Patent ID: 11917383
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A modular headset assembly comprising:
a headband configured to be worn on the head of a user;
a detachable audio module in electronic communication with a computing device via a wired communication defined at least in part by a cord coupled to the detachable audio module, the detachable audio module comprising:
a module housing configured to house one or more communicative components within an interior portion defined therein; and
a cord retention element disposed within the interior portion of the module housing and configured to engage a portion of the cord disposed within the module housing, wherein the cord retention element is configured to facilitate a dynamic configuration of the portion of the cord relative to the module housing such that an intermediate perimeter portion of the cord extending out from within the module housing may define an angular configuration relative to a gravitational direction that is at least partially independent of an arrangement of the modular housing relative to the gravitational direction, and wherein the cord retention element rotates within the module housing at least partially independently of the angular configuration of the module housing;
wherein the detachable audio module is configured to be detachably secured relative to at least a portion of the headband.