Closed earphone construction

• US 4,160,135 A
• Filed: 04/10/1978
• Issued: 07/03/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AKG Alustische Ukino-Gerate GmbH
• Original Assignee: AKG Akustische U Kino-Gerate GmbH
• Inventors: Gorike, Rudolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Cooper, William C.
• Application Number:
  US05/895,047
• Time in Patent Office: 449 Days
• Field of Search: 179/156 R, 179/182
• US Class Current: 381/373
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/2834 for loudspeaker transducers

Abstract

An earphone comprises a housing including a partition plate with an opening containing a diaphragm. An annular cushion is secured to the periphery of the partition and engages around the wearer'"'"'s ear to form a coupling space between the diaphragm and the ear. A back covering is connected to the partition defining a soundproof cavity between the partition and the back covering. A partial wall is spaced from the partition on a side opposite the diaphragm to define a first high restoring force cavity. A duct is connected from the restoring force cavity to the outside, and it encloses an air mass which acts as an acoustic mass.

Claims

1. An earphone construction, comprising a housing having a partition plate with an opening therethrough, an electroacoustic converter having a sound-transmitting diaphragm disposed in the opening with a front side disposed toward a wearer'"'"'s ear and with an opposite backside, an annular ear cushion secured to the periphery of said partition adapted to engage around the wearer'"'"'s ear, said ear cushion when engaged with the wearer, forming a coupling space with said diaphragm, a back covering connected to said partition plate and having a portion spaced from said partition plate and defining a sound-proof cavity behind said partition plate, a partial wall spaced from said partition plate on the opposite side thereof from said diaphragm and defining a high restoring force cavity with said partition plate, a duct connected from said high restoring force cavity to the exterior of said housing and partly enclosing an air mass acting as an acoustic mass, and an acoustic frictional resistance defining a communication between said restoring force cavity and said soundproof cavity.

2. An earphone construction, as claimed in claim 1, wherein an additional acoustic frictional resistance is provided in said partition plate between said soundproof cavity and said coupling space on the ear.

3. An earphone construction, as claimed in claim 2, wherein additional acoustic frictional resistance comprises a passive diaphragm provided in said partition between said soundproof cavity and the coupling space on the ear.

4. An earphone construction, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said soundproof cavity is formed by said partition wall, and the exterior wall of said housing comprising said back covering.

5. An earphone construction, as claimed in claim 1, including means associated with said duct for adjusting various frequency courses in the low frequency range.