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Headphone and acoustic characteristic adjusting method

US9883280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 2, 2014
Grant dateJan 30, 2018
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Expiry dateJul 2, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2460/11
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

[Object] To make it possible to improve an acoustic characteristic.[Solution] There is provided a headphone including a driver unit that includes a diaphragm, a housing that accommodates the driver unit, and forms a sealed-type front-face air chamber spatially blocked from an outside except for an opening for sound output on a front face side provided with the diaphragm of the driver unit, and an acoustic tube whose end is directly connected to a first ventilation hole provided in a frame of the driver unit, and that spatially connects a driver-unit rear-face air chamber formed between the frame and the diaphragm with the outside of the driver unit via a tube.

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