TWM573114U - Wireless earphone device - Google Patents

Abstract

A wireless earphone device includes an earpiece unit, an earloop unit and a power supply unit. The earhook unit is tangibly coupled to the earpiece unit and includes an outer kit and a wire assembly that is threaded through the outer sleeve and electrically coupled to the earpiece unit. The power supply unit includes a connecting base integrally connected with the outer sleeve of the ear hanging unit, a battery module detachably connected to the connecting base, a first terminal set disposed on the connecting base and electrically connected to the wire assembly, and a first terminal group a second terminal group disposed in the battery module and electrically connected to the first terminal group, and a magnetic component, the battery module having a casing, a battery disposed in the casing and electrically connecting the second terminal group, The magnetic component is disposed on one of the connection base and the battery module, so that the battery module is magnetically coupled to the connection seat.

Description

Wireless earphone device

The present invention relates to a wireless earphone device, and more particularly to an ear-hook wireless earphone device.

In recent years, with the popularization of Bluetooth communication technology, some hearing aids used by hearing-impaired people have also combined with Bluetooth communication technology. In addition to the function of listening to external sounds, they can also listen to music and answer calls with smart devices. The convenience of life. However, in the existing market, the ear-hearing type of hearing aid earphones are equipped with different sizes of ear hooks to match the ear size, or only fixed-size ear hooks, and the tightness cannot be adjusted. Ear type, easy to cause loose and so on. In addition, the existing Bluetooth hearing aids are mostly built-in rechargeable batteries, which cannot be easily replaced and limit the use time. Therefore, for the hearing impaired who have long-term wear requirements, it is undoubtedly the subject of improvement.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless earphone device having a flexible earloop and a magnetic battery.

Therefore, in some implementations, the novel method includes: an earpiece unit, an earloop unit, and a power supply unit. The handset unit is adapted to receive a signal transmitted by the control panel and to emit a sound. The earloop unit is tangibly coupled to the earpiece unit and includes an outer sleeve and a wire assembly disposed through the outer sleeve and electrically connected to the earpiece unit. The power supply unit includes a a connecting base integrally connected with the outer sleeve of the ear hook unit, a battery module detachably connected to the connecting base, a first terminal set disposed on the connecting base and electrically connected to the lead assembly, and a first terminal set a second terminal group electrically connected to the battery module and in contact with the first terminal group, and a magnetic component, the battery module having a housing, a housing disposed in the housing, and electrically connecting the second terminal group The battery is disposed on the connector and the battery module, so that the battery module is magnetically coupled to the connector.

In some implementations, the magnetic member is disposed on the connector and adjacent to the first terminal group for magnetically attracting the second terminal group.

In some implementations, the first terminal group has a first terminal, a second terminal spaced apart from the first terminal, and a first insulator disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal The magnetic component is disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal, the second terminal group has a third terminal electrically connected to the first terminal and a first electrode of the battery, and an electrical terminal Connecting the second terminal to a fourth terminal of a second electrode of the battery.

In some implementations, the first terminal group has a concentric structure, and the first terminal, the first insulator, and the second terminal are sequentially arranged from the inside to the outside, and the magnetic member is disposed on the first Between the insulator and the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the wire assembly has a first wire electrically connected to the first electrode of the battery, a second wire electrically connected to the second electrode of the battery, and a shapeable metal wire And a sleeve covering the first wire, the second wire and the wire.

In some embodiments, the metal wire is made of copper.

In some embodiments, the sleeve is made of polyethylene.

In some embodiments, the outer kit is made of a material that is resilient and can be bent to fit the sleeve.

In some embodiments, the outer kit is made of a thermoplastic elastomer.

In some embodiments, the connector has a seat body defining a plug-in space, and an opening and a port at an opposite end of the base body and communicating with the plug-in space, the base body having a Defining an inner wall surface of the insertion space, the inner wall surface forming a shoulder, the first terminal set is disposed at the port and abutting the shoulder, the insertion space has a first side of the shoulder a diameter portion, the housing has an end portion for the second terminal group, the battery module can be inserted into the insertion and removal space through the opening, and the end portion extends into the first diameter portion to The first terminal group is electrically connected to the second terminal group.

In some embodiments, the housing further has a main portion, and a base portion formed at one end of the main portion and abutting the connecting portion, the insertion space further having a first connecting portion And a second diameter portion having a shape matching the main portion, and a diameter of the second diameter portion is larger than a diameter of the first diameter portion.

In some embodiments, the inner wall surface further has a card slot, and the battery module further has a latching member connected to one side of the housing for fastening to the card slot.

