CN220653511U - Semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of earphones, and discloses a semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone which comprises one or two earphone monomers, wherein each earphone monomer comprises an earphone head, an earphone handle and a bone conduction vibrator; wherein the earphone handle is connected with the earphone head; the bone conduction vibrator is disposed within the earphone head. The semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone provided by the utility model consists of one or two earphone monomers, wherein each earphone monomer comprises an earphone head, an earphone handle connected with the earphone head and a bone conduction vibrator arranged in the earphone head, when the earphone is worn, the earphone head is placed in the concha cavity of a user, and the earphone handle passes through the inter-screen notch of the user, so that the pressing sense is not generated, the wearing comfort is improved, and the earphone can be switched between single-ear wearing and double-ear wearing at will, so that the use limitation in the prior art is broken, meanwhile, the earphone head is not bothered by hair winding, and the use is very convenient.

Description

Semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of earphones, in particular to a semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone.

Background

Bone conduction is a sound conduction mode, i.e. converting sound into mechanical vibrations of different frequencies, transmitting sound waves through the cartilage/skull bone, bone labyrinth, inner ear lymph, augers, auditory centers of a person. Compared with the classical sound conduction mode of generating sound waves through a vibrating diaphragm, bone conduction omits a plurality of sound wave transmission steps, can realize clear sound restoration in a noisy environment, and the sound waves cannot influence others due to diffusion in the air.

Currently, most of the bone conduction headphones are of a neck-hanging design, i.e. a resilient headband is used to clamp the left and right headphones to the bones near the ears of the user. This earphone design has the following disadvantages:

1. the long-time pressing of the skull by the head band can cause uncomfortable feeling to the user, even cause unsmooth blood at the pressing position and cause dizziness feeling to the user;

2. can only be worn together by two ears, cannot be worn by one ear, and has limitation in use;

3. the headband is easy to entangle hair of a user with long hair, which brings inconvenience to the user.

Accordingly, improvements in the art are needed.

The above information is presented as background information only to aid in the understanding of the present disclosure and is not intended or admitted to be prior art relative to the present disclosure.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone which is used for improving wearing comfort and use convenience and reducing use limitation.

In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions:

the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone comprises one or two earphone monomers, wherein each earphone monomer comprises an earphone head, an earphone handle and a bone conduction vibrator; wherein,

the earphone handle is connected with the earphone head;

the bone conduction vibrator is disposed within the earphone head.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, the earphone unit further comprises a PCBA board;

the PCBA board is arranged in the earphone head and/or the earphone handle;

one or more PCBA boards are arranged;

and the bone conduction vibrator is connected with the PCBA board.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, the earphone unit further comprises a battery;

the battery is arranged in the earphone head and/or the earphone handle;

the battery is connected with the PCBA board.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, the earphone unit further comprises a microphone;

the microphone is arranged in the earphone head and/or the earphone handle;

the microphone is connected with the PCBA board.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, a sound receiving hole is formed in the earphone head and/or the earphone handle at a position corresponding to the microphone.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, the earphone unit further comprises an operation panel;

the operation panel is arranged on the earphone head or the earphone handle;

the operation panel is an independent component arranged on the earphone head or the earphone handle or is of an integrated structure with the earphone head or the earphone handle.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, the operation panel comprises keys;

or, the operation panel comprises keys and a display screen;

or, the operation panel is a touch screen;

or, the operation panel is a touch panel.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, a useful protrusion is formed on the earphone head in a protruding manner;

the inside of the protruding part is of a solid structure;

or, the inside of the protruding part is of a hollow structure, and the inside of the protruding part is respectively communicated with the inside and the outside of the earphone head.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, a cross section of the earphone handle perpendicular to the axis is circular, elliptical or polygonal.

Further, in the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone, the bone conduction vibrator is arranged at a position corresponding to the concha cavity in the earphone head and far away from the earphone handle.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone provided by the utility model consists of one or two earphone monomers, wherein each earphone monomer comprises an earphone head, an earphone handle connected with the earphone head and a bone conduction vibrator arranged in the earphone head, when the earphone is worn, the earphone head is placed in the concha cavity of a user, and the earphone handle passes through the inter-screen notch of the user, so that the pressing sense is not generated, the wearing comfort is improved, and the earphone can be switched between single-ear wearing and double-ear wearing at will, so that the use limitation in the prior art is broken, meanwhile, the earphone head is not bothered by hair winding, and the use is very convenient.

