Headphone

• US 7,072,483 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2004
• Issued: 07/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AKG Acoustics GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: AKG Acoustics GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lenhard-Backhaus, Hugo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ni, Suhan
• Application Number:
  US10/768,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20040213428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 381/367, 381/182, 381370-383, 381/386, 381/FOR.149, 379/430
• US Class Current: 381/383
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1008 Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1066 Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support earpiece support for monophonic headphones H04R1/105; earpiece support for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• 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 has a headband and two earpieces each connected to the headband so as to be pivotable relative thereto. When assuming a Cartesian coordinate system having a Z plane that is a symmetry plane of the headphone, having a Y plane that is positioned perpendicularly to the Z plane and extends through a center of the headband, and having an X plane that is positioned perpendicularly to the Z and Y planes at any desired height, a pivot axis is provided between the headband and the earpiece, respectively, wherein the pivot axis is positioned at an angle of at least 10° relative to the X, Y, and Z planes, respectively.

Claims