ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,280, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SHENZHEN SHOKZ Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).
"Open earphones" was invented by Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Peigeng Tong (Shenzhen, China), Guolin Xie (Shenzhen, China), Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, China), Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, China), Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, China), Duoduo Wu (Shenzhen, China), Ao Ji (Shenzhen, China) and Xin Qi (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an open earphone comprising: a sound production component including a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer and an ear hook. In a wearing state, a portion of the ear hook is hung between ...