The utility model has other features and advantages which will be apparent from or are set forth in detail in the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description, which are incorporated herein, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, which illustrate certain principles of the utility model.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a part of a semi-in-ear bone conduction headset according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a part of a semi-in-ear bone conduction headset according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a semi-in-ear bone conduction headset according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a part of a semi-in-ear bone conduction headset according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a semi-in-ear bone conduction headset according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

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the earphone comprises an earphone head 1, an earphone handle 2, a bone conduction vibrator 3, a PCBA board 4, a battery 5, a sound receiving hole 6, an operation panel 7 and a protruding part 8.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure. In addition, as one of ordinary skill in the art can appreciate, with technical development and new scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs unless defined otherwise. Furthermore, any terminology used is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.

In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in the following detailed description in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application may be practiced without some of these specific details. In some instances, methods, means, elements, and circuits have not been described in detail as not to unnecessarily obscure the present application.

The technical scheme of the utility model is further described below by the specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example 1

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional bone conduction earphone, the applicant has actively studied and innovated based on the rich practical experience and expertise of designing and manufacturing such products and in combination with the application of the theory, so as to hope to create a technology capable of solving the drawbacks of the prior art, so that the bone conduction earphone has more practicability. After continuous research and design and repeated sample test and improvement, the utility model with practical value is finally created.

Referring to fig. 1-7, an embodiment of the present utility model provides a semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone that can be used with an electronic device to receive and play sound signals from the electronic device. The communication mode can be a wireless communication mode such as Bluetooth, NFC, WIF I and the like; the electronic device may include a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a wearable device, and the like, which has a communication mode corresponding to the semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone and is capable of performing data transmission.

The semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone comprises one or two earphone monomers, and when only one earphone monomer is used, the single earphone monomer can be worn by one ear; when two earphone monomers exist, the two earphone monomers have the same, similar or symmetrical structures, and form a pair of stereo wireless earphone together, and the stereo wireless earphone can be worn and used in double ears to play sound signals of left and right channels respectively, and of course, the stereo wireless earphone can also be independently worn and used.

The earphone monomer comprises an earphone head 1, an earphone handle 2 and a bone conduction vibrator 3; wherein,

the earphone handle 2 is connected with the earphone head 1;

the bone conduction vibrator 3 is arranged in the earphone head 1.

It should be noted that, according to the normal wearing effect of the earphone, the housing of the earphone may be divided into an earphone head 1 with a half-in ear and an earphone handle 2 located outside the ear and convenient to hold, and the earphone head 1 and the earphone handle 2 are in arc transition, so that the earphone rod 10 and the nose 20 are more natural and attractive on the basis of ensuring the connection stability.

The outer surfaces of the earphone head 1 and the earphone handle 2 are provided with an oxidation layer, and the oxidation layer can be a colored oxidation layer, so that the earphone is attractive in appearance and is beneficial to improving the wear-resisting and durable performances of the earphone.

The earphone head 1 and the earphone handle 2 comprise a cover shell and a bottom shell which are mutually buckled, and the cover shell and the bottom shell are connected in a buckling mode.

It can be appreciated that the cover shell and the bottom shell which are connected through the buckle are convenient for the installation and the disassembly of the whole earphone monomer on one hand, so that the production or the maintenance efficiency of the earphone monomer is improved. On the other hand, the connection stability of the cover shell and the bottom shell is ensured, the cover shell and the bottom shell are prevented from being separated, and the reliability of the earphone monomer is improved.

Because when wearing, earphone head 1 is placed in user's concha intracavity, bone conduction oscillator 3 naturally need correspond to set up in earphone head 1 to can utilize bone conduction oscillator 3 to realize the transmission of sound through the mode of vibrating the endocavity cartilage, and earphone handle 2 then is through user's inter-screen notch, on the one hand the inter-screen notch can be spacing earphone handle 2, can increase the firmness that the earphone was worn, on the other hand has also made things convenient for the user to wear and take, can not cause the oppression to the tragus simultaneously with to the tragus, has promoted the travelling comfort of wearing.