In some embodiments, the latching member has a pressing portion connected to the base portion, and a hook portion connected to the pressing portion for fastening to the card slot, the pressing portion can be pressed against The hook portion is separated from the card slot.

The present invention has at least the following effects: Compared with the existing Bluetooth hearing aid headphones, the present invention The earphone unit of the wireless earphone device can be shaped by the user to fit the ear shape of different users, thereby increasing the wearing comfort; in addition, the detachable battery module is compared with the existing built-in battery. It can replace the power immediately when the power is exhausted, reducing the inconvenience in the life of the hearing impaired.

1‧‧‧Wireless earphone device

2‧‧‧ earpiece unit

21‧‧‧Chassis

22‧‧‧Control Module

23‧‧‧Power switch

24‧‧‧ Speaker Module

25‧‧‧ earplugs

3‧‧‧ ear hook unit

31‧‧‧Outer kit

32‧‧‧Wire assembly

321‧‧‧First wire

322‧‧‧second wire

323‧‧‧Metal wire

324‧‧‧ casing

4‧‧‧Power supply unit

41‧‧‧Connecting Block

411‧‧‧ body

412‧‧‧ openings

Port 413‧‧‧

414‧‧‧ inner wall

415‧‧‧plug space

415a‧‧‧ First Diameter Department

415b‧‧‧Second Diameter Department

416‧‧‧ shoulder

417‧‧‧ card slot

42‧‧‧Battery module

421‧‧‧Shell

421a‧‧ ‧ Department of Administration

421b‧‧‧End

421c‧‧‧Base section

422‧‧‧Battery

422a‧‧‧first electrode

422b‧‧‧second electrode

423‧‧‧Card fasteners

423a‧‧‧ Pressing Department

423b‧‧‧K hook

43‧‧‧First terminal group

431‧‧‧First terminal

432‧‧‧second terminal

433‧‧‧First insulator

44‧‧‧Second terminal group

441‧‧‧ third terminal

442‧‧‧fourth terminal

443‧‧‧Second insulator

45‧‧‧Magnetic parts

5‧‧‧Control host

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the wireless headset device of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the embodiment A battery module is detachably connected to a connector of the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection between the embodiment and a control host; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a wire assembly of the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the wire assembly passing through an outer sleeve of the embodiment; FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the battery module inserted in the connecting seat; FIG. 7 is a partial view; 1 is a cross-sectional view of the battery module separated from the connector; FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG. 7, illustrating a first terminal set of the embodiment; and FIG. It is a cross-sectional view taken along line IX-IX in Fig. 7 to illustrate a second terminal group of this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, an embodiment of the wireless earphone device 1 of the present invention is applicable. The hearing aid provided for the hearing impaired person is taken as an example, but not limited thereto, and can be used as a general wireless earphone in other embodiments. The wireless earphone device 1 is adapted to be coupled to a control host 5, and in the embodiment, the wireless earphone device 1 is coupled to the control host 5 by using Bluetooth, but in other embodiments. In addition, it can also be a variety of wireless connection technologies such as Wi-fi, infrared, NFC, etc., and is not limited to the Bluetooth connection. The control host 5 is adapted to transmit the received sound to a wireless earphone device 1 through a special sound processing technology and converted into an audio signal that is clearly heard by a hearing impaired person. Of course, when the wireless earphone device 1 is used as an ordinary wireless earphone, the control host 5 can also be a smart phone, a tablet computer, or any device having a music playing function.

The wireless earphone device 1 of the present embodiment includes an earpiece unit 2, an earloop unit 3, and a power supply unit 4. The earpiece unit 2 includes a casing 21, a control module 22 disposed in the casing 21 and adapted to receive an audio signal sent by the control host 5, and electrically connected to the control module 22 and exposed to the machine The power switch 23 of the casing 21, a speaker module 24 for playing audio, and an earplug member 25 disposed on the casing 21. The earplug member 25 can be used to fit the auricle at the user's ear canal adjacent to the ear canal without the need to extend into the ear canal.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the earloop unit 3 is connected to the casing 21 of the earpiece unit 2, and includes an outer casing 31, and is disposed on the outer casing 31 and The earpiece unit 2 is electrically connected to a wire assembly 32. The outer sleeve 31 is adapted to abut against the joint of the user's ear and the head and is made of a resilient material. In the present embodiment, the outer sleeve 31 is made of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), but is not limited thereto. The wire assembly 32 has a first wire 321 , a second wire 322 , a bendable metal wire 323 , and a cladding The first wire 321 , the second wire 322 and the sleeve 324 of the metal wire 323 . The first wire 321 and the second wire 322 are electrically connected to the control module 22 and the power supply unit 4 to transmit the power provided by the power supply unit 4 to the earpiece unit 2. The metal wire 323 is made of a material that can be bent and shaped. In the embodiment, the metal wire 323 is made of copper, but is not limited thereto. In the embodiment, the sleeve 324 is a heat shrinkable sleeve and is made of polyethylene (PE). The manufacturing process of the ear hook unit 3 includes using an inner film process to cover the first wire 321 , the second wire 322 and the metal wire 323 , and then performing a rubber coating process. The outer sleeve 31 is formed on the outer peripheral side of the sleeve 324. By providing the bendable metal wire 323 in the ear hook unit 3, it is possible to match the different ear types of different users, thereby increasing the wearing comfort.

