US 11,716,560 B1
Wireless headphone accessory
Kristen L. Cretella, San Francisco, CA (US); Chad J. Miller, Oakland, CA (US); Daniel A. Podhajny, San Jose, CA (US); Joshua A. Hoover, Saratoga, CA (US); Nicholas R. Trincia, San Francisco, CA (US); Seul Bi Kim, Cupertino, CA (US); William Leith, San Francisco, CA (US); Yi Zou, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Yue Chen, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,180.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/083,748, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1025 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory for a first and a second wireless earbud, the accessory comprising:
a first receiving portion defining a first cavity sized to receive the first wireless earbud, the first receiving portion comprising a first charging component;
a second receiving portion defining a second cavity sized to receive the second wireless earbud, the second receiving portion comprising a second charging component;
a flexible portion connected to the first receiving portion, the flexible portion comprising a first connector to removably attach the flexible portion to an extension component, the flexible portion at least partially defining an internal volume;
the extension component comprising:
a first end removably attachable to the first connector;
a second end removably attachable to a second connector of the second receiving portion; and
a battery disposed in the internal volume and electrically coupled with the first charging component and the second charging component.