In addition, it should be further appreciated that the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the present embodiments are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed steps or elements but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

In this embodiment, the specific structure of the earphone handle 2 may have various embodiments, for example, in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the earphone handle 2, the cross section of the earphone handle 2 may be circular, oval, or polygonal, so as to meet the requirements of users for different shapes of the earphone handle 2. The polygon may be rectangle, square, diamond, trapezoid, triangle, etc.

In order to more clearly show the structure of the ear phone of the present embodiment, two specific structures are shown for the ear phone handle 2 of the present embodiment.

Referring again to fig. 1-4, fig. 1-4 show a first embodiment of the present embodiment, i.e. the cross section of the earphone handle 2 is circular, and referring again to fig. 5-7, fig. 5-7 show a second embodiment of the present embodiment, i.e. the cross section of the earphone handle 2 is elliptical. The smaller contact area of the earphone handle 2 with the face of the user in the first embodiment is advantageous in reducing friction of the earphone handle 2 against the face of the user compared to the second embodiment.

In this embodiment, the bone conduction vibrator 3 is disposed at a position corresponding to the concha cavity in the earphone head 1 and is disposed away from the earphone handle 2.

When the ear shell is worn, the closer the bone conduction vibrator 3 is to the concha cavity, the better the bone conduction vibrator is, so that the propagation distance is shortened, and the conduction quality of sound is improved.

Referring to fig. 2-3 and fig. 7 again, in this embodiment, the earphone unit further includes a PCBA board 4;

the PCBA board 4 is disposed in the earphone head 1 and/or the earphone handle 2, and may be one or more than one;

the bone conduction vibrator 3 is connected with the PCBA 4.

The PCBA board 4 is a finished board obtained by passing an empty PCB board through a loading part and an inserting part. The PCBA board 4 may perform corresponding earphone control functions, such as turning on an audio playing function, an audio switching function, etc.

The PCBA board 4 may be disposed in the earphone head 1, in the earphone handle 2, or in both the earphone head 1 and the earphone handle 2.

It will be appreciated that from the shape of the PCBA board 4, the PCBA board 4 needs to be shaped as similar as possible to the shape of the inner cavity of the earphone head 1 or the earphone handle 2, so that the board frame area of the PCBA board 4 can be increased as much as possible, so that more required components can be laid out. Components can be arranged on both the front and back sides of the PCBA 4 in a normal case.

Referring to fig. 2-3 and fig. 7 again, in the present embodiment, the earphone unit further includes a battery 5;

the battery 5 is arranged in the earphone head 1 and/or the earphone handle 2;

the battery 5 is connected with the PCBA board 4.

The battery 5 is used as a power supply of the earphone unit, and may be a rechargeable lithium battery, so as to be charged by being connected to an external power supply when the electric quantity is exhausted.

In order to facilitate the charging of the battery 5, a charging contact is correspondingly required to be arranged on the earphone head 1 or the earphone handle 2, and the charging contact is exposed in the air and is connected with the PCBA board 4 so as to charge the battery 5 through the PCBA board 4.

The charging contact 104 may be Pogo Pi n (i.e., spring pins).

It will be appreciated that the battery 5 may be designed to be detachable from the headset 1 or the earphone handle 2, and by designing the battery 5 to be detachable and replaceable, it is convenient to replace the battery 5 after the battery 5 is aged, without being scrapped as a whole, but only replacing the aged battery 5 at low cost, thereby prolonging the service life of the earphone.

In this embodiment, the earphone unit further includes a microphone;

the microphone is arranged in the earphone head 1 and/or the earphone handle 2;

the microphone is connected with the PCBA board 4.

The bone conduction vibrator 3 is used for sounding, the microphone is used for picking up sound, and the two functions are different. The embodiment can realize the pickup function of the traditional air conduction mode by utilizing the microphone.

It will be appreciated that although the microphone may be provided in the headset 1, in the headset stem 2, or in both the headset 1 and the headset stem 2, the microphone is preferably arranged in the headset stem 2 close to the user's mouth for optimal sound pick-up.

In addition, it should be further noted that, the positions of the earphone head 1 and/or the earphone handle 2, in which the PCBA board 4, the battery 5 and the microphone are correspondingly disposed, are provided with a limiting portion, and the limiting portion is used for limiting the PCBA board 4, the battery 5 and the microphone respectively.

