Patent ID: 9628890
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04R,Y10T

Claim:
1. Headphones, comprising: a pair of speakers; and a fiber-based cable formed from intertwined fibers including a first flexibility region with a first flexibility and a second flexibility region with a second flexibility wherein the fiber-based cable comprises: a seamless Y-junction; a first branch of the fiber-based cable is connected to an audio plug on one side of the seamless Y-junction; a second branch and a third branch of the fiber-based cable, each connected to a respective one of the pair of speakers on another side of the seamless Y-junction, wherein: at least one speaker of the pair of speakers comprises a respective earbud that is at least partially formed from the intertwined fibers that includes a first acoustic region having a first porosity such that it is transparent to audio and a second acoustic region having a second porosity that is lower than the first acoustic region such that it blocks audio and increases rigidity.