Earphone
Latest Apple Inc. Patents:
- Systems and methods for measuring sheet resistance
- Object-aware transitions
- Interworking between first and second authentication domains
- DISPLAY PIXEL HAVING OXIDE THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFT) WITH REDUCED LOADING
- Detecting and interpreting real-world and security gestures on touch and hover sensitive devices
Description
The broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphone that form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for an earphone as shown and described.
Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Other references
| D475996 | June 17, 2003 | Skulley |
| 6836676 | December 28, 2004 | Lloyd et al. |
| D725082 | March 24, 2015 | Palmborg |
| 8983108 | March 17, 2015 | Ho |
| D800097 | October 17, 2017 | Chen |
| D801314 | October 31, 2017 | Akana et al. |
| D841580 | February 26, 2019 | Bao |
| D845932 | April 16, 2019 | Lu |
| D859357 | September 10, 2019 | Lin et al. |
| D860976 | September 24, 2019 | Zhang et al. |
| D863263 | October 15, 2019 | Yu |
| D868752 | December 3, 2019 | Zhu |
| D870695 | December 24, 2019 | Min et al. |
| D880457 | April 7, 2020 | Zhu |
| D884681 | May 19, 2020 | Zhang |
| D889441 | July 7, 2020 | Lin |
| D892769 | August 11, 2020 | Cai |
| D892770 | August 11, 2020 | Gao |
| D895580 | September 8, 2020 | Yu |
| D896200 | September 15, 2020 | Ott et al. |
| D897320 | September 29, 2020 | Boyd et al. |
| D897322 | September 29, 2020 | Wei |
| D900064 | October 27, 2020 | de Mazieres et al. |
| D903638 | December 1, 2020 | Li |
| D906297 | December 29, 2020 | Akana et al. |
| D908667 | January 26, 2021 | He |
| D920288 | May 25, 2021 | Vautour |
| D920958 | June 1, 2021 | Ye |
| D928742 | August 24, 2021 | Liu |
| D939478 | December 28, 2021 | Wu et al. |
| D939479 | December 28, 2021 | Wang |
| D945405 | March 8, 2022 | Rose et al. |
| D947817 | April 5, 2022 | Nakamura et al. |
| D948483 | April 12, 2022 | Yoneyama et al. |
| D951236 | May 10, 2022 | de Mazieres et al. |
| D954683 | June 14, 2022 | Huang |
| D961555 | August 23, 2022 | Ott et al. |
| D963612 | September 13, 2022 | Lin |
| 11477564 | October 18, 2022 | Chien |
| D968368 | November 1, 2022 | Li |
| D991915 | July 11, 2023 | Li et al. |
| D995490 | August 15, 2023 | Ott et al. |
| D1007480 | December 12, 2023 | Chen |
| D1028946 | May 28, 2024 | Chen |
| D1031641 | June 18, 2024 | Wang |
| D1040139 | August 27, 2024 | Zhuang |
| D1047978 | October 22, 2024 | Ott et al. |
| D1053171 | December 3, 2024 | Boeen |
| 20110155147 | June 30, 2011 | McIntosh |
| 20120114160 | May 10, 2012 | Lin |
| 20130034259 | February 7, 2013 | Xiong et al. |
| 20170026738 | January 26, 2017 | Tang |
| 20200110439 | April 9, 2020 | Deng |
| 20200374632 | November 26, 2020 | Wang et al. |
| 20210006890 | January 7, 2021 | Zhang et al. |
| 20210044885 | February 11, 2021 | Fukahori et al. |
| 20210152921 | May 20, 2021 | Silva et al. |
| 20210289280 | September 16, 2021 | Ko et al. |
| 20210352395 | November 11, 2021 | Wang |
| 20230095933 | March 30, 2023 | Higgins et al. |
| 20230224628 | July 13, 2023 | Takahashi |
| 20230248247 | August 10, 2023 | Shchur |
| 20240397249 | November 28, 2024 | Jelliffe |
| 306579171 | June 2021 | CN |
| 2321780-0002 | July 2023 | HK |
| 2321780-0003 | July 2023 | HK |
- Xiaomi Redmi, reflects a “Date First Available” of Sep. 7, 2021, URL: <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C3W56FC/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_RWAJZEBZ97MM38X3ZYY0>.
- Zoof ProTone, reflects a “Date First Available” of Oct. 12, 2021, URL: <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HRYJ6G1/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_2MTRCPTB465MK20P54TC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1>.
Patent History
Patent number: D1070821
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 22, 2024
Date of Patent: Apr 15, 2025
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Wenjie Zhuang (Pasadena, CA), Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA), Duy P. Le (Venice, CA), Jeffrey Scott Croyle (San Francisco, CA), Joseph F. Dembs (Los Angeles, CA), Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA), James Swasey (Oakland, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/958,964
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 22, 2024
Date of Patent: Apr 15, 2025
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Wenjie Zhuang (Pasadena, CA), Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA), Duy P. Le (Venice, CA), Jeffrey Scott Croyle (San Francisco, CA), Joseph F. Dembs (Los Angeles, CA), Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA), James Swasey (Oakland, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/958,964
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
Headphone (D14/223)