It can be appreciated that, because the limiting part can well limit the PCBA board 4, the battery 5 and the microphone, the phenomenon that the PCBA board 4, the battery 5 and the microphone shake inside the earphone monomer is avoided, so that even if the earphone monomer falls, the limiting part can also ensure the stability of the PCBA board 4, the battery 5 and the microphone, thereby improving the reliability of the earphone monomer, reducing the failure rate of the earphone monomer and improving the use satisfaction of users.

Of course, other structures, such as a buck-boost circuit and a noise reduction module, may be further included in the single earphone, and the specific functions of these structures are to ensure that the functions of the single earphone work normally, and in view of the fact that these structural designs are implemented in the prior art, they are not important in the design of this solution within the understanding scope of those skilled in the art, and are not further described herein.

Referring to fig. 1-3 and fig. 5 again, in this embodiment, a sound receiving hole 6 is formed on the earphone head 1 and/or the earphone handle 2 at a position corresponding to the microphone.

It should be noted that, also for the sake of obtaining an optimal sound pick-up effect, the sound pick-up hole 6 is preferably selected to be provided on the headphone head 1 and/or the headphone stem 2 close to the user's mouth.

The sound receiving hole 6 is communicated with the cavity of the earphone head 1 and/or the earphone handle 2, and the microphone is accommodated in the cavity and is arranged close to the sound receiving hole 6.

It can be understood that the number of the sound receiving holes 6 may be one, or two or more, and the sound receiving holes 6 may further improve the sound pickup effect.

Referring to fig. 7 again, in the present embodiment, the earphone unit further includes an operation panel 7;

the operation panel 7 is provided on the earphone head 1 or the earphone handle 2.

It should be noted that, the operation panel 7 is an input/output hardware device for performing man-machine interaction with the earphone monomer.

In this embodiment, the operation panel 7 may include a key through which a user inputs an instruction;

or, the operation panel 7 may include a key and a display screen, where the user inputs the instruction through the key, and the display screen displays the man-machine interaction process of the earphone single mobile phone in real time;

alternatively, the operation panel 7 may be a touch screen or a touch pad, and the touch operation manner can give the user a better operation experience than the first two operation manners.

It will be appreciated that the operation panel 7 may be a separate component and then be provided on the earphone head 1 or the earphone handle 2; or may be integrally formed with the earphone head 1 or the earphone handle 2.

In addition to the operation panel 7 being provided to input instructions by pressing or touching, a voice module may be provided to input instructions by voice.

Referring again to fig. 4-6, in this embodiment, the earphone head 1 is formed with a useful protrusion 8 protruding therefrom.

It should be noted that the protruding portion 8 is similar to the conventional mouthpiece design of the earphone, i.e. the protruding portion 8 is capable of interfacing with the ear canal of the user when the earphone head 1 is received in the concha cavity of the user. When the protruding part 8 is in butt joint with the auditory canal of the user, the leakage of sound can be reduced, and the effect of physical noise reduction is achieved.

In this embodiment, the inside of the protruding part 8 is a solid structure;

alternatively, the inside of the protruding portion 8 is a hollow structure, and the inside of the protruding portion 8 communicates with the inside and the outside of the headphone head 1, respectively.

It should be noted that, in general, the inside of the protruding portion 8 may be designed to be a solid structure, but in order to improve comfort in the ear, the inside of the protruding portion 8 may be designed to be a hollow structure, and then the inside of the protruding portion 8 may be respectively communicated with the inside of the earphone head 1 and the outside, and the inside of the earphone head 1 may be communicated with the outside through a pressure relief hole, so that air flow between the ear canal and the outside is realized, and air pressure inside the ear canal is balanced.

The protruding part 8 can be made of flexible glue with elasticity, and the elasticity of the protruding part 8 can enable the earphone monomer to be worn more firmly, and meanwhile wearing comfort and applicability are improved. In particular, the protrusion 8 designed with soft rubber can be deformed to a certain extent during use to adapt to the wearing of the user, which is beneficial to the application to ears of different sizes.

Although more terms such as earphone head, earphone handle, bone conduction vibrator, PCBA board, battery, etc. are used in this application, the possibility of using other terms is not excluded. These terms are used merely for convenience in describing and explaining the nature of the utility model; they are to be interpreted as any additional limitation that is not inconsistent with the spirit of the present utility model.

The semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone provided by the utility model consists of one or two earphone monomers, wherein each earphone monomer comprises an earphone head, an earphone handle connected with the earphone head and a bone conduction vibrator arranged in the earphone head, when the earphone is worn, the earphone head is placed in the concha cavity of a user, and the earphone handle passes through the inter-screen notch of the user, so that the pressing sense is not generated, the wearing comfort is improved, and the earphone can be switched between single-ear wearing and double-ear wearing at will, so that the use limitation in the prior art is broken, meanwhile, the earphone head is not bothered by hair winding, and the use is very convenient.

In view of the foregoing, it will be evident to a person skilled in the art that the foregoing detailed disclosure may be presented by way of example only and may not be limiting. Although not explicitly described herein, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present application is intended to embrace a variety of reasonable alterations, improvements and modifications to the embodiments. Such alterations, improvements, and modifications are intended to be proposed by this application, and are intended to be within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of this application.

Furthermore, certain terms in the present application have been used to describe embodiments of the present application. For example, "one embodiment," "an embodiment," and/or "some embodiments" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" or "an alternative embodiment" in various portions of this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined as suitable in one or more embodiments of the application.

It should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of embodiments of the present application, various features are grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the application. However, this is not to say that a combination of these features is necessary, and it is entirely possible for a person skilled in the art to extract some of them as separate embodiments to understand them at the time of reading this application. That is, embodiments in this application may also be understood as an integration of multiple secondary embodiments. While each secondary embodiment is satisfied by less than all of the features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment.

Finally, it should be understood that the embodiments of the application disclosed herein are illustrative of the principles of the embodiments of the present application. Other modified embodiments are also within the scope of the present application. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed herein are by way of example only and not limitation. Those skilled in the art can adopt alternative configurations to implement the applications herein according to embodiments herein. Accordingly, embodiments of the present application are not limited to the embodiments precisely described in the application.

Claims (10)

1. The semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone comprises one or two earphone monomers, and is characterized in that the earphone monomers comprise an earphone head (1), an earphone handle (2) and a bone conduction vibrator (3); wherein,

the earphone handle (2) is connected with the earphone head (1);

the bone conduction vibrator (3) is arranged in the earphone head (1).

2. The semi-in-ear bone conduction headset of claim 1, wherein the headset cell further comprises a PCBA board (4), the PCBA board (4) being one or more;

the PCBA board (4) is arranged in the earphone head (1) and/or the earphone handle (2);

the bone conduction vibrator (3) is connected with the PCBA (4).

3. The semi-in-ear bone conduction headset of claim 2, wherein the headset cell further comprises a battery (5);

the battery (5) is arranged in the earphone head (1) and/or the earphone handle (2);

the battery (5) is connected with the PCBA board (4).

4. The semi-in-ear bone conduction headset of claim 2, wherein the headset unit further comprises a microphone;

the microphone is arranged in the earphone head (1) and/or the earphone handle (2);

the microphone is connected with the PCBA board (4).

5. Semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone according to claim 4, characterized in that the earphone head (1) and/or the earphone handle (2) are provided with sound receiving holes (6) at positions corresponding to the microphones.

6. The semi-in-ear bone conduction headset of claim 1, wherein the headset unit further comprises an operating panel (7);

the operation panel (7) is arranged on the earphone head (1) or the earphone handle (2);

the operation panel (7) is an independent component and is arranged on the earphone head (1) or the earphone handle (2), or is of an integral structure with the earphone head (1) or the earphone handle (2).

7. Semi-in-ear bone conduction headset according to claim 6, characterized in that said operating panel (7) comprises keys;

or, the operation panel (7) comprises keys and a display screen;

or, the operation panel (7) is a touch screen;

or, the operation panel (7) is a touch panel.

8. Semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone according to claim 1, characterized in that the earphone head (1) is formed with a useful protrusion (8) protruding thereon;

the inside of the protruding part (8) is of a solid structure;

or, the inside of the protruding part (8) is of a hollow structure, and the inside of the protruding part (8) is respectively communicated with the inside and the outside of the earphone head (1).

9. Semi-in-ear bone conduction headset according to claim 1, characterized in that the cross section of the headset stem (2) perpendicular to the axis is circular, oval or polygonal.

10. Semi-in-ear bone conduction earphone according to claim 1, characterized in that the bone conduction vibrator (3) is arranged in the earphone head (1) in a position corresponding to the concha cavity and is arranged away from the ear shank (2).