Over-ear headphone with hinge-free headband
AssigneeMrSpeakers, LLC
InventorsDaniel William Clark, Robert Jason Egger
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Abstract
An over-ear headphone system can provide optimal comfort, reliability, and fitment with a headband attached to at least one ear cup. The headband may have a first member and a second member that each extends from a rigid coupler. The rigid coupler can be configured to continuously extend about the periphery of the ear cup so that a gimbal connects the rigid coupler and the ear cup at a lateral position on the ear cup.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising a headband attached to an ear cup as part of a headphone, the headband comprising first and second members each extending from a rigid coupler, the rigid coupler connected to the ear cup via a gimbal, the ear cup having a centerpoint in an X-Y plane located at a center of pressure for the ear cup, the gimbal separated from the X-Y plane and from the centerpoint along a Z axis, the gimbal aligned with the centerpoint to rotate the ear cup around an X axis extending through the centerpoint.
A headphone comprising a headband continuously extending between a first ear cup and a second ear cup, the headband comprising first and second members each extending between a first rigid coupler and a second rigid coupler, each rigid coupler connected to the ear cup via a gimbal, each gimbal positioned to rotate the respective ear cups around an X axis extending through a centerpoint of the respective ear cups, each centerpoint separated from the respective gimbals along the X axis and located at a center of pressure for an acoustic surface of the respective ear cups, the acoustic surface of each ear cup extending in an X-Y plane to contact a head of a user.
A method comprising:
- positioning an ear cup proximal to a head of a user, the ear cup connected to a headband, the headband comprising first and second members each extending from a rigid coupler, the rigid coupler connected to the ear cup via a gimbal;
- articulating the headband to apply spring force onto the head of the user;
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- rotating the ear cup relative to the head of the user via the gimbal to surround an ear of the user with the ear cup, the ear cup rotating around an X axis extending through a centerpoint of the ear cup, the centerpoint separated from the gimbal along the X axis and located at a center of pressure for an acoustic surface of the ear cup, the acoustic surface of the ear cup extending in an X-Y plane to contact the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.