Detailed Description
While this disclosure may be susceptible to embodiment in different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail only some specific embodiments thereof with the understanding that the present description is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the disclosure and is not intended to limit the disclosure to that as illustrated herein.
Thus, a feature indicated in this specification will serve to explain one of the features of one embodiment of the disclosure, and not to imply that every embodiment of the disclosure must have the stated feature. Further, it should be noted that this specification describes many features. Although some features may be combined to show a possible system design, these features may also be used in other combinations not explicitly described. Thus, the combinations illustrated are not intended to be limiting unless otherwise specified.
In the embodiments shown in the drawings, directional references (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear) are used to explain the structure and movement of the various elements of the disclosure not absolutely, but relatively. These descriptions are appropriate when the elements are in the positions shown in the drawings. If the description of the positions of these elements changes, the indication of these directions changes accordingly.
Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these example embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the present disclosure and are not necessarily drawn to scale. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar parts, and thus their repetitive description will be omitted.
Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the present specification.
The present embodiment proposes an ear support for use with an earphone. The earphone is an in-ear earphone, and may be a wired in-ear earphone or a wireless in-ear earphone. Referring to fig. 1, the ear support includes a main body 11 and a support body 12; the main body 11 is used for fixing the earphone; the supporting body 12 is arc-shaped, the two ends of the supporting body 12 are respectively connected to the main body 11, an adjusting structure 13 is arranged between at least one end of the supporting body 12 and the main body 11, and the adjusting structure 13 adjusts the connecting position between the end of the supporting body 12 and the main body 11 so as to adjust the maximum distance of the supporting body 12 protruding relative to the main body 11.
The ear support is connected with the earphone through the main body 11. The main body 11 can be detachably connected with the earphone, and when the earphone needs to be worn, the main body 11 is connected with the earphone so as to install the ear support on the earphone. The connection between the main body 11 and the earphone can be various, for example, the main body 11 includes a plurality of semicircular claws, and the plurality of claws are used to limit the earphone in the main body 11 together.
In this embodiment, the main body 11 is substantially elliptical, and has an earphone cavity 111 therein, the main body 11 is provided with an insertion hole 113 and a sound transmission hole 112, the insertion hole 113 is communicated with the earphone cavity 111, and the insertion hole 113 is used for the earphone to enter the earphone cavity 111; the sound transmitting hole 112 communicates with the earphone cavity 111. Optionally, the shape of the earpiece cavity 111 is adapted to the shape of the earpiece. The oval body 11 and the arc-shaped support body 12 together form an ear support with an approximately oval contour.
The main body 11 may be made of a hard material or an elastic material. In this embodiment, the main body 11 is made of hard plastic to better limit the earphone, and prevent the earphone from shaking or shifting in the main body 11. The hard plastic also has good deformation resistance, and can ensure that the main body 11 can still be adapted to the shape of the earphone after the ear support is used for a long time.
One side of the main body 11 departing from the sound transmission hole 112 is provided with a support body 12, when a user wears the earphone with the ear support of the embodiment, part or all of the ear support can enter the ear hole along with the earphone, and at the moment, the support body 12 is supported by the cymba embedding part 14 of the ear of the user, so that the earphone is not easy to fall off when the user wears the earphone.
In this embodiment, the supporting body 12 is disposed on one side of the main body 11 in an arc shape, and at this time, an adjusting structure 13 is disposed between the main body 11 and at least one end portion of the supporting body 12 of the supporting body 11 and the main body 12, and the adjusting structure 13 can adjust a connection position between the end portion of the supporting body 12 and the main body 11, and by adjusting the adjusting structure 13, a bending degree of the supporting body 12 can be changed, and further, a maximum protruding distance of the supporting body 12 relative to the main body 11 can be adjusted. It will be appreciated that the ear support is adapted to the different sizes of ears of the user by the maximum distance the support body 12 projects relative to the main body 11.
In one embodiment, an adjusting structure 13 is disposed corresponding to two connecting positions of the two end portions of the supporting body 12 and the main body 11, so that the connecting positions of the two end portions of the supporting body 12 relative to the main body 11 can be adjusted. The embodiment can synchronously adjust the positions of the two ends of the supporting body 12 connected to the main body 11, and ensures that the two ends of the supporting body 12 have better symmetry relative to the positions on the main body 11.