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , the power supply unit 4 includes a connecting base 41 , a battery module 42 , a first terminal set 43 , a second terminal set 44 , and a magnetic member 45 . The connecting base 41 is integrally connected to the outer sleeve 31 of the ear hanging unit 3, and has a seat body 411 defining a plugging space 415, and is located at opposite ends of the base body 411 and connected to the plugging space 415. An opening 412 is communicated with a port 413. The base 411 has an inner wall surface 414 defining the insertion space 415, and the inner wall surface 414 forms a shoulder portion 416 and a card slot 417. The insertion and removal space 415 has a first diameter portion 415a on one side of the shoulder portion 416, and a second diameter portion 415b connected to the first aperture portion 415a and the opening 412. The diameter of the second diameter portion 415b is larger than the diameter of the first diameter portion 415a. The first terminal set 43 is disposed at the port 413 and abuts against the shoulder 416. The battery module 42 is detachably connected to the connecting base 41 and has a housing 421, a battery 422 disposed in the housing 421, and a latching member 423 connected to one side of the housing 421. Specifically, the housing 421 has a shape matching the second aperture portion 415b. The main pipe portion 421a is formed, an end portion 421b formed at one end of the main pipe portion 421a and provided with the second terminal group 44, and a base portion 421c formed at the other end of the main pipe portion 421a. The shape of the end portion 421b matches the first diameter portion 415a. The battery module 42 can be inserted into the insertion and removal space 415 through the opening 412, and the end portion 421b can be inserted into the first diameter portion 415a to electrically connect the first terminal group 43 to the second terminal 432. group. The battery 422 has a first electrode 422a and a second electrode 422b on the same side, and the first electrode 422a and the second electrode 422b are electrically connected to the second terminal group 44. In this embodiment, the first electrode 422a is a positive electrode, and the second electrode 422b is a negative electrode, but is not limited thereto. The latching member 423 has a pressing portion 423a connected to the base portion 421c, and a hook portion 423b connected to the pressing portion 423a. When the battery module 42 is inserted into the connector block 41 and the second terminal group 44 is in contact with the first terminal group 43, the hook portion 423b is fastened to the card slot 417, so that the battery module 42 is connected thereto. The seat 41 is fixedly connected, and the base portion 421c abuts against the connecting base 41. When the user needs to replace the battery module 42, the pressing portion 423a can be pressed to separate the hook portion 423b from the card slot 417.

Referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 together, the first terminal set 43 and the second terminal set 44 are both concentric structures. In detail, the first terminal group 43 has a first terminal 431 located at a center of the circle, a second terminal 432 annularly spaced from the first terminal 431, and an annular portion disposed on the first terminal A first insulator 433 between the terminal 431 and the second terminal 432. The magnetic member 45 is annularly disposed between the first insulator 433 and the second terminal 432 and assembled with the first terminal set 43. The first terminal 431 is electrically connected to the first wire 321 , and the second terminal 432 is electrically connected to the second wire 322 . The second terminal group 44 is soldered to one end of the battery 422 and has a third terminal 441 located at the center of the circle and electrically connected to the first terminal 431 and the first electrode 422a of the battery 422. a fourth terminal 442 spaced apart from the third terminal 441 and electrically connected to the second terminal 432 and a second electrode 422b of the battery 422, and a fourth terminal 441 and the fourth terminal are annularly disposed A second insulator 443 between the terminals 442. When the battery module 42 is inserted into the connecting base 41, the first terminal set 43 and the second terminal set 44 are close to each other, and a magnetic attraction is generated by the magnetic member 45 and the second terminal set 44. The battery module 42 is magnetically coupled to the connector block 41. The first terminal group 43 and the second terminal group 44 are in contact with each other to enable the power supply unit 4 to transmit power via the wire assembly. 32 is delivered to the earpiece unit 2. By pre-designing the first terminal set 43 and the second terminal set 44, when the user replaces the battery module 42, there is no need to repeatedly check whether the positive and negative poles of the battery 422 are aligned, and the intuition can be easily inserted and removed. The battery module 42 can be fixedly connected to the connecting base 41 by the design of the magnetic member 45 and the latching member 423. In other embodiments, the magnetic member 45 can also be assembled with the second terminal set 44 to be disposed in the battery module 42. In addition, the magnetic member 45 may not be combined with the first terminal group 43 and may be directly embedded in the housing 421 of the battery module 42 or the base 411 of the connecting base 41 as long as it can be magnetized with the opposite terminal group. Suction can also achieve the effect of magnetically connecting the battery module 42 to the connector 41.

