Headphone
First Claim
1. In a headphone provided with a housing portion including an electro-acoustic transducer therein and an arm-shaped guide portion supporting said housing portion, the headphone characterized in that:
- said arm-shaped guide portion has an approximately U-shaped bend,a supporting portion which is provided in the vicinity of one end of said bend and supports said housing portion,a projecting handle that extends from said supporting portion, anda pushing portion which is provided in the vicinity of the other end of said bend and resiliently pushes from behind the auricle of a listener toward said housing portion; and
,a sound-outputting surface of said housing portion is disposed on the face side of a listener wearing the headphone to be approximately perpendicular to a plane transected by an entire the bend of said arm-shaped guide portion;
wherein the housing portion is constructed and arranged to be accommodated in an earhole of the listener.
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Abstract
In order to obtain an ear-hook headphone that is light and comfortable to wear, a supporting portion that supports a housing portion is provided in the vicinity of one end of an approximately U-shaped bend of an arm-shaped guide portion; a pushing portion that resiliently pushes from behind the auricle of a user toward the housing portion is provided in the vicinity of the other end; and a sound-outputting surface of the housing portion is disposed on the face side of the listener wearing the headphone to be approximately perpendicular to the surface formed by the bend of the arm-shaped guide portion. According to this construction, the housing portion can be easily accommodated in the earhole of the user'"'"'s ear with the guide portion being slipped along the base of the user'"'"'s ear, and the headphone can be reliably worn with the pushing portion resiliently pushing from behind his/her auricle.
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Citations
10 Claims
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1. In a headphone provided with a housing portion including an electro-acoustic transducer therein and an arm-shaped guide portion supporting said housing portion, the headphone characterized in that:
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said arm-shaped guide portion has an approximately U-shaped bend, a supporting portion which is provided in the vicinity of one end of said bend and supports said housing portion, a projecting handle that extends from said supporting portion, and a pushing portion which is provided in the vicinity of the other end of said bend and resiliently pushes from behind the auricle