US 12,114,421 B2
Antenna application in wireless earphones
Christopher Zachara, Williamsburg, VA (US); Truong Vu Luu, Morton Grove, IL (US); and Christopher Richard Knipstein, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed by Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/138,437.
Application 18/138,437 is a division of application No. 17/344,110, filed on Jun. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,672,078.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/038,972, filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262878 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/0243 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/241 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1033 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless earphone for receiving audio content over a wireless communication channel at a frequency spectrum, the wireless earphone comprising:
a housing;
a printed circuit board (PCB) located within the housing;
an antenna assembly comprising a wire antenna, wherein the wire antenna has a wire length based on the frequency spectrum, and wherein the antenna assembly is electrically mounted on the PCB; and
a user input device configured to support user interaction with the wireless earphone, wherein the user input device is positioned so that user fingers would be separated from the wire antenna greater than a predetermined distance when the user fingers would press the user input device during the user interaction,
wherein the antenna assembly is configured for antenna detuning based on the user interaction, and wherein the antenna detuning of the antenna assembly is within a predetermined frequency deviation.