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Headphone

US8565468B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 2009
Grant dateOct 22, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R1/1058
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a headphone including a headband having flexibility; a slider having flexibility with the headband attached at one end, and a headphone unit attached at the other end; a slide groove, arranged at an end of the headband or the one end of the slider, for guiding a circling movement of the slider with respect to the headband; and a slider guide, having rigidity higher than the headband and the slider, for holding the one end of the slider at the end of the headband so that one surface of the slider facing one surface of the headband circling moves with respect to the one surface of the headband while being engaged to the slide groove. A headphone that can be thinned while suppressing lowering of the attachment property is provided.

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