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US 8,009,853 B2Granted
Headphone device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTomohiro Ito, Jo Wada, Koji Nageno
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTomohiro Ito, Jo Wada, Koji Nageno
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A headphone device includes: an approximately U-shaped band portion, the band portion being configured such that one and the other ends thereof are held on temples near upper ends of the left and right pinnas of a wearer and an intermediate portion thereof is positioned at the occiput of the wearer; left and right side connecting members connected to the band portion; left and right side housings connected to the band portion via the connecting members in a manner hanging from the band portion; and left and right side headphone drivers disposed in the left and right side housings, respectively.
A headphone device, comprising:
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Headphones for stereophonic communication: earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests
Manufacture or assembly: constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support
Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones: earpieces of the intra-aural type
Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones: mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a headphone device, and particularly to a type of headphone device using a band.
2. Description of Related Art
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing, from a side, a configuration example according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing, from the rear, a configuration example according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing, from the bottom, a configuration example according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Referring to FIGS. 1-5, an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a headphone device of the present embodiment as seen from a side. FIG. 2 is a perspective view from the rear, and FIG. 3 is a plan view from the bottom. As shown in these FIGS. 1-3, the headphone device 10 of the present embodiment includes a band portion 11, with headphone housings 30L, 30R including therein driver units attached to positions more toward one and the other ends of the band portion 11, respectively. The band portion 11 is equal to or approximately U-shaped such that end portions 11a, 11b of one and the other sides thereof are held on the temples near the upper ends of the left and right pinnas of a wearer, respectively, and an intermediate portion thereof (a center portion 11c) is positioned at the occiput of the wearer. The U-shaped band portion 11 is formed with a member having some degree of elasticity, so that when it is worn, the band portion 11 may be held on the occiput by its elasticity. Furthermore, the band is somewhat upwardly curved at locations slightly inward of its end portions 11a, 11b.
Cushion members 12, 13 are attached to surfaces of the end portions 11a, 11b of the band portion 11, respectively. These cushion members 12, 13 provide comfortable contact against the corresponding portions of temples of the wearer when he/she wears the headphone device. A plurality of grooves 12a, 13a are disposed to cover a part of an inner side portion of each of the cushion members 12, 13, to function as means for preventing slippage when the device is worn. Each of the grooves 12a, 13a extends in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the band portion 11.