# US 12,004,924 B2 · Earmuffs

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- Number: US 12,004,924 B2
- Document ID: US12004924B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/030,719
- Filed: 2020-09-24
- Published: 2021-04-08
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2019-10-08
- Assignees: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
- Applicants: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
- Inventors: Toshiyuki Himuro; Hiroshi Uchida
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004924B2

## CPC

- A61F 11/14: external, e.g. earcaps or earmuffs
- H04R 1/10: Earpieces; Attachments therefor {; Earphones; Monophonic headphones (H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033)}
- H04R 2201/10: Details of earpieces, attachments therefor, earphones or monophonic headphones covered by H04R1/10 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)

## Abstract

Earmuffs include a bowl-shaped housing base having a first engagement portion, an annular plate-shaped base plate having a second engagement portion on one side and a third engagement portion on the other side, and is integrated with the housing base by causing the second engagement portion to be engaged with the first engagement portion, and a pad portion that includes a pad fixed on one side and a pad base having a fourth engagement portion on the other side, and is integrated with the base plate by causing the fourth engagement portion to be engaged with the third engagement portion. The base plate has a groove portion adjacent to the third engagement portion and the pad base has a rib that enters the groove portion. The rib enters the groove portion and restricts an inclination of the third engagement portion involved with an engagement with the fourth engagement portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An earmuff comprising:
a bowl-shaped housing base that includes a first engagement portion on one side thereof;
an annular plate-shaped base plate that includes a second engagement portion and a third engagement portion respectively on a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, and is integrated with the housing base by causing the second engagement portion to be engaged with the first engagement portion; and
a pad portion that includes a pad fixed on the one side and a pad base including a fourth engagement portion on the other side opposite to the one side, and is integrated with the base plate by causing the fourth engagement portion to be engaged with the third engagement portion,
wherein the base plate includes a groove portion adjacent to the third engagement portion and formed at a different position from the third engagement portion, and the pad base includes a rib that enters the groove portion, and
wherein the rib enters the groove portion and restricts an inclination of the third engagement portion involved with an engagement with the fourth engagement portion in a state where the pad base is integrated with the base plate by causing the fourth engagement portion to be engaged with the third engagement portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The earmuff according to claim 1, wherein
an inner surface of the groove portion is an outer surface of the third engagement portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The earmuff according to claim 1, wherein
the base plate is formed of a resin and the groove portion is a lightening portion of the second engagement portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The earmuff according to claim 1, wherein
a ring that is elastic in a compression direction is provided between the housing base and the base plate, and the first engagement portion compresses the ring in a state where the second engagement portion is caused to be engaged with the first engagement portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The earmuff according to claim 4, wherein
the ring is arranged on a side opposite to the third engagement portion across the groove portion.