In this embodiment, the supporting body 12 has a first end 121 and a second end 122, the first end 121 of the supporting body 12 is fixedly connected to the main body 11, and the adjusting structure 13 is disposed between the second end 122 of the supporting body 12 and the main body 11. Therefore, when the ear support is injection molded, the support body 12 and the main body 11 are integrally molded through one mold, the production efficiency is improved, and the assembly process is avoided.
Further, the ear support of the present embodiment is injection molded by a two-shot mold process. The main body 11 can be made of hard glue by injection molding, and the support body 12 is made of soft glue by injection molding. The support body 12 formed by soft glue injection molding has better elasticity, so when the earring support is worn, the support body 12 can be abutted against the cymba concha of a user to deform, and the user feels comfortable.
The support body 12 in this embodiment is strip-shaped and can be bent into an arc shape; in another embodiment, the support body 12 may be constructed of a plurality of support bars in parallel. The plurality of support bars each have a first end 121 and a second end 122, the first ends 121 of the plurality of support bars are gathered together to be connected with the main body 11, and the second ends 122 of the plurality of support bars are gathered together to be connected with the main body 11 through the adjusting structure 13. The support body 12 may also be plate-shaped.
In this embodiment, the supporting body 12 has a cymba insert 14, and the cymba insert 14 may be a section of the supporting body 12; or may be formed by attaching another member to the support body 12; for example a cymba insert, which is connected to the support body 12 in an arc-like shape to form a unitary structure.
When the user wears the ear support, the cymba embedded part 14 can be abutted against the cymba part in the ear of the user. The present embodiment thus provides that the cross-sectional area of the support body 12 decreases from the cymba concha 14 towards the second end 122 of the support body 12. Through making concha boat embedding portion 14 have great sectional area to improve the intensity of concha boat embedding portion 14, guarantee that concha boat embedding portion 14 can closely support hold with user's concha boat portion, thereby guarantee that the ear props is difficult for following the landing in the ear.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the adjusting structure 13 between the end of the supporting body 12 and the main body 11 can connect the supporting body 12 and the main body 11 by sliding connection and snap connection. When the distance from the entrance of the ear hole of the user to the cymba concha is small or the user desires a more comfortable wearing effect, the maximum distance of the supporting body 12 protruding from the main body 11 can be reduced by the adjusting structure 13. When the distance from the entrance of the ear hole of the user to the cymba concha is large or the user desires a firmer wearing effect, the maximum distance of the supporting body 12 protruding from the main body 11 can be increased by the adjusting structure 13.
Regarding the sliding connection. Specifically, a sliding groove is formed in the main body 11, the sliding groove is provided with a groove bottom and a groove top which are opposite, and an opening is formed in the groove top; the end part of the supporting body 12 is provided with a slide bar, when the bending degree of the supporting body 12 needs to be adjusted, the slide bar is rotated, and after the slide bar slides to a proper position along the sliding groove, the slide bar is fixed on the sliding groove through another fixing piece, so that the position of the slide bar on the sliding groove is locked.
Specifically, the engagement connection may be formed by a plurality of engagement structures between the end of the support 12 and the main body 11, and the plurality of engagement structures may constitute the adjustment structure 13. The user adjusts the position of the end of the support body 12 relative to the main body 11 according to the wearing requirement and the shape of the ear, and then the end is connected with the main body 11 through the clamping structure at the corresponding position. In the present embodiment, the second end 122 of the support 12 is engaged with the main body 11. Of course, the first end 121 of the supporting body 12 may be engaged with the main body 11, or the first end 121 of the supporting body 12 may be integrally formed with the main body 11.
Specifically, the adjusting structure 13 includes a retaining portion 131 protruding from the second end 122 of the supporting body 12, and at least two retaining notches 132 formed in the main body 11; the catching portion 131 connects the second end 122 of the supporting body 12 with the main body 11 by catching in the catching notch 132.
The embodiment further provides a plurality of holding notches 132 sequentially arranged on the orthogonal projection of the supporting body 12 on the surface of the main body 11, wherein the projection line projects from the side of the supporting body 12 to the surface of the main body 11. Therefore, the second end 122 of the support 12 can be adjusted on the orthographic projection line of the surface of the main body 11 along the support 12, so that stress caused by torsion is avoided when the connection position of the support 12 is adjusted, and the wearing comfort of a user is ensured.
