Headphone device

• US 20030007660A1
• Filed: 09/06/2001
• Published: 01/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nageno, Koji, Tsunoda, Naotaka
• Application Number:
  US09/914,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20030007660A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/370
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1008 Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1058 Manufacture or assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/12 Sanitary or hygienic devices for mouthpieces or earpieces, e.g. for protecting against infection
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10

Abstract

A headphone device according to the present invention includes an earpad (5) to be worn from the outside of the ear (15) on the head (14), and a housing (4) that is provided with a speaker unit as well as a fitting portion (8) on which the earpad (5) is fit. The earpad (5) comprise a cushion (9) and a facing (10) that covers the cushion (9). The earpad (5) can be attached to and detached from the housing (4). By means of making it possible to detach the facing (10) from the cushion (9) as well, a headphone device can be obtained, in which the earpad can be kept clean and that have improved hygiene.

Claims

1. A headphone device comprising:

an earpad to be worn from the outside of the ear on the head and

a housing that is provided with a speaker unit as well as a fitting portion on which said earpad is fit, characterized in that

said earpad comprises a cushion and a facing that covers said cushion, and

said earpad can also be attache to and detached from said housing and also, said facing can also be detached from said cushion.

2. A headphone device as set forth in claim 1 characterized in that the external shape of said cushion of said earpad is formed in a circular shape.