# US 8,571,251 B2 · Headset

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- Number: US 8,571,251 B2
- Document ID: US8571251B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/923,798
- Filed: 2010-10-07
- Published: 2011-04-14
- Granted: 2013-10-29
- Earliest claimed: 2009-10-08
- Assignees: Sennheiser Communications A/S
- Applicants: Lars T. Jensen
- Inventors: Lars T. Jensen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8571251B2

## CPC

- H04R 1/10: Earpieces; Attachments therefor {; Earphones; Monophonic headphones (H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033)}
- H04R 1/105: {Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks (for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335)}
- H04R 1/083: {Special constructions of mouthpieces}
- H04R 1/1025: Accumulators specially adapted for earpieces; Arrangements specially adapted for charging thereof
- H04R 1/1033: {Cables or cables storage, e.g. cable reels (cord reels per se H02G11/02; arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B65H75/34; extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords H01B7/06)}
- H04R 1/1066: {Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support (earpiece support for monophonic headphones H04R1/105; earpiece support for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335)}
- H04R 1/1075: {Mountings of transducers in earphones or headphones}
- H04R 1/1083: {Reduction of ambient noise (active noise reduction per se G10K11/175; protective devices for the ear, e.g. providing acoustic protection A61F11/06)}
- H04R 2201/107: Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
- H04R 2201/109: Arrangements to adapt hands free headphones for use on both ears
- H04R 2205/021: Aspects relating to docking-station type assemblies to obtain an acoustical effect, e.g. the type of connection to external loudspeakers or housings, frequency improvement
- 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

A headset having a loudspeaker housing and a microphone which are interconnected by a microphone boom arm that includes two opposed spaced apart arm parts, and wherein a name tag display is seatable between the arm parts and retaining tongue and grove pairs are provided at the arms and/or at the name tag display.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A headset which comprises:
a loudspeaker housing,
a microphone,
a boom arm connected between said loudspeaker housing and said microphone, said boom arm comprising two arm parts separated by an oblong, through-going opening,
a name tag display attached between said two arm parts, said name tag display comprising a transparent window above a cavity and defining a slit-formed opening leading to said cavity, said slit-formed opening being blocked by said two arm parts when said name tag display is attached therebetween, and
attachment means between respective sides of said name tag display and said two arm parts, said attachment means comprising cooperating tongue and groove pairs.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The headset as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transparent window part is arranged to face away from a user's head when the headset is mounted on a user's ear.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A headset as claimed in claim 1, including retaining tongue or groove elements at the microphone boom arms adjacent to the loudspeaker housing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The headset as claimed in claim 3, wherein a holder part is arranged generally perpendicular to the window part, and where the holder part comprises tongues or grooves corresponding to the tongues/grooves at the headset.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The headset as claimed in claim 1, wherein a spacer element is adhered at the name tag display and arranged to project towards a user's cheek when the headset is mounted at the ear.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The headset as claimed in claim 5, wherein the spacer element is loop shaped and provided integrally with the holder part.

### Claim 7

A headset which comprises:
a loudspeaker housing,
a microphone,
a boom arm connected between said loudspeaker housing and said microphone, said boom arm comprising two arm parts separated by an oblong, through-going opening,
a name tag display attached between said two arm parts, said name tag display comprising a transparent window above a cavity, said transparent window being flush with or retracted from surfaces of the two arm parts facing away from a user's cheek when the name tag display is attached between the two arm parts and the headset is mounted on a user's ear, and
attachment means between respective sides of said name tag display and said two arm parts, said attachment means comprising cooperating tongue and groove pairs.