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Headphones with off-center pivoting earpiece
To provide listening devices, earpieces and headphones that improve the overall user experience by incorporating an array of sensors and new mechanical features.SOLUTION: An earpiece 2500 comprises: an earpiece housing defining an interior volume; an earpiece cover 2504 covering a central opening of the earpiece housing; an annular earpiece cushion 2506 surrounding an ear-receiving region of the earpiece 2500; a speaker disposed within the interior volume of the earpiece housing; a carrier 2524 coupled to the earpiece housing; and an optical sensor 2520 coupled to the carrier 2524.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 25A
Owner:APPLE INC
Variable-speed trigger switch having a conductive elastomer
PendingUS20260135440A1WindingsContact surface shape/structureElectrical resistance and conductanceElectric machine
Systems, methods and apparatuses provide for technology that includes a motor, a trigger assembly including a trigger member and an elastomer member mechanically coupled to the trigger member and moveable along a movement axis, wherein the elastomer member includes an electrically-conductive non-planar surface, a controller configured to operate the motor, and a circuit board oriented substantially perpendicularly to the movement axis, the circuit board including a plurality of conductive tracks facing the non-planar surface coupled to a resistor divider, and wherein controller is configured to vary a speed of the motor based on a number of the plurality of conductive tracks contacted by the non-planar surface of the elastomer member. The elastomer member may include a non-planar surface having a conductive central region, a conductive peripheral region and an insulative region positioned between the conductive central region and the conductive peripheral region.
Owner:BLACK & DECKER CORP
button
There is provided a button for varying output based on force applied. The button comprises: a contact pad with at least two contacts, the contacts being arranged in a complementary pattern of interdigitated fingers with a separation therebetween; and an actuator and a conductive layer, the conductive layer being located between a base of the actuator and the contact pad and being independent of the actuator and contact pad, the base of the actuator being shaped to increase the surface area of the conductive layer in contact with the contacts as the actuator is pushed towards the contact pad. This increases current flow between the contacts in use as the force applied to the actuator increases.
Owner:FOCUSRITE AUDIO ENG
Electromechanical switch
PendingCN120513213AElectrostatic/electro-adhesion relaysInterspersed finger contactsSemiconductor structureActuator
An apparatus includes a semiconductor structure (704) having a cavity (720). The apparatus also includes a first electrical terminal (730) on a first cavity side (720a), a second electrical terminal (732) on a second cavity side (720b), and the second electrical terminal includes an extension (738) overlapping a portion of the cavity. The apparatus also includes a bendable beam (710) extending from the first cavity side and overlapping at least a portion of the extension. The apparatus also includes an actuator (740) in a periphery of the beam, the actuator configured to generate a fringe electric field (750) that moves one end of the beam toward the extension in a direction different from the fringe electric field and bends the beam.
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
Variable-speed trigger switch having a conductive elastomer
Systems, methods and apparatuses provide for technology that includes a motor, a trigger assembly including a trigger member and an elastomer member mechanically coupled to the trigger member and moveable along a movement axis, wherein the elastomer member includes an electrically-conductive non-planar surface, a controller configured to operate the motor, and a circuit board oriented substantially perpendicularly to the movement axis, the circuit board including a plurality of conductive tracks facing the non-planar surface coupled to a resistor divider, and wherein controller is configured to vary a speed of the motor based on a number of the plurality of conductive tracks contacted by the non-planar surface of the elastomer member. The elastomer member may include a non-planar surface having a conductive central region, a conductive peripheral region and an insulative region positioned between the conductive central region and the conductive peripheral region.
Owner:BLACK & DECKER CORP
Button for capsule-shaped loudspeaker
Owner:SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Capsule-shaped push button for speaker
A push button comprising: - an actuating member; - a flexible, generally flat base with a first hole and a rib extending from one face of the base around the first hole; - an elastic membrane having one end connected to one end of the actuating member and a second end connected to the first face of the base between the first hole and the rib; the push button being arranged such that, when pressure is applied to one end of the actuating member, the membrane deforms and the actuating member moves translationally along its axis towards the base, and such that when the pressure is released, the actuating member returns to its initial position. (Figure from the summary: Fig. 2)
Owner:SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Flexible hinge and removable attachment
Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
Electromechanical switch
ActiveUS12651720B2Electrostatic/electro-adhesion relaysInterspersed finger contactsSemiconductor structureActuator
An apparatus includes a semiconductor structure having a cavity. The apparatus also includes a first electrical terminal on a first cavity side, a second electrical terminal on a second cavity side, and the second electrical terminal including an extension that overlaps part of the cavity. The apparatus also includes a bendable beam extending from the first cavity side and overlapping at least part of the extension. The apparatus also includes an actuator in a periphery of the beam, the actuator configured to generate a fringing electric field that causes the second beam side to move towards the extension in a direction different from the fringing electric field and bend the beam.
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
Low-travel illuminated key mechanism
Embodiments are directed to a low profile key for a keyboard having an overmolded support structure. In one aspect, an embodiment includes a key cap having an illuminable symbol. A support structure having a pair of overmolded wings may pivotally couple to the key cap. A switch housing may surround the support structure and connect each of the first and second wings. A tactile dome may be at least partially positioned within the switch housing and configured to bias the key cap upward. A sensing membrane may be positioned along an underside surface of the tactile dome and configured to trigger a switch event in response to a collapsing of the tactile dome caused by a depression of the key cap. A feature plate may be positioned below the sensing membrane. A light guide panel may define at least one light extraction feature that may be configured to propagate light toward the key cap and cause illumination of the illuminable symbol.
Owner:APPLE INC
Push button for a capsule-shaped loudspeaker enclosure
Pushbutton, comprising: - an actuation member; - a flexible base, generally flat in shape, comprising a first hole and a rib extending from a first face of the base around the first hole; - an elastic membrane, having a first end connected to a first end of the actuation member and a second end connected to the first face of the base between the first hole and the rib; the pushbutton being arranged so that, when pressure is exerted on a second end of the actuation member, the membrane deforms and the actuation member undergoes a translational movement along the axis towards the base, and so that when the pressure ceases, the actuation member returns to its initial position.
Owner:SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Pushbutton for capsule-shaped speaker
Owner:SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS