Earpiece positioning and retaining

摘要

A positioning and retaining structure for an in-ear earpiece. An outer leg and an inner leg are attached to each other at an attachment end and attached to a body of the earpiece at the other end. The outer leg lies in a plane. The positioning and retaining structure have a stiffness that is greater when force is applied to the attachment end in a counterclockwise direction in the plane of the outer leg than when force is applied to the attachment end in a clockwise direction in the plane of the outer leg. The positioning and retaining structure position an earpiece associated with the earpiece in a user's ear and retains the earpiece in its position.

主权项

1. An ear interface for an in-ear headphone, the ear interface comprising:
a body portion that fits beneath the tragus and anti-tragus and occupies substantially the entire concha of a user's ear when worn by the user, a compliant outlet extending into at least the entrance of the user's ear canal when worn by the user, and a compliant retaining member extending from the body portion and terminating at an extremity, wherein the retaining member applies pressure to the antihelix of the user's ear along substantially the entire length of an outer edge of the retaining member when the ear interface is fit into the user's ear, and the extremity of the retaining member seats at the end of the anti-helix under the base of the helix of the user's ear.