ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,891, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SHENZHEN SHOKZ Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).
"Open earphones" was invented by Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, China), Zeying Zheng (Shenzhen, China) and Haofeng Zhang (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 including a first portion of the ear hook and a second portion of the ear hook. The first portion of the ear hook is hung between an auricle and a head of a user, and the second portion of the ear hook extends towards a side o...