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Headphone device

US5018599A · kind A · utility

255Cited by
2References
14Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 18, 1989
Grant dateMay 28, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 18, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R5/0335
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A headphone device includes a pair of housings each attached to a hanger and supporting a loudspeaker unit, and a headband having opposite ends to which the hangers are secured. Each housing includes a front plate to which the loudspeaker unit is attached and a main body portion preferably constructed of natural wood and enclosing the loudspeaker unit with the exception of a front surface of the loudspeaker unit. The inner surface of the main body portion of the housing includes a plurality of irregularities which prevent the generation of standing waves and scatter the housing resonant locations so as to maintain a high quality of reproduced sound.

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