Earbuds with acoustic insert

Abstract

The invention provides an earbud with an acoustic insert. The earbud includes a housing that includes a driver assembly positioned within the housing forming a front volume in front of the driver and a back volume behind the driver. An acoustic insert is positioned behind the driver assembly and attached to an interior surface of the housing such that it forms a bass channel that is routed from the back volume to a vent in the housing.

Description

Background technique [0001] The described embodiments generally relate to portable listening devices, such as earplugs and other types of headphones, and involves a box for storing and charging such devices. [0002] Portable listening devices can be used with a wide variety of electronic devices such as portable media players, smart phones, tablets, laptop, stereo systems, and other types of devices. The portable listening devices have previously included one or more small speakers configured to be placed in the user's ear, in the user's ear, or the user's ear, maintain the speaker in the appropriate position, and electrically connect portable listening equipment to the audio source Cable. Other portable listening devices can receive wireless devices that do not include audio data streams from wireless audio sources. [0003] Although wireless portable listening devices have many advantages superior to wired devices, there are some potential defects. For example, wireless portabl...

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Problems solved by technology

Additionally, if the portable wireless listening device is a pair of wireless earbuds, the earbuds can be relatively small and easily lost when not in use

Additionally, achieving high-end acoustic performance from relatively small earbuds can challenge manufacturers due to the reduced amount of space available within each earbud

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