Headphone Pivot Joint
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsBennett Daley, Benjamin Eisenberg Zelnick
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Abstract
An earcup to headband joint for headphones, wherein the headphones comprise an electrical cable that extends from the headband into the earcup. The earcup to headband joint includes joint structure that couples the earcup to the headband and that is constructed and arranged to provide for earcup translation along a vertical axis and rotation about the vertical axis, and at least one friction element in the earcup and in contact with at least one of the joint structure and the cable. The friction element is constructed and arranged to provide forces that resist rotational motion of the earcup about the vertical axis.
Claims19
An earcup to headband joint for headphones, wherein the headphones comprise an electrical cable that extends from the headband into the earcup, the earcup to headband joint comprising:
- a joint structure that couples the earcup to the headband and that is constructed and arranged to provide for earcup translation along a vertical axis and rotation about the vertical axis;
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- at least one friction element in the earcup and in contact with at least one of the joint structure and the cable, wherein the friction element is constructed and arranged to provide forces that resist rotational motion of the earcup about the vertical axis.
The earcup to headband joint of claim 10, comprising two friction elements that each comprise pliable material. The earcup to headband joint of claim 11, wherein the earcup comprises a slot that the joint structure and cable pass through, and wherein the friction elements are adjacent to both sides of the slot.
An earcup to headband joint for headphones, wherein the headphones comprise an electrical cable that extends from the headband into the earcup, the earcup to headband joint comprising:
- a joint structure that couples the earcup to the headband and that is constructed and arranged to provide for earcup translation along a vertical axis and rotation about the vertical axis, wherein the earcup comprises a generally horizontal slot that the joint structure and cable pass through;
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- at least two friction elements in the earcup, one alongside each side of the slot and in contact with at least one of the joint structure and the cable, wherein the friction elements are constructed and arranged to provide forces that resist rotational motion of the earcup about the vertical axis, wherein the friction elements comprise strips of an elastomer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.