US 12,003,916 B1
Electronic devices with sound permeable fabric
Benjamin A. Shaffer, San Jose, CA (US); Yohji Hamada, Wakayama (JP); Vincenzo Vuono, Palermo (IT); Eugene A. Whang, San Francisco, CA (US); and Christopher I. Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/211,607.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/002,233, filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01); D04B 21/14 (2006.01); H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1091 (2013.01) [D04B 21/14 (2013.01); H04R 1/023 (2013.01); D10B 2503/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device that provides audio to a user, comprising:
an ear cup containing a speaker; and
a warp knit fabric through which the speaker provides the audio to the user, wherein the fabric comprises first openings of a first size and second openings of a second size that is greater than the first size, wherein the first openings form a label for the ear cup, wherein the warp knit fabric comprises a warp knit spacer fabric having inner and outer layers joined by a spacer layer, and wherein the first openings and the second openings are located in the outer layer.