ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,820, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Retaining piece for an earpiece" was invented by Colin Taylor Mosgrove (Needham, Mass.), Andrew Poynot (Norfolk, Mass.) and Ethan Frances Norton (Jamaica Plain, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retaining piece includes a retainer portion, a tubular wall portion, and a cantilevered portion. The tubular portion extends around a central axis that extends through the center of the retaining piece. The retaining piece also includes a locking feature that includes a first alignment feature arranged along the tubular wall portion in direction substantially parall...