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US 12,604,127 B2Granted
Information handling system headset with adjustable headband tensioner
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsWong Hin Loong Justin, Karthikeyan Krishnakumar, Boon Kwang Koh
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Abstract
A headset presents audio sounds with first and second speakers disposed in first and second earcups that fit over first and second of an end user's ears in an earcup orientation. A headband that couples to the earcups through straps adjusts the width between the earcups by extending and retracting the straps normal the orientation earcup orientation. In one embodiment, a rack and pinion assembly in the headband synchronizes strap movement to manage a balanced headset fit.
Claims20
An information handling system comprising:
- a processor operable to execute instructions that process information;
- a memory interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions and information;
- an audio processor operable to further process the information as audible sounds at a speaker;
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- a headset interfaced with the audio processor and having a first earcup coupled to a first strap in a first earcup plane and a second earcup coupled to a second strap in a second earcup plane parallel to the first earcup plane, the first and second earcups having an earcup orientation to cover first and second ears of an end user with the first earcup aligned in the first earcup plane and the second earcup aligned in the second earcup plane, the first and second straps engaged with a headband configured to extend and retract the first and second straps substantially normal the earcup orientation, the headband having a button extending down from an upper surface and biased to an upward position, the upward position holding the first and second straps in position, the button pushing downward to release the first and second straps.
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A method for adjusting a headset fit, the method comprising:
- coupling first and second earcups to a headband with first and second straps;
- adjusting height of the first and second earcups by adjusting the coupling of the first and second straps to vertically move relative to the headband;
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- adjusting a distance between the first and second earcup by adjusting the coupling of the first and second straps to the headband in a direction normal to the plane of orientation of the first and second earcups to horizontally move relative to the headband, the adjusting normal to the plane of the orientation of the first and second earcups performed independent of adjusting of height of the earcups in the plane of the orientation of the first and second earcups, the headband having a button extending down from an upper surface and biased to an upward position, the upward position holding the first and second straps in position, the button pushing downward to release the first and second straps.
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A headset comprising:
- a first earcup coupled to a first strap, the first earcup in a first plane aligned to fit over a first end user ear;
- a second earcup coupled to a second strap, the second earcup in a second plane aligned to fit over a second end user ear, the first and second planes parallel to each other;
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- a headband engaged with the first and second straps and configured to extend and retract the first and second straps substantially normal the first and second planes with horizontal movement independent of a vertical movement within the first and second planes to raise and lower the first and second straps, the headband having a button extending down from an upper surface and biased to an upward position, the upward position holding the first and second straps in position, the button pushing downward to release the first and second straps.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.