In summary, the earphone unit 3 of the novel wireless earphone device 1 can be shaped and folded by the user to match the ears of different users, compared with the existing Bluetooth earphones. The type of the detachable battery module 42 is more replaceable when the power is exhausted than the existing built-in battery 422, thereby reducing the inconvenience in the life of the hearing impaired person. It is indeed possible to achieve the purpose of this new type.

However, the above is only an embodiment of the present invention, and it is not possible to limit the new The scope of the implementation of the invention, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application and the contents of the patent specification are still within the scope of the novel patent.

Claims (13)

A wireless earphone device is adapted to be electrically connected to a control host, the wireless earphone device comprising: an earpiece unit adapted to receive a signal transmitted by the control host and emit a sound; an ear hook unit is tangibly coupled to the An earpiece unit, comprising an outer sleeve, and a wire assembly disposed on the outer sleeve and electrically connected to the earpiece unit; and a power supply unit including a connector integrally connected with the outer sleeve of the earloop unit a battery module detachably connected to the connector, a first terminal set disposed on the connector and electrically connected to the wire assembly, and a battery module disposed in contact with the first terminal group Forming an electrically connected second terminal set, and a magnetic component, the battery module having a housing, a battery disposed in the housing and electrically connecting the second terminal set, wherein the magnetic component is disposed on the connector And one of the battery modules, the battery module is magnetically coupled to the connector. The wireless earphone device of claim 1, wherein the magnetic member is disposed on the connecting base and adjacent to the first terminal group for magnetically attracting the second terminal group. The wireless earphone device of claim 2, wherein the first terminal group has a first terminal, a second terminal spaced apart from the first terminal, and a first terminal and the second terminal a first insulator between the first terminal and the second terminal, the second terminal group having a third electrically connected to the first terminal and a first electrode of the battery a terminal, and a fourth terminal electrically connected to the second terminal and a second electrode of the battery. The wireless earphone device of claim 3, wherein the first terminal group is a concentric circle structure, and the first terminal, the first insulator, and the second terminal are sequentially from the inside to the outside, the magnetic member It is disposed between the first insulator and the second terminal. The wireless earphone device of claim 3, wherein the wire assembly has a first wire electrically connected to the first electrode of the battery, a second wire electrically connected to the second electrode of the battery, a moldable metal wire and a sleeve covering the first wire, the second wire and the wire. The wireless earphone device of claim 5, wherein the metal wire is made of copper. The wireless earphone device of claim 5, wherein the sleeve is made of polyethylene. The wireless earphone device of claim 5, wherein the outer kit is made of a material that is elastic and bendable to fit the sleeve. The wireless earphone device of claim 8, wherein the outer sleeve is made of a thermoplastic elastomer. The wireless earphone device of claim 1, wherein the connector has a seat body defining a plug-in space, and an opening and a port located at opposite ends of the base body and communicating with the plug-in space The seat body has an inner wall surface defining the insertion space, the inner wall surface forming a shoulder portion, the first terminal set is disposed at the port and abuts against the shoulder portion, and the insertion space has a a first diameter portion on one side of the shoulder, the housing has an end portion for the second terminal group, and the battery module can be inserted into the insertion and insertion space through the opening, and the end portion protrudes into the The first diameter portion is configured to electrically connect the first terminal group to the second terminal group. The wireless earphone device of claim 10, wherein the housing further has a main portion, and a base portion formed at one end of the main portion and abutting the connecting base, the insertion space further having a connection The second diameter portion of the first diameter portion is matched with the main portion, and the diameter of the second diameter portion is larger than the diameter of the first diameter portion. The wireless earphone device of claim 10, wherein the inner wall surface further has a card slot, and the battery module further has a buckle connected to the side of the housing for fastening to the card slot. Pieces. The wireless earphone device of claim 12, wherein the latching member has a pressing portion connected to the base portion, and a hook portion connected to the pressing portion for fastening to the card slot, the pressing The portion can be pressed against the hook portion to be separated from the card slot.