US 11,736,850 B1
Open ear headphones
Chih-Hung Liu, Taichung (TW); Ko-Min Wang, Taichung (TW); and Chung-Yi Huang, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to Merry Electronics Co., Ltd., Taichung (TW)
Filed by Merry Electronics Co., Ltd., Taichung (TW)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,054.
Claims priority of application No. 111106915 (TW), filed on Feb. 25, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1016 (2013.01) [H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 1/34 (2013.01); H04R 2460/11 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An open ear headphone, comprising:
a housing, wherein there is an accommodating space inside the housing, and a sound outlet is provided on a surface of the housing;
a speaker, arranged in the accommodating space to define the accommodating space into a front cavity and a rear cavity, wherein the sound outlet provided on the housing is in acoustic communication with the front cavity;
a connecting member, comprising a first end and a second end opposite to each other, wherein the first end of the connecting member is connected to the surface of the housing; and
a supporting member, connected to the second end of the connecting member, and the supporting member comprising a supporting portion and a sound outlet channel,
wherein when a user wears the open ear headphone, the housing is located in a concha cavity of a ear of the user, the supporting portion of the supporting member at least leans against a lower edge of the concha cavity of the user, the sound outlet provided on the housing and the sound outlet channel of the supporting member are in acoustic communication with a ear canal of the user, the sound outlet provided on the housing is not in contact with the ear of the user, and the lower edge of the concha cavity is defined as a lower area of an imaginary line extending in a horizontal direction from a center position of an opening of the ear canal of the user.