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Headphones

US8213667B2 · kind B2 · utility

29Cited by

3References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

NIXON, INC.

Inventors

Mike Nelson · Oceanside, US
Eric Crane · San Clemente, US
Yves Behar · San Francisco, US
Joshua Morenstein · San Francisco, US
Pichaya Puttorngul · San Francisco, US
Serge Beaulieu · San Francisco, US
Matthew David Swinton · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 11, 2009
Grant date	Jul 3, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R5/033
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Headphones include a head harness and two ear pieces provided to respective ends of the head harness. Each ear piece is movably coupled to the head harness by a ball and socket arrangement structured to allow spherical articulation of each ear piece with respect to the head harness.

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