Patent ID: 8031894
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An ear-level module to be worn on a target ear, the ear including an ear canal with an exterior opening, and having a forward wall and a rear wall with a width between the forward wall and the rear wall, a concha, an anti-helix and a tragus, the ear-level module comprising: a housing; a data processor and a radio on or in the housing; the housing including an interior lobe housing a speaker and adapted to fit within the concha, and a compressive member coupled to the interior lobe and providing a holding force between the anti-helix and the forward wall of the ear canal near the tragus; wherein the interior lobe includes an extension adapted to extend into the exterior opening of the ear canal without blocking the opening, the extension having a forward surface adapted to fit against the forward wall of the ear canal, and a rear surface facing the anti-helix, the extension having a width in a dimension between the forward surface and a rear surface of the ear canal over a length of the extension from at least the opening of the ear canal to the tip of the extension that is substantially less that the width of the ear canal, leaving an open air passage through the ear canal.