US 11,968,489 B1
Earphones
Lei Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); Peigeng Tong, Shenzhen (CN); Guolin Xie, Shenzhen (CN); Yongjian Li, Shenzhen (CN); Jiang Xu, Shenzhen (CN); Tao Zhao, Shenzhen (CN); Duoduo Wu, Shenzhen (CN); Ao Ji, Shenzhen (CN); and Xin Qi, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/499,197.
Application 18/499,197 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2023/083540, filed on Mar. 24, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202211336918 (CN), filed on Oct. 28, 2022; application No. 202223239628 (CN), filed on Dec. 1, 2022; application No. PCT/CN2022/144339 (WO), filed on Dec. 30, 2022; application No. PCT/CN2023/079401 (WO), filed on Mar. 2, 2023; and application No. PCT/CN2023/079412 (WO), filed on Mar. 2, 2023.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1008 (2013.01) [H04R 1/105 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An earphone, comprising:
a sound production component, at least a portion of the sound production component extending into a concha cavity of a user; and
an ear hook, the ear hook being disposed between an ear auricle and a head of the user, extending toward a side of the ear auricle away from the head, and connecting the sound production component, and the ear hook being configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal of the user without blocking an opening of the ear canal;
wherein, in a non-wearing state, the ear hook and the sound production component form a first projection on a first plane, the first projection comprising an outer contour, a first end contour, an inner contour, and a second end contour, the outer contour of the first projection, the first end contour of the first projection, the second end contour of the first projection, and a tangent segment connecting the first end contour and the second end contour define a first closed curve, and a ratio of a projection area of the sound production component on the first plane to a first area of the first closed curve is between 0.25 and 0.4.