EARPIECE

• US 20150312665A1
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Freebit
• Original Assignee: Freebit
• Inventors: BERG, Richard Steenfeldt
• Application Number:
  US14/790,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312665A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/105 Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1091 Details not provided for in groups H04R1/1008 - H04R1/1083
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/025 In the ear hearing aids [ITE] hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10

Abstract

An ear unit for stably fitting in an ear includes a first surface facing inwardly toward the ear, a second, opposite surface facing outwardly from the ear and an outer circumferential surface formed between the first and second surfaces. The outer circumferential surface is shaped as a decremental curve. The distance between the ends of the decremental curve is approximately equal to the distance between a first cavity formed under the tragus of the ear and second cavity covered by the lower node of the antihelix of the ear. The first surface is provided with a curvature that provides a contact surface that substantially conforms to the concha, providing an improved attachment, thereby enabling the ear unit to fit closely against the concha when the ear unit is positioned into the ear.

Claims

1. An ear unit for stably fitting in an ear having an antihelix, a crus of helix, a tragus and a concha surrounded by the antihelix, the ear unit comprising a body and an ear interface, the ear interface extending from the body and comprising a C-shape member,

wherein the body comprises a housing for a hearing element and an outlet for said hearing element;

wherein the C-shape member is configured as a decremental curve corresponding to the inner part of the antihelix and is partly positioned under the antitragus;

said C-shape member being further provided with a curvature resting against an inner surface of the concha when the ear unit is positioned in the ear, preventing the outlet from being pressed into the ear canal beyond its entrance.

2. The ear unit according to claim 1, wherein the curvature engages a distal part of the crus of helix from the entrance to the ear canal thereby preventing the outlet from being pressed into the ear canal beyond its entrance.

3. The ear unit according to claim 1, wherein said body further comprises a frusto-geometric structure for the outlet, being configured so that a smaller end of said frusto-geometric structure is smaller than the entrance to the ear canal and a larger end of said frusto-geometric structure is larger than the entrance to the ear canal.

4. The ear unit according to claim 3, wherein the frusto-geometric structure is a frusto-conical structure.

5. The ear unit according to claim 3, wherein the frusto-geometric structure is a frusto-spherical structure.

6. The ear unit according to claim 3, wherein the frusto-geometric structure is an extension to the outlet.

7. The ear unit according to claim 3, wherein the frusto-geometric structure surrounds the outlet.

8. The ear unit according to claim 1, wherein the ear interface is removably attached to the body.

9. An ear unit with an ear interface for stably fitting in an ear having an antihelix, a crus of helix, a tragus and a concha surrounded by the antihelix, the ear interface comprising a C-shape member,

wherein the C-shape member is configured as a decremental curve corresponding to the inner part of the antihelix and is partly positioned under the antitragus;

said C-shape member being further provided with a curvature resting against an inner surface of the concha when the ear unit is positioned in the ear, preventing the outlet from being pressed into the ear canal beyond its entrance.

10. The ear unit according to claim 9, wherein the ear interface is removably attached.