US 12,439,196 B2
Information handling system headphone having flexible headset microphone boom
Chia-Yuan Chang, New Taipei (TW); You-Yu Lin, New Taipei (TW); and Sok Hui Khoo, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/172,468.
Prior Publication US 2024/0284088 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1066 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 2201/107 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information including audio information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the process, the memory operable to store the instructions and information; and
a headset interfaced with the processor, the headset having a speaker disposed in an earcup to present the audio information as audible sound and a microphone disposed in a boom to capture audible sound as audio information, the boom having a flexible member rotationally coupled by a hinge located at a first end of a cavity of the earcup, the flexible member terminating with the microphone and transitioning from a substantially straight form when extended out of the cavity to a bent form when rotated into the cavity, the bent form conforming with a periphery of the earcup.