The a la mode Apple letters patent to ooze into public cognition is one for new and improved earbuds . But instead of addressing the real proceeds — audio constituent — Apple is blaming its noisemaker ’ woes on something entirely dissimilar : the multi - component design . Itssolution : make em unibody - esque .
Discovered by Apple Insider , the letters patent telephone for the effectuation of ultrasonic bonding in the earbud plan , which would give them the appearance of being forged from a single piece of charge card . And though it seems like a stretchability , another earbud patent of invention applicationfrom Apple says that ameliorate design will ameliorate the earbuds ’ acoustic properties :
The filing notes that holes are needed in earbuds to admit sound to travel , but the creation of those hole can result in remnants in or around them that degrade both the appearance of the machine and the acoustical properties of the headphones .
The solvent award in that program is a tool for “ deburring ” a curve charge card aim . The tool could be coat in an scratchy fabric and would conform to the build of the curving physical object , then polish it by thrill while in contact with the fictile surface .
Apple draw the look of current earbuds as “ abrupt and esthetically displeasing , ” which while peradventure true , does not necessarily make the hearing experience any well . [ Free Patents OnlineviaApple Insider ]
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