Wearable devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12477261-B2
Application number	US-202318155778-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2023
Priority date	Nov 26, 2020
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a wearable device, including: a wearing part including: a connection section and a concave section, the concave section being connected to the connection section. The concave section causes an upper edge of the wearing part to have a downward depression on the wearing part; the concave section is provided with an acoustic output end inside.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wearable device, including: a wearing part, the wearing part including:
a connection section and a concave section, the concave section being connected to the connection section; wherein the concave section is configured that the wearing part includes a downward depression on an upper edge of the wearing part; and the concave section is provided with an acoustic output end inside, wherein the acoustic output end includes a sound hole, the sound hole being disposed at at least one of the following: an inner side of the concave section facing a user's head, an edge of the concave section facing the user's tragus, or a side of the concave section facing the user's tragus.

2 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the concave section is configured to be close to a user's ear when the user wears the wearing part, and the concave section is configured that the acoustic output end locates in front of or near the user's ear.

3 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the concave section includes a mounting part and a transition part connected to the mounting part, an angle is formed between the mounting part and the transition part, the acoustic output end is disposed on the mounting part or the transition part, and at least one of the mounting part and the transition part is in a bent connection with the connection section and the extends downwards.

4 . The wearable device of claim 3 , wherein the angle formed between the transition part and the mounting part is within a range of 30°-90°.

5 . The wearable device of claim 3 , wherein the connection section includes a first connection section, the transition part is connected between the mounting part and the first connection section, and the transition part is in a bent connection with the first connection section and extends downwards.

6 . The wearable device of claim 5 , further including a separator connected to the concave section and the first connection section, when the user wears the wearable device, the separator wraps at least a part of the user's ear.

7 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic output end includes a vibration surface on the inner side of the concave section facing the user's head.

8 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the wearing part includes a left ear wearing part and a right ear wearing part, and the left ear wearing part and the right ear wearing part are respectively in a stable contact with the user's left and right ears;
both the left ear wearing part and the right ear wearing part include a communication assembly, and the communication assemblies are configured to transmit a signal between the left ear wearing part and the right ear wearing part.

9 . The wearable device of claim 8 , wherein the communication assemblies includes a wireless communication assembly.

10 . The wearable device of claim 1 , further including a visible part physically connected to the wearing part, and the wearing part is able to rotate relative to the visible part along a connection point with the visible part.

11 . The wearable device of claim 10 , wherein the wearable device further includes a relative position detection device, the relative position detection device being configured to detect a position of the wearing part relative to the visible part; wherein
when the wearing part is in a first position relative to the visible part, the wearable device is in a folded state; when the wearing part is in a second position relative to the visible part, the wearable device is in an unfolded state; or when the wearable part is in a transitional position relative to the visible part, the wearable device is in a transitional state.

12 . The wearable device of claim 1 , further including a visible part and a quick release assembly, wherein the quick release assembly includes a mounting base and a first lock, one end of the mounting base is provided with an insertion cavity, the mounting base is connected to one of the wearing part and the visible part, the first lock is disposed on the mounting base passing through the insertion cavity, the first lock includes a first locking part and a first unlocking part set coaxially, and an axial projection of the first unlocking part is located within an axial projection range of the first locking part along the axial direction;
the other of the wearing part and the visible part includes a locking hole, the locking hole being inserted into the insertion cavity; when the first locking part is located in the locking hole, the other of the wearing part and the visible part is relatively fixed to the insertion cavity; and when the first unlocking part, instead of the first locking part, is located in the locking hole, the first unlocking part is disengaged from the locking hole.

13 . The wearable device of claim 12 , wherein the quick release assembly further includes a first elastic part, the first elastic part being disposed on the mounting base and elastically abuts against the first locking part, the first elastic part is configured to provide an elastic force to make the first locking part move into the insertion cavity.

14 . The wearable device of claim 12 , wherein the other end of the mounting base includes an insertion slot, and one end of one of the wearing part and the visible part includes an insertion part, and the insertion part is detachably connected to the insertion slot.

15 . The wearable device of claim 1 , further including an adjustment part;
the wearing part includes a connection end and an erection end opposite to the connection end, the erection end is in the stable contact with the user's ear, and the adjustment part is alternatively connected to the connecting end, so that by replacing the adjustment parts with different lengths, a length of the wearing part is adjusted.

16 . The wearable device of claim 15 , wherein a first buckle is disposed on the connection end of the wearing part, the end of the adjustment part connecting the wearing part includes a second buckle that is compatible with the first buckle; the adjustment part and the wearing part are connected through a matching between the first buckle and the second buckle.

17 . The wearable device of claim 15 , further including a visible part, the visible part includes a positioning end; one end of the adjustment part is detachably connected to the wearing part, and the other end is connected to the positioning end of the visible part.

18 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein an air conduction speaker is disposed at the connection section, and the air conduction speaker is connected to the sound hole through a sound guide tube.

19 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein an air conduction speaker is disposed inside the wearing part, a shell of the air conduction speaker is a shell of the wearing part, and the shell of the air conduction speaker is provided with the sound hole.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Shokz Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fu Xin
• Wang Yueqiang
• Wang Chong
• Huang Sunjie
• Wang Liwei
• Zhang Haofeng

Classifications

• H04R2460/13

  Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers · CPC title

• H04R1/1066

  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

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

• G02C11/10

  Electronic devices other than hearing aids · CPC title

• G02C5/16

  resilient or with resilient parts · CPC title