Patent · US Expired

Headphone

US6542615B1 · kind B1 · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 13, 2000
Grant dateApr 1, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

A headphone capable of preventing foreign substances, dust and the like from entering a housing and of enhancing acoustic characteristicsin which a hanger of a headband in a housing having a speaker unit is of a storage type and the housing can be swung in a driving direction or a twist direction with respect to the headband, includesan opening provided between the housing and the headband that is blocked by a shielding plate formed on one side of the hanger and a protruded portion formed on the side opposite to the shielding plate.

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