Acoustic input and output apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12120481-B2
Application number	US-202318306993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2023
Priority date	Apr 30, 2020
Publication date	Oct 15, 2024
Grant date	Oct 15, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an acoustic input and output apparatus. The acoustic input and output apparatus may include a loudspeaker assembly, a sound-pickup assembly configured to pick up a sound signal, and a connection assembly including an elastic member, wherein a first end of the elastic member may connect to the loudspeaker assembly, and a second end of the elastic member may connect to the sound-pickup assembly. The elastic member may be configured to cause an average amplitude attenuation rate of vibrations within a phonic frequency band generated by the loudspeaker assembly to be larger than or equal to 35% in a process that the vibration transmits from the first end of the elastic member to the second end of the elastic member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An acoustic input and output apparatus, comprising:
a loudspeaker assembly;
a sound-pickup assembly configured to pick up a sound signal; and
a connection assembly including an elastic member, wherein a first end of the elastic member connects to the loudspeaker assembly, and a second end of the elastic member connects to the sound-pickup assembly, wherein
the sound-pickup assembly is rotatable relative to the loudspeaker assembly; and
the loudspeaker assembly includes a first loudspeaker housing, wherein the connection assembly further includes a rotation member matched and connected to a first through-hole arranged on the first loudspeaker housing rotatably, and the sound-pickup assembly is connected with the rotation member so as to rotate relative to the first loudspeaker housing.

2. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the loudspeaker assembly further includes a second loudspeaker housing and a loudspeaker, wherein
the first loudspeaker housing is matched and connected to the second loudspeaker housing to form a containment space for accommodating the loudspeaker, wherein the first through-hole and a second through-hole are arranged on the first loudspeaker housing at an interval, and the first through-hole and second through-hole are in communication with the containment space; and
a wiring group of the sound-pickup assembly traverses the first through-hole, the containment space, and the second through-hole.

3. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the rotation member includes a wire-guiding part and a rotation part connecting with each other;
the rotation part is inserted in the first through-hole; and
the sound-pickup assembly is connected with the wire-guiding part to enable the wiring group of the sound-pickup assembly to pass through the wire-guiding part and enter the first through-hole via the rotation part.

4. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 3 , wherein
a damping groove is arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotation part;
the connection assembly further includes a damping member arranged in the damping groove; and
the damping member contacts an inner wall of the first through-hole to provide a rotational damping for the rotation part via contact friction.

5. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 4 , wherein
the rotation part includes a rotation main body, and a first stopping part and a second stopping part protruding from two ends of the rotation main body along radial directions of the rotation main body, respectively;
the rotation main body is inserted into the first through-hole;
the first stopping part and the second stopping part abut against two sides of the first loudspeaker housing, respectively, to restrict a movement of the rotation part relative to the first loudspeaker housing along an axial direction; and
the damping groove is formed between the first stopping part and the second stopping part.

6. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the connection member further includes a rotation-limiting structure configured to restrict a rotation range of the rotation part relative to the first loudspeaker housing.

7. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the rotation range of the rotation part is 0˜270 degrees.

8. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 6 , wherein
the rotation-limiting structure includes a limiting groove arranged at an upper portion of the rotation part along a circumferential direction, and a limiting member arranged on the inner wall of the first through-hole and matched to the limiting groove; and
the limiting member abuts against two ends of the limiting groove, when the rotation part rotates relative to the first loudspeaker housing, to restrict the rotation part from rotating.

9. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the limiting groove is arranged as an open-loop.

10. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 3 , wherein
the wire-guiding part is configured with a first hole segment, the rotation part is arranged with a second hole segment, and the first hole segment communicates with the second hole segment;
the sound-pickup assembly is matched and connected to the first hole segment; and
the wiring group of the sound-pickup assembly traverses the first hole segment and reaches the first through-hole via the second hole segment.

11. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the loudspeaker assembly further includes a fixing member configured to restrict a movement of the sound-pickup assembly relative to the rotation member.

12. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the fixing member includes a fixing main body inserted into the second hole segment, and matched and connected to the first end of the elastic member to restrict the movement of the elastic member relative to the rotation member.

13. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 12 , wherein
the fixing member further includes a fixedly connection part arranged on one end of the fixing main body, and the first end of the elastic member is configured with a fixedly adaptive connection part; and
the fixedly connection part is able to be matched and connected with the fixedly adaptive part.

14. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 12 , wherein gaps are formed at one end of the rotation part away from the wire-guiding part, and the gaps communicate with the second hole segment; and
the fixing member further includes convex tables arranged protruding from a periphery of the fixing main body, and the convex tables are inserted into the gaps to fill the gaps.

15. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a count of the gaps is at least two, and the gaps divide the rotation part into at least two sub-members spaced apart from each other along the circumferential direction of the rotation part.

16. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 15 , wherein
the count of the gaps is two, and the gaps are arranged opposite to each other;
a count of the convex tables is two, correspondingly, and the convex tables are arranged deviating from each other; and
the two convex tables are inserted into the two gaps, respectively, so that the fixing member is supported between two sub-members.

17. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the elastic member includes an elastic metal filament and plug-in parts connecting to the two ends of the elastic metal filament, respectively;
one of the plug-in part is configured to match and plug in the sound-pickup assembly;
the other one of the plug-in part is configured to match and plug in the loudspeaker assembly; and
the plug-in part is connected to and plugged in the loudspeaker assembly.

18. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the connection assembly further includes an elastic cover layer covering a periphery of the elastic member.

19. The acoustic input and output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is configured to cause an average amplitude attenuation rate of vibrations within a phonic frequency band generated by the loudspeaker assembly to be larger than or equal to 35% in a process that the vibrations transmit from the first end of the elastic member to the second end of the elastic member.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Shokz Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Chaowu
• Wang Yueqiang
• You Fen
• Fu Junjiang
• Wu Zhongqi
• Chen Qian

Classifications

• H04R1/10

  Earpieces; Attachments therefor {; Earphones; Monophonic headphones (H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033)} · CPC title

• H04R1/02

  Casings; Cabinets {; Supports therefor;} Mountings therein (H04R1/28 takes precedence {; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075}) · CPC title

• H04R2460/13

  Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers · CPC title

• H04R1/105

  Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks (for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335) · CPC title

• H04R1/1008

  Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type · CPC title