EP2606659A4 - AUDIO HEADS WITH EARPHONES AND BUTTONS HAVING A MORE PRECISE CURVATURE - Google Patents

AUDIO HEADS WITH EARPHONES AND BUTTONS HAVING A MORE PRECISE CURVATURE

Info

Publication number: EP2606659A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: earphones; buttons; audio heads; precise curvature; curvature
Prior art date: 2010-08-20
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP11818877.0A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2606659A2 (en

EP2606659B1 (en

Inventor

Peter M Kelly

Richard P Alden

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Skullcandy Inc

Original Assignee

Skullcandy Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2010-08-20

Filing date

2011-08-20

Publication date

2014-03-26

2010-08-20 Priority claimed from US12/860,648 external-priority patent/US8515115B2/en

2011-08-20 Application filed by Skullcandy Inc filed Critical Skullcandy Inc

2013-06-26 Publication of EP2606659A2 publication Critical patent/EP2606659A2/en

2014-03-26 Publication of EP2606659A4 publication Critical patent/EP2606659A4/en

2021-05-19 Application granted granted Critical

2021-05-19 Publication of EP2606659B1 publication Critical patent/EP2606659B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2031-08-20 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
- H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
- H04R1/1016—Earpieces of the intra-aural type

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Signal Processing (AREA)
Headphones And Earphones (AREA)

EP11818877.0A 2010-08-20 2011-08-20 Audio ear bud headphone with extended curvature Active EP2606659B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US12/860,648 US8515115B2 (en)	2010-01-06	2010-08-20	Audio earbud headphone with extended curvature
US29/393,446 USD656129S1 (en)	2010-01-06	2011-06-03	Pair of audio ear bud headphones with extended curvature and angled insert
PCT/US2011/048526 WO2012024656A2 (en)	2010-08-20	2011-08-20	Audio ear bud headphone with extended curvature

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2606659A2 EP2606659A2 (en)	2013-06-26
EP2606659A4 true EP2606659A4 (en)	2014-03-26
EP2606659B1 EP2606659B1 (en)	2021-05-19

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP11818877.0A Active EP2606659B1 (en)	2010-08-20	2011-08-20	Audio ear bud headphone with extended curvature

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	USD656129S1 (en)
EP (1)	EP2606659B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN103069839B (en)
WO (1)	WO2012024656A2 (en)

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