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Wireless Communications Headset System Employing a Loop Transmitter that Fits Around the Pinna

  • US 20090041285A1
  • Filed: 08/10/2007
  • Published: 02/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communications system comprising:

  • a) a loop transmitter comprising a coil of wire having an open center sized to fit around a pinna of a user'"'"'s ear; and

    b) an earplug for insertion into an ear canal of a user, comprising;

    i) a receiver comprising a loop of wire; and

    ii) a speaker coupled to the wire of the receiver;

    such that when the earplug is placed in a user'"'"'s ear canal and the loop transmitter is placed around the pinna of the user'"'"'s ear, and an electrical signal is introduced into the wire of the loop transmitter, a magnetic flux is created which is inductively coupled to the loop of wire of the receiver and converted into an electrical voltage, the voltage driving the speaker to provide sound into the user'"'"'s ear.

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