Glasses Type Sound/Communication Device

• US 20090002626A1
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Temco Japan Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Temco Japan Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wakabayashi, Tetsuo
• Application Number:
  US11/996,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20090002626A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 351/116
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/06 Hearing aids construction of hearing aids H04R25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3866 carried on the head
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/13 Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers

Abstract

A spectacle type audio/communication device in which the frame and temples of spectacles is used, and a plurality of parts are embeddedly provided dividedly without being exposed by effectively utilizing the limited space of the frame and temples of the spectacles, whereby a sense of strangeness in terms of appearance is eliminated. The audio/communication device includes a frame (1) and a pair of temples (3, 4) attached to both end parts of the frame (1) via hinges (2). Plate electrodes (6, 6a) are arranged in both end parts of the frame (1), and lead wires (5, 5a) each of which connects the plate electrodes (6, 6a) in one end part and the plate electrodes (6, 6a) in the other end part to each other are embeddedly provided in the frame (1). Parts constituting the audio/communication device, such as a speaker, an amplifier, and a battery, are embeddedly provided dividedly in the temples (3, 4). The parts arranged in one temple (3) and the parts arranged in the other temple (4) are connected electrically to each other via the lead wires (5, 5a) in the frame (1).

Claims

1. A spectacle type audio/communication device characterized in that

said audio/communication device comprises a frame and a pair of temples attached to both end parts of said frame via hinges;

a plate electrode is arranged in both end parts of said frame, and a lead wire which connects said plate electrode in one end part and said plate electrode in the other end part to each other is embeddedly provided in said frame;

parts constituting said audio/communication device, such as a speaker, an amplifier, and a battery, are embeddedly provided dividedly in said temples;

a rod electrode which comes into contact with said plate electrode when said temples are in a state of intersecting with said frame at right angles is projectingly provided on the frame-side end face of each of said temples; and

a part of said rod electrode is embedded in said temple, and the embedded end part thereof is connected to said part embeddedly provided in said temple,

whereby said parts arranged in one of said temples and said parts arranged in the other of said temples are connected electrically to each other.

2. The spectacle type audio/communication device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said rod electrode is embeddedly provided so as to be movable in the lengthwise direction with respect to said temple.

3. The spectacle type audio/communication device as set forth in claim 2, wherein the embedded portion of said rod electrode in said temple is inserted in an insertion hole formed in the end face of said temple and mounted with an elastic member therein, and is always urged toward the outside direction by said elastic member.

4. The spectacle type audio/communication device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said elastic member is a spring.

5. The spectacle type audio/communication device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the tip end of said rod electrode has a semispherical shape.

6. The spectacle type audio/communication device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said temple is attachable to and detachable from said frame via said hinge.

7. The spectacle type audio/communication device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said temple has a cover part extendedly formed on the outside face of frame-side end part thereof.

8. The spectacle type audio/communication device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said hinge is formed by two parts;

one of said parts is formed integrally with said frame, and the other of said parts is formed integrally with said temple;

one of said parts and the other of said parts can be lapped partially on each other, and are connected turnably to each other by an axial screw threadedly mounted in said lapping part; and

by removing said axial screw, said temple can be separated from said frame.