Patent ID: 11966267
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  A | IPC A  G  H

Claim 10:
11. An audio headset, comprising:
a speaker to provide audio signals; and
a pad surrounding the speaker, the pad comprising:
a thermo-electric cooling (TEC) device having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is to cool and the second side is to heat when a voltage is applied to the TEC device, wherein the TEC device comprises an array of TEC elements formed on a flexible matrix;
a cooling gel layer:
proximate a contact surface; and
in contact with the first side of the TEC device;

a heat spreading layer comprising:
a first side in contact with the second side of the TEC device; and
a second side in contact with a heat sink; and

an enclosing material enveloping the pad.