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US 6,785,396 B2Granted
Earphone
AssigneesPioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
InventorAtsushi Shirata
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Abstract
An earphone comprises a main body and an ear hanger. The main body is to be placed at an entrance of an external auditory meatus of an ear of a user. The main body includes a loudspeaker received therein. The ear hanger is connected to the main body. The ear hanger is adapted to be mounted on the ear. The ear hanger has a curved shape. The ear hanger comprises a core and a sheathing member for surrounding at least part of the core so as to provide a dual structure. The core is formed of hard material and the sheathing member is formed of elastic material.
Claims6
An earphone comprising:
- a main body to be placed at an entrance of an external auditory meatus of an ear of a user, said main body including a loudspeaker received therein;
- an ear hanger connected to said main body, said ear hanger being adapted to be mounted on said ear, said ear hanger having a curved shape,
- wherein:
- said ear hanger comprises a core and a sheathing member for surrounding at least part of said core so as to provide a dual structure, said core being formed of hard material having a spring property and said sheathing member being formed of elastic material, said ear hanger having a first elastic deformability in an expanding direction of said curved shape on a reference plane and a second elastic deformability in a perpendicular direction to said reference plane, said first elastic deformability being larger than said second elastic deformability.
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