告)号：WO2020060725A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-26

申请号：PCT/US2019/048159

申请日：2019-08-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： HARJEE, Nahid ,  TWEHUES, Brian R. ,  SONGATIKAMAS, Teera

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H03K17/96

Abstract: An earphone includes a housing that defines a force input surface opposite a touch input surface. A spring member in the housing includes a first arm that biases a touch sensor toward the touch input surface. The spring member also includes a second arm that biases a first force electrode toward the housing and allows the first force electrode to move toward a second force electrode when a force is applied to the force input surface. A non-binary amount of the force is determinable using a change in a mutual capacitance between the first force electrode and the second force electrode. The mutual capacitance between the first force electrode and the second force electrode may be measured upon detecting a touch using the touch sensor.

公开(公告)号：EP3834428A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-16

申请号：EP20712768.9

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： HATFIELD, Dustin A. ,  AOYAGI, Shota ,  EMMOTT, Timothy E. ,  HUWE, Ethan L. ,  LERNER, Mitchell R. ,  MCINTOSH, Sean T. ,  TSAI, Yi-Fang D. ,  DELLA ROSA, Jason C. ,  SHEPPARD, Patrick W. ,  PARKER, Samuel G. ,  FEATHERS, David J. ,  TWEHUES, Brian R. ,  STRONGWATER, Daniel

IPC: H04R1/10

公开(公告)号：EP3629591A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-01

申请号：EP19200547.8

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： STANLEY, Craig M. ,  MCINTOSH, Sean T. ,  HUWE, Ethan L. ,  TWEHUES, Brian R. ,  GHAHRI SARABI, Mohammad Soroush ,  ANDERSEN, Esge ,  ZHANG, Mei ,  GRINKER, Scott ,  PARKER, Samuel ,  DELLA ROSA, Jason C. ,  SIAHAAN, Edward ,  JUHNKE, Ethan W ,  LEBLANC, Jason J. ,  COUSINS, Benjamin ,  SANG, Haochuan ,  JI, Qigen ,  CHAWAN, Arun D ,  PANECKI, Lee M ,  ZHU, Hao ,  HUA, Thanh P

IPC: H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: Embodiments describe an attachment mechanism including a wire bent in various directions forming a spring compressible in lateral directions. The wire includes a first wireform feature and a second wireform feature extending from the first wireform feature, where the first wireform feature and the second wireform feature each include: an intermediate segment; a u-shaped segment extending from the intermediate segment; and an end segment extending from the u-shaped segment.

公开(公告)号：EP3629592A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-01

申请号：EP19200551.0

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： JI, Qigen ,  ZHU, Hao ,  SANG, Haochuan ,  COUSINS, Benjamin A ,  WU, Meiting ,  MCINTOSH, Sean T. ,  DELLA ROSA, Jason C. ,  HUWE, Ethan ,  STANLEY, Craig M. ,  TWEHUES, Brian R. ,  GRINKER, Scott ,  ANDERSEN, Esge ,  PARKER, Samuel ,  SIAHAAN, Edward ,  JUHNKE, Ethan W. ,  ZHANG, Mei ,  HUA, Thanh P ,  CHAWAN, Arun D ,  PANECKI, Lee M ,  LEBLANC, Jason J. ,  GHAHRI SARABI, Mohammad Soroush

IPC: H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/10 ,  A45C13/10 ,  A45C11/00

Abstract: Embodiments describe a magnetic securing component including a set of magnets positioned laterally adjacent to one another and having a curved top surface defined by individual curved top surfaces of each magnet in the set of magnets. The set of magnets includes: first and second magnets positioned laterally adjacent to one another, where the first and second magnets each have a polarity that is oriented parallel to a vertical dimension; and third and fourth magnets laterally positioned from the first and second magnets, where the third magnet is positioned adjacent to the first magnet and the fourth magnet is positioned adjacent to the second magnet, the third and fourth magnets each having a magnetic polarity that is oriented at an angle with respect to the vertical dimension.

公开(公告)号：EP3629593A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-01

申请号：EP19200553.6

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： MCINTOSH, Sean T. ,  DELLA ROSA, Jason C. ,  PARKER, Samuel G. ,  COUSINS, Benjamin A. ,  HUWE, Ethan L. ,  GRINKER, Scott ,  ANDERSEN, Esge ,  STANLEY, Craig M. ,  JUHNKE, Ethan W ,  SIAHAAN, Edward ,  ZHANG, Mei ,  TWEHUES, Brian R. ,  HUA, Thanh P ,  SANG, Haochuan ,  CHAWAN, Arun D ,  PANECKI, Lee M ,  LEBLANC, Jason J. ,  JI, Qigen ,  GHAHRI SARABI, Mohammad Soroush ,  HAO, Zhu

IPC: H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: Embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end. The eartip body can include an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end. The eartip can also include an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end, the attachment structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. The attachment structure can include an upper region interfacing with the sidewall and defining discrete through-holes, a lower region below the upper region where the inner surface defines a plurality of recesses positioned around the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel and into the upper region.