GB2586744A - Eartips and earphone devices, and systems and methods therefore - Google Patents

Eartips and earphone devices, and systems and methods therefore Download PDF

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GB2586744A
GB2586744A GB2015940.6A GB202015940A GB2586744A GB 2586744 A GB2586744 A GB 2586744A GB 202015940 A GB202015940 A GB 202015940A GB 2586744 A GB2586744 A GB 2586744A
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Keady John
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1016—Earpieces of the intra-aural type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1083—Reduction of ambient noise
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F11/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F11/06—Protective devices for the ears
    • A61F11/08—Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs
    • A61F11/10—Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs inflatable or expandable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1058—Manufacture or assembly
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/77—Design aspects, e.g. CAD, of hearing aid tips, moulds or housings
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
    • H04R25/656—Non-customized, universal ear tips, i.e. ear tips which are not specifically adapted to the size or shape of the ear or ear canal

Abstract

The application discloses an eartip, an earphone device, an earphone housing and a hearbud housing device. The eartip can include an outer portion, an inner portion, and an encapsulated volume formed by the inner and outer portion, wherein the outer portion is designed to contact the ear canal, and wherein the inner portion is designed to fit upon a stent. In an alternative embodiment, the airtip can include an inverted body, wherein when the inverted body is at least partially folded on itself the inverted body is arranged to include a bulbous region sized for insertion in an ear canal, a cavity internal to the bulbous region that holds a gas, where increasing pressure on the bulbous region releases a portion of the gas.

Claims (1)

1. An eartip comprising: an outer portion; an inner portion; and an encapsulated volume formed by the inner and outer portion, wherein the outer portion is designed to contact the ear canal, and wherein the inner portion is designed to fit upon a stent; a passage to an ambient environment, wherein the passage is decreased when the eartip is inserted upon a stent or inserted into an ear canal.
3. The eartip according to claim 1, wherein the encapsulated volume is at a pressure that is reduced when pressure on the outer surface exceeds a threshold value.
4. An eartip, comprising: a inverted body, wherein when the inverted body is at least partially folded on itself the inverted body is arranged to comprise: a bulbous region sized for insertion in an ear canal; a cavity internal to the bulbous region that holds a gas; wherein increasing pressure on the bulbous region releases a portion of the gas.
5. The eartip of claim 4, further comprising a channel wall that forms the cavity with the bulbous region.
6. The eartip of claim 4, further comprising a plurality of internal sealing ridges.
7. The eartip of claim 4, further comprising a plurality of bulbous regions.
8. The eartip of claim 7, further comprising a plurality of cavities, wherein each cavity of the plurality of cavities is formed by each bulbous region of the plurality of bulbous regions and the channel wall.
9. The eartip of claim 7, further comprising a transition region between the plurality of bulbous regions.
10. The eartip of claim 4, further comprising lip extending from the channel wall.
11. The eartip of claim 4, further comprising a sealing section extending from the bulbous region.
12. The eartip of claim 11, further comprising a sealing tip located on the sealing section.
13. The eartip of claim 12, wherein the cavity is sealed by seating the sealing tip against the channel wall.
14. The eartip of claim 4, further comprises of a material with a material property between 2 Shore A to 90 Shore A.
15. The eartip of claim 4, wherein the eartip forms an earplug with an NRR rating of 3.
16. A method, comprising: printing an eartip as an inverted body, wherein when the inverted body is at least partially folded on itself the inverted body is arranged to comprise: a bulbous region sized for insertion in an ear canal; a cavity internal to the bulbous region that holds a gas; wherein increasing pressure on the bulbous region releases a portion of the gas.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the inverted body has a material property between 2 Shore A to 90 Shore A.
18. An earphone system, comprising: an earphone; an eartip, wherein the eartip comprises: an inverted body, wherein when the inverted body is at least partially folded on itself the inverted body is arranged to comprise: a bulbous region sized for insertion in an ear canal; a cavity internal to the bulbous region that holds a gas; wherein increasing pressure on the bulbous region releases a portion of the gas.
19. A method of forming an eartip, comprising: forming a mold of an unfolded shape of an eartip; providing a flexible material to the mold for a threshold time and temperature for curing to form a cured inverted eartip; removing the cured inverted eartip; and folding at least a portion of the cured inverted eartip to form a final eartip.
20. An earphone device, comprising: a housing, wherein the housing includes a stent configured to accept various foam tips, flange tips, and eartip s; an electronics package unit, wherein the electronics package unit includes an electronic package and an electronic package housing, wherein the electronics package unit is designed to be independent of the housing; and a key, wherein the key is part of the housing and is designed to fit with the electronic package unit, wherein the electronic package includes two microphones and a speaker.
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US201862685271P 2018-06-14 2018-06-14
US201862696682P 2018-07-11 2018-07-11
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