Acoustic output devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12212908-B2
Application number	US-202217814586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2022
Priority date	Apr 9, 2021
Publication date	Jan 28, 2025
Grant date	Jan 28, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an acoustic output device. The acoustic output device may include a speaker assembly, configured to convert audio signals into vibration signals; a functional assembly electrically connected to the speaker assembly; and a supporting structure, configured to be connected to the speaker assembly and the functional assembly, wherein the supporting structure includes a metal body therein, and the metal body may be electrically connected to the functional assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An acoustic output device, comprising:
a speaker assembly, configured to convert audio signals into vibration signals;
a functional assembly electrically connected to the speaker assembly; and
a supporting structure, configured to be connected to the speaker assembly and the functional assembly, wherein the supporting structure includes a metal body therein, and the metal body is electrically connected to the functional assembly, wherein
the functional assembly includes two sub-functional assemblies, wherein the supporting structure includes an ear hook assembly and a rear hook assembly, the ear hook assembly is connected between the speaker assembly and the functional assembly, and the rear hook assembly is connected between the two sub-functional assemblies; and
the metal body is an antenna of the acoustics output device, the metal body includes a first sub-antenna and a second sub-antenna, the first sub-antenna and the second sub-antenna are respectively electrically connected to a sub-functional assembly of the two sub-functional assemblies, and the first sub-antenna and the second sub-antenna are spaced apart.

2. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein a metal body is positioned within the rear hook assembly, and at least one end of the metal body is electrically connected to the functional assembly.

3. The acoustic output device of claim 2 , two ends of the metal body are respectively electrically connected to the two sub-functional assemblies.

4. The acoustic output device of claim 2 , wherein a Length of the metal body is greater than or equal to a Length threshold.

5. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein a metal body is positioned inside the ear hook assembly, and one end of the metal body is electrically connected to the functional assembly.

6. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein the supporting structure is connected between the speaker assembly and the functional assembly to form the ear hook assembly of the acoustic output device, and the ear hook assembly is configured to straddle and be supported on an ear of a user when the user is wearing the acoustic output device.

7. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein an end of the metal body is covered with a welding metal layer, and the metal body is welded on a main control circuit board of the functional assembly through the welding metal layer.

8. The acoustic output device of claim 7 , wherein the welding metal layer is a zinc plating layer.

9. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein the rear hook assembly includes the metal body and metal connectors, and the metal connectors are respectively sleeved and fixed on two ends of the metal body.

10. The acoustic output device of claim 9 , wherein a deformation of a first part of the metal body located inside a metal connector relative to a second part of the metal body located outside the metal connector is less than or equal to a first deformation threshold.

11. The acoustic output device of claim 10 , wherein the deformation is determined based on a first cross-sectional dimension φ1 and a second cross-sectional dimension φ2, wherein the first cross-sectional dimension φ1 is a dimension of a cross-section of the first part along a direction that passes a geometric center of the cross-section of the first part, and the second cross-sectional dimension φ2 is a dimension of a cross-section of the second part along the same direction that passes a geometric center of the cross-section of the second part.

12. The acoustic output device of claim 10 , wherein an outer surface of the first part includes a knurled structure.

13. The acoustic output device of claim 10 , wherein the metal connector includes an installation hole, the metal body is inserted into the installation hole, and the metal body is connected to the metal connector by welding.

14. The acoustic output device of claim 9 , wherein the metal connector is connected to the metal body by die casting.

15. The acoustic output device of claim 9 , wherein the rear hook assembly further includes an elastic covering body, the elastic covering body is configured to cover the metal body and further form a cavity covering part, at least part of the cavity covering part is configured to cover an accommodating cavity, and the accommodating cavity is configured to accommodate a battery or the main control circuit board.

16. The acoustic output device of claim 15 , wherein the rear hook assembly further includes a wire, a Length of the wire is greater than a Length of the metal body, and the wire extends from an end of the metal body to the other end of the metal body;
the elastic covering body covers the wire by injection molding and includes a threading channel, the metal body passes through the threading channel, and a size of the threading channel is configured to allow the metal body to move in the threading channel; or,
the elastic covering body includes a threading channel, the metal body and the wire pass through the threading channel, and the size of the threading channel is configured to allow the metal body and the wire to move in the threading channel.

17. The acoustic output device of claim 15 , wherein the cavity covering part includes a first covering part close to the metal connector and a second covering part departing from the metal connector, the first cover part and the second cover part are respectively bonded to and fixed with the accommodating cavity, and a bonding strength between the second covering part and the accommodating cavity is greater than that between the first covering part and the accommodating cavity.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Shokz Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Lei
• Wang Zhen
• Wang Liwei
• Tong Peigeng
• Liao Fengyun
• Qi Xin
• Shi Xianwei
• Xie Shuailin
• Chen Yunbin

Classifications

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H04R1/1066 Primary

  Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support (earpiece support for monophonic headphones H04R1/105; earpiece support for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335) · CPC title

• H04R1/105 Primary

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

• H04R1/1041

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title

• H04R1/1008

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