Patent ID: 11877112
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An earpiece comprising:
a housing defining a shape and form of the earpiece and having a speaker housing portion protruding away from a first end of a tubular housing portion, wherein the tubular housing portion includes one or more features on an inner surface of the tubular housing portion for supporting electronic components of the earpiece;
a first acoustic port formed through the speaker housing portion;
a speaker disposed in the speaker housing portion and aligned to emit sound through the first acoustic port;
a second acoustic port formed at a second end of the tubular housing portion opposite the first end;
a microphone disposed in the tubular housing portion and operatively coupled to receive sound through the second acoustic port; and
a plurality of electronic components disposed within the housing, the plurality of electronic components including at least a first electronic component disposed within the speaker housing portion and at least a second electronic component disposed within the tubular housing portion, wherein the plurality of electronic components comprises:
a rechargeable battery;
battery charging circuitry coupled to the rechargeable battery and operable to charge the rechargeable battery when coupled with an external power supply;
a wireless antenna;
circuitry configured to input and output signals for wireless communications over the wireless antenna; and
one or more processors that control functions of the earpiece.