Ear hook with wire hook

• US 9,648,408 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GN Netcom A/S (GN Store Nord A/S)
• Original Assignee: GN Netcom A/S (GN Store Nord A/S)
• Inventors: Korch-Haahr, Camilla, Holbek, Stig, Kann, Peter Ulrik
• Primary Examiner(s): Ni, Suhan
• Application Number:
  US14/972,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 509 Days
• Field of Search: 381328, 381330, 381370, 381375, 381379, 381380-381
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1033 Cables or cables storage, e.g. cable reels cord reels per se H02G11/02; arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B65H75/34; extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords H01B7/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/105 Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1058 Manufacture or assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/57 Aspects of electrical interconnection between hearing aid parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/607 of earhooks

Abstract

Disclosed is a headset and an ear hook for a headset, the headset comprising a housing portion and a microphone component, the microphone component comprising a microphone boom, the microphone boom comprising a wire, wherein the ear hook comprises:

• • a first end structurally connected to the housing portion;
  • a second end comprising a wire holder configured for detachable retention of the wire from the microphone boom; and
    where a portion of the ear hook between the first end and the second end is configured for attaching the ear hook to an ear of a user.

Claims

1. An ear hook with wire retention feature, for a headset, the headset comprising a housing portion and a microphone component, the microphone component having a microphone boom, the microphone boom including a wire for delivering signals to said headset, wherein the ear hook comprises:

a first end structurally connected to the housing portion;

flexible portion extending from said first end and configurable to engage at least part of a users'"'"'s ear to retain the headset on the user;

a flexible second portion having a second end, said second portion extending from said first portion and being bendable into a wire holder at said second end, said wire holder being sizeable to receive said wire therethrough, so that said wire can be directed through said wire holder, back to said earhook and away from the user'"'"'s face thereby avoiding interference with a user'"'"'s face.

2. The ear hook according to claim 1, wherein the wire holder is circular.

3. The ear hook according to claim 1, wherein the inner diameter of the wire holder is configured to match the outer diameter of the wire.

4. The ear hook according to claim 1, wherein the wire holder is made of a resilient material.

5. The ear hook according to claim 1, wherein the wire holder is made from a flexible material configured to be bended at least partly around the wire.

6. The ear hook according to claim 1, wherein a gap is configured between an end of the wire holder and a stem of the wire holder, where the gap is slightly smaller than the diameter of the wire.

7. The ear hook according to claim 1, wherein the first end of the ear hook is structurally connected to the housing portion by that the ear hook is structurally connected to a first component configured to be arranged to at least partly enclose at least a part of the housing portion of the headset.

8. The ear hook according to claim 1, wherein the first component is movable relative to the housing portion.

9. The ear hook according to claim 1, wherein the first end of the ear hook extends radially from the first component.

10. A headset comprising an ear hook with wire retaining feature, a housing portion and a microphone component, the microphone component having a microphone boom, the microphone boom including a wire, wherein the ear hook comprises:

a first end structurally connected to the housing portion;

a second end comprising a wire holder, configured for detachable retention of the wire from the microphone boom; and

where a portion of the ear hook between the first end and the second end is bendable into a shape to surround at least part of a user'"'"'s ear so that said wire can be directed through said wire holder, back to said earhook and away from the user'"'"'s face thereby avoiding interference with a user'"'"'s face.

11. The headset according to claim 10, wherein the microphone component comprises a second component connected to the microphone boom, the second component is configured to attach the microphone component to the housing portion, where the second component is movable relative to the housing portion.

12. The headset according to claim 10, wherein the microphone boom extends radially from the second component.

13. The headset according to claim 10, wherein the microphone boom is oblong and comprises a first end and second end, where the first end is connected to the second component, and where the wire extends from the second end.

14. The headset according to claim 10, wherein the microphone boom is oblong and comprises a first end and second end, where the first end is connected to the second component, and where the wire extends from a point between the first end and the second end.