Magnetic retention of earbud within cavity

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9967644
APP PUB NO 20170245038A1
SERIAL NO

15588444

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A case for an earbud includes a receiving cavity sized and shaped to accept the earbud within the receiving cavity. The case includes one or more housing magnetic components configured to magnetically attract and secure the earbud within the receiving cavity. The one or more housing magnetic components can be configured to form a Halbach array to increase the magnetic force of the one or more housing magnetic components. The earbud includes a speaker magnet and a separate magnetic element that are arranged to be attracted to the one or more housing magnetic components such that the earbud is attracted into the receiving cavity.

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APPLE INCCALIFORNIA USA CALIFORNIA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Albonico, Marcus San Francisco, US 11 461
Chawan, Arun D San Francisco, US 43 2151
Cousins, Benjamin A Campbell, US 39 809
Jol, Eric S San Jose, US 159 3179
Panecki, Lee M San Francisco, US 25 1058
Stiehl, Kurt Los Gatos, US 51 1846
Strongwater, Daniel Max San Francisco, US 15 413
Wagman, Daniel C Scotts Valley, US 43 967
Yang, Shannon X Sunnyvale, US 16 441
Zörkendörfer, Rico L San Francisco, US 12 878

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