Tri-Ear Bud Tips with Ratchet Lock and Horn Boost
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional ear pieces are bulky, uncomfortable, and limited in technological capabilities, leading to discomfort and potential ear drum damage due to inadequate sound backpressure management.
Innovation Solution
The Tri-Ear Buds system features an 8-jaw ratchet lock with a membrane filter and acoustic horn boost component, providing adjustable removal force, low-frequency filtering, and improved ear breathability to enhance comfort and sound quality, while preventing the ear buds from wedging in the ear and allowing ambient sounds to pass through.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If conventional ear pieces are used, then they can provide basic sound output, but they are bulky and uncomfortable for long-term wear
Solution Approach 1:
The earpiece is divided into multiple functional segments: the main body unit, the earbud tip with filter, and the horn boost component. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized independently for comfort and function, enabling long-term wear without bulkiness.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a new dimensional aspect by adding the horn boost component that extends along the ear canal axis, creating a three-dimensional sound distribution pattern that improves comfort and sound quality simultaneously.
2Reliability
If conventional ear pieces are used, then they can deliver sound, but they cause discomfort and potential ear drum damage due to inadequate sound backpressure management
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful low frequency sound backpressure is extracted and separated from the main sound output by using a dedicated membrane filter that blocks these frequencies while allowing safe sound transmission to the ear drum.
Solution Approach 2:
The membrane filter acts as an intermediary component between the sound source and the ear canal, selectively filtering out harmful low frequency backpressure while permitting safe sound frequencies to pass through to the ear drum.
3Reliability
If the ear buds are secured tightly to prevent them from falling out, then retention is improved, but they may wedge in the ear and cause damage
Solution Approach 1:
The ratchet lock mechanism is pre-configured with multiple engagement positions that allow the user to select the appropriate retention force before insertion, preventing excessive force that could cause wedging while ensuring adequate retention.
Solution Approach 2:
The retention system transitions from a static fixed-force design to a dynamic multi-position ratchet lock that can be adjusted during use, allowing the device to adapt to different ear canal conditions and prevent both loose fit and excessive tightness.
4Reliability
If low frequency filtering is added to improve sound quality, then acoustic performance is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The membrane filter is merged with the earbud tip structure, combining the filtering function with the existing earbud component rather than adding a separate complex filtering system, thus enhancing sound quality without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution ensures comfortable long-term wear, reduces ear drum pressure, and enhances sound quality by up to 10 dB, with adjustable removal force and effective filtering of low frequencies from 50 Hz to 300 Hz, improving user experience and ear health.
Implementation Method 1
Tri-Micro Low Frequency Filter Tri-Ear Bud Tips configured to provide low frequency filtering in the range of 50 Hz to 300 Hz
Implementation Method 2
horn boost component configured to facilitate an acoustic horn effect... configured to increase sound output by at least 10 dB
Implementation Method 3
8-jaw ratchet lock with membrane filter... ratchet ear bud lock adapted to physically associate with the Tri-Micro Low Frequency Filter Tri-Ear Bud Tips
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AI summary
An embodiment of the technology includes Tri-Ear Buds for a wireless in-ear utility device that provides in-ear frequency filtering and can also offer a horn that increases the wireless in-ear utility device's ability to deliver sound. The horn effect can provide higher sound levels while consuming lower battery power. The channels can provide increased safety and comfort for the user. Embodiments of the technology can include accommodation for a balance between the wearable in-ear devices and hearing aids, such as to accommodate the wearable device requiring more sealing in the ear canal for better sound quality, to accommodate the hearing aid seals requiring more leakage for allowing for the user's voice to have an increased naturalness in sound, where the balance between the both can be frequency leakage in the 50 Hz to 300 Hz, which can allow for the seal to produce high quality performance for the two platforms.