In another embodiment, the adjusting structure 13 includes at least two retaining portions 131 protruding from the second end 122 of the supporting body 12, a plurality of retaining notches 132 equidistantly disposed on the main body 11, and a distance between at least two retaining portions 131 is equal to a distance between two adjacent retaining notches 132. The number of the catching portions 131 is less than or equal to the number of the catching notches 132. Therefore, when the end of the supporting body 12 is connected to the main body 11, at least two catching portions 131 are engaged corresponding to the corresponding number of catching notches 132. For example, when there are two retaining portions 131 on the second end 122 of the supporting body 12 and four retaining notches 132 on the main body 11, when the second end 122 of the supporting body 12 is connected to the main body 11, the two retaining portions 131 are correspondingly engaged with the two retaining notches 132.
In another embodiment, the adjusting structure 13 includes at least two retaining notches 132 formed at the second end 122 of the supporting body 12, and a retaining portion 131 protruding from the main body 11; the catching portion 131 connects the second end 122 of the supporting body 12 with the main body 11 by catching in the catching notch 132.
In another embodiment, the adjustment structure 13 includes a plurality of equidistantly spaced retaining notches 132 protruding from the second end 122 of the support body 12. The main body 11 is provided with at least two holding parts 131, the number of the holding parts 131 is less than or equal to the number of the holding notches 132, and the spacing distance between at least two holding parts 131 is equal to the distance between two adjacent holding notches 132. Therefore, when the end of the supporting body 12 is connected to the main body 11, at least two catching portions 131 are engaged corresponding to the corresponding number of catching notches 132. For example, when there are two retaining notches 132 on the second end 122 of the supporting body 12 and four retaining portions 131 on the main body 11, when the second end 122 of the supporting body 12 is connected to the main body 11, the two retaining notches 132 are correspondingly engaged with the two retaining notches 132.
The embodiment further provides a plurality of at least two clamping parts 131 arranged in sequence on the orthogonal projection of the support body 12 on the surface of the main body 11. Therefore, the second end 122 of the support 12 can be adjusted on the orthographic projection line of the surface of the main body 11 along the support 12, so that stress caused by torsion is avoided when the connection position of the support 12 is adjusted, and the wearing comfort of a user is ensured.
In this embodiment, the retaining part 131 includes a connecting section 1312 and a retaining head 1311 connected to one end of the connecting section 1312, and the other end of the connecting section 1312 is connected to the second end 122 of the supporting body 12; the retaining head 1311 is substantially circular, the connecting section 1312 is substantially cylindrical, and the maximum cross-sectional area of the retaining head 1311 is larger than the cross-sectional area of the connecting section 1312. The shape of the catching notch 132 is matched with the shape of the catching part 131. Specifically, the holding notch 132 includes a substantially circular receiving portion for receiving the holding head 1311 and a connecting channel communicated with the receiving portion. When the retaining head 1311 falls into the receiving position, the connecting section 1312 is located in the connecting channel. Because the cross-sectional area of the retaining head 1311 is larger than the connecting channel, the connecting channel limits the retaining head 1311 to the position where it is contained.
The present embodiment further provides that the thickness of the main body 11 at the position corresponding to the catching notch 132 is substantially greater than or equal to the depth of the catching notch 132 to ensure that the catching head 1311 does not protrude into the earphone cavity 111 in the main body 11.
In the present embodiment, the retaining portion 131 directly disposed at the end of the supporting body 12 and the retaining notch 132 directly disposed on the main body 11 enable the retaining portion 131 and the retaining notch 132 to be integrally formed with the supporting body 12 and the main body 11, so that the whole ear support can be formed in one step. The structural stability of the ear support is improved, and the production efficiency is improved.
The present embodiment further provides an earphone assembly, which includes an earphone and the ear support in the above embodiments. Wherein the earpiece is connected with the body of the ear support. Specifically, the earphone is connected with the ear support by being placed in an earphone cavity in the main body. For the embodiments of the earphone assembly, please refer to the above-mentioned embodiment of the ear support, which is not described herein again.
Referring to fig. 4, the earphone of the present embodiment further includes an earphone housing 21 and a supporting body 22; the earphone housing 21 has a sound module; an earphone handle 23 is also connected to the earphone housing 21. The supporting body 22 is arc-shaped, the end parts of the two ends of the supporting body 22 are respectively connected to the main body, an adjusting structure is arranged between at least one end part of the supporting body 22 and the main body, and the connecting position of the end part of the supporting body 22 and the main body is adjusted through the adjusting structure so as to adjust the maximum distance of the supporting body 22 relative to the protrusion of the main body.
The support body 22 sets up in the one side that earphone casing 21 deviates from the phonatory hole, and after the user worn the earphone that has this embodiment ear support, the part or whole of ear support can get into the ear hole along with earphone casing 21 in, the support body 22 supported through the cymba embedding part 14 with user's ear this moment to guarantee that the user is difficult for droing at the in-process earphone of wearing the earphone.
In this embodiment, the supporting body 22 is disposed on one side of the earphone housing 21 in an arc shape, and at this time, an adjusting structure is disposed between the earphone housing 21 and at least one end portion of the supporting body 22, and the earphone housing 21, and the adjusting structure can adjust a connection position between the end portion of the supporting body 22 and the earphone housing 21, and by adjusting the adjusting structure, a bending degree of the supporting body 22 can be changed, so as to adjust a maximum distance of the supporting body 22 protruding relative to the earphone housing 21. It will be appreciated that the ear support is adapted to the different sizes of the ear of the user by the maximum distance the support 22 protrudes with respect to the earphone house 21.
In an embodiment, the two ends of the supporting body 22 and the earphone housing 21 have an adjusting structure therebetween, so that the connecting position of the two ends of the supporting body 22 relative to the earphone housing 21 can be adjusted. The embodiment can synchronously adjust the positions of the two ends of the supporting body 22 connected to the earphone shell 21, and ensure that the two ends of the supporting body 22 have better symmetry relative to the positions on the earphone shell 21.
In this embodiment, the supporting body 22 has a first end and a second end, the first end of the supporting body 22 is fixedly connected to the earphone housing 21, and an adjusting structure is disposed between the second end of the supporting body 22 and the earphone housing 21. Therefore, when the earphone is injection molded, the support body 22 and the earphone shell 21 are integrally formed through one mold, the production efficiency is improved, and the assembly process is avoided.
Further, the earphone housing 21 and the supporting body 22 of the present embodiment are injection molded by a two-shot molding process. The earphone shell 21 may be made of hard glue, and the support 22 may be made of soft glue. The support body 22 formed by soft plastic injection molding has better elasticity, so when the earphone is worn, the support body 22 can be abutted against the cymba concha of a user to deform, and the user feels comfortable.
The support body 22 in this embodiment is strip-shaped and can be bent into an arc shape; in another embodiment, the support body 22 may be constructed of a plurality of support bars in parallel. The plurality of supporting bars are provided with first ends and second ends, the first ends of the plurality of supporting bars are gathered together to be directly connected with the earphone shell 21, and the second ends of the plurality of supporting bars are gathered together to be connected with the earphone shell 21 through an adjusting structure. The support body 22 may also be plate-shaped.
In this embodiment, the supporting body 22 has the cymba insert 14 thereon, and the cymba insert 14 may be a section of the supporting body 22; or may be formed by attaching another member to the support body 22; for example, a cymba insert, which is attached to the support body 22 in an arc shape to form a unitary structure.
When the user wears the headset, the cymba insert 14 will abut against the cymba portion of the user's ear. The present embodiment thus provides that the cross-sectional area of the support body 22 decreases from the cymba concha 14 towards the second end of the support body 22. Through making the concha boat embedding portion 14 have great sectional area to improve the intensity of concha boat embedding portion 14, guarantee that concha boat embedding portion 14 can closely support hold with user's concha boat portion, thereby guarantee that the earphone is difficult for following the landing in the ear.
In this embodiment, the end of the support 22 is slidably and snap-connected to the earphone housing 21.
Regarding the sliding connection. Specifically, a sliding groove may be formed in the earphone housing 21, the sliding groove has a groove bottom and a groove top opposite to each other, and an opening is formed in the groove top; the end of the supporting body 22 is provided with a sliding strip, when the bending degree of the supporting body 22 needs to be adjusted, the sliding strip is rotated, and after the sliding strip slides to a proper position along the sliding groove, the sliding strip is fixed on the sliding groove through another fixing piece, so that the position of the sliding strip on the sliding groove is locked.
Specifically, the engagement connection may be formed by a plurality of engagement structures between the end of the support 22 and the earphone housing 21, and the plurality of engagement structures may form an adjustment structure. The user adjusts the position of the end of the supporting body 22 relative to the earphone housing 21 according to the wearing requirement and the ear shape, and then connects with the earphone housing 21 through the fastening structure at the corresponding position. In the present embodiment, the second end of the support 22 is engaged with the earphone housing 21. Of course, the first end of the supporting body 22 may be connected to the earphone housing 21 by engaging, or the first end of the supporting body 22 may be connected to the earphone housing 21 by integral molding.
Specifically, the adjusting structure comprises a holding part protruding from the second end of the supporting body 22, and at least two holding gaps formed in the earphone shell 21; the holding portion is held in the holding notch so that the second end of the supporting body 22 is connected to the earphone housing 21.
The embodiment further provides at least two holding notches sequentially arranged on the orthographic projection of the support 22 on the surface of the headphone shell 21. Therefore, the second end of the supporting body 22 can be adjusted on the orthographic projection line of the surface of the earphone shell 21 along the supporting body 22, so that stress caused by torsion is avoided when the connecting position of the supporting body 22 is adjusted, and the wearing comfort of a user is ensured.
In another embodiment, the adjusting structure comprises at least two holding portions protruding from the second end of the supporting body 22, and a plurality of holding notches arranged at equal intervals on the earphone shell 21, wherein the spacing distance between at least two holding portions is equal to the distance between two adjacent holding notches. The number of the clamping parts is less than or equal to that of the clamping notches. Therefore, when the end of the supporting body 22 is connected to the earphone shell 21, at least two of the retaining portions are correspondingly engaged with the corresponding number of retaining notches. For example, when there are two holding portions at the second end of the supporting body 22 and four holding notches at the earphone housing 21, the two holding portions are correspondingly engaged with the two holding notches when the second end of the supporting body 22 is connected to the earphone housing 21.
In another embodiment, the adjusting structure comprises at least two holding notches formed at the second end of the supporting body 22, and a holding portion protruding from the earphone housing 21; the holding portion is held in the holding notch so that the second end of the supporting body 22 is connected to the earphone housing 21.
In another embodiment, the adjustment structure includes a plurality of equally spaced retaining notches protruding from the second end of the support body 22. The earphone shell 21 is provided with at least two clamping parts, the number of the clamping parts is less than or equal to the number of the clamping gaps, and the spacing distance between the at least two clamping parts is equal to the distance between two adjacent clamping gaps. Therefore, when the end of the supporting body 22 is connected to the earphone shell 21, at least two of the retaining portions are correspondingly engaged with the corresponding number of retaining notches. For example, when there are two holding notches at the second end of the supporting body 22 and four holding portions at the earphone housing 21, when the second end of the supporting body 22 is connected to the earphone housing 21, the two holding notches are correspondingly connected to the two holding notches.
The embodiment further provides a plurality of at least two clamping parts sequentially arranged on the orthogonal projection of the supporting body 22 on the surface of the headphone shell 21. Therefore, the second end of the supporting body 22 can be adjusted on the orthographic projection line of the surface of the earphone shell 21 along the supporting body 22, so that stress caused by torsion is avoided when the connecting position of the supporting body 22 is adjusted, and the wearing comfort of a user is ensured.
In this embodiment, the clamping portion includes a connecting section and a clamping head connected to one end of the connecting section, and the other end of the connecting section is connected to the second end of the supporting body 22; the clamping head is approximately circular, the connecting section is approximately columnar, and the maximum cross section area of the clamping head is larger than that of the connecting section. The shape of the clamping gap is matched with that of the clamping part. Specifically, the clamping gap comprises a roughly circular accommodating position and a connecting channel communicated with the accommodating position, and the accommodating position is used for accommodating the clamping head. After the clamping head falls into the containing position, the connecting section is positioned in the connecting channel. Because the cross-sectional area of the clamping head is larger than that of the connecting channel, the connecting channel limits the clamping head and is arranged in the containing position.
In the embodiment, the holding portion directly disposed at the end of the supporting body 22 and the holding gap directly disposed on the earphone housing 21 are used to integrally form the holding portion and the holding gap with the supporting body 22 and the earphone housing 21, so that the whole earphone can be formed in one step. The structural stability of the earphone is improved, and the production efficiency is improved.
While the present disclosure has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description and illustration, rather than of limitation. As the present disclosure may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.