Wireless headphone having built-in flexible battery

• US 10,499,135 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2016
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amogreentech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Amogreentech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Gi Wook, Na, Won-San, Park, Jin Pyo, Park, Jun Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Goins, Davetta W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ganmavo, Kuassi A
• Application Number:
  US15/742,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20180206023A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,245 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/10 Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1008 Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1025 Accumulators or arrangements for charging secondary cells per se H01M10/00; charging in general H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/105 Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/0335 Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests for monophonic headphones H04R1/105
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A wireless headphone having a built-in flexible battery embedded therein. The wireless headphone having a built-in flexible battery includes a band part; a pair of headset parts including speaker units configured to receive a wirelessly transmitted audio signal and output the audio signal to the outside and connected to the band part; and a flexible battery embedded in the band part to supply power to the headset parts.

Claims

1. A headphone, comprising:

a band part;

a pair of headset parts including speaker units configured to receive a wirelessly transmitted audio signal and output the audio signal through the speaker units, wherein the pair of headset parts is connected to the band part; and

a flexible battery embedded in the band part to supply power to the headset parts;

wherein the flexible battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator; and

an exterior material configured to encapsulate the electrode assembly and an electrolyte;

wherein the exterior material includes a first exterior material configured to cover an upper surface of the electrode assembly and a second exterior material configured to cover a lower surface of the electrode assembly;

wherein the exterior material and the electrode assembly include patterns configured to contract and slacken when bent, and a pattern formed on the exterior material and a pattern formed on the electrode assembly, both patterns are disposed such that peak portions and valley portions are formed in a longitudinal direction and are formed such that the peak portions are formed within each other;

wherein the pattern formed on and along an entirety of a total length of the first exterior material and the pattern formed on and along an entirety of a total length of the second exterior material are disposed such that the peak portions are formed within each other;

wherein the peak portions form a plurality of adjacent peak portions;

the valley portions form a plurality of adjacent valley portions;

wherein the plurality of adjacent peak portions and the plurality of adjacent valley portions are separated by a different distance along the entirety of the total length of the first exterior material and the second exterior material.

2. The headphone of claim 1, wherein the band part includes a frame formed in a band form having one open side;

and a cover member configured to surround the frame, wherein the flexible battery is interposed between the frame and the cover member.

3. The headphone of claim 2, wherein the flexible battery is disposed on each of an upper portion and a lower portion of the frame.

4. The headphone of claim 1, wherein a circuit part including a communication portion configured to transmit and receive the audio signal to and from an external device through wireless communication is embedded at any one of the pair of headset parts.

5. The headphone of claim 4, wherein a second battery configured to supply driving power to the circuit part is embedded in any one of the pair of headset parts.

6. The headphone of claim 1, wherein the flexible battery is fixed to the band part by a wire material including a silver (Ag) nano component.

7. The headphone of claim 1, further comprising a wireless power receiving antenna configured to receive a wireless power signal transmitted from an external charging device to charge power of the flexible battery with power.

8. The headphone of claim 7, wherein the wireless power receiving antenna is disposed at any one side of the band part and the headset parts.

9. The headphone of claim 7, wherein a shielding sheet configured to shield a magnetic field is disposed at one side of the wireless power receiving antenna.

10. The headphone of claim 9, wherein the shielding sheet is one selected from the group consisting of a ribbon sheet formed of an amorphous alloy and a nanocrystalline alloy, a ferrite sheet, and a polymer sheet.

11. The headphone of claim 9, wherein the shielding sheet is divided into a plurality of micro-pieces.

12. The headphone of claim 1, wherein the patterns are formed along the entirety or a part of a total length of the flexible battery.

13. The headphone of claim 1, wherein the patterns are formed such that the peak portions and the valley portions are repeatedly disposed in a longitudinal or width direction of the flexible battery.

14. The headphone of claim 1, wherein the separator includes a non-woven fabric layer;

and a nanofiber web layer including polyacrylonitrile nanofiber stacked on one or both surfaces of the non-woven fabric layer.

15. The headphone of claim 1, wherein the separator has peak portions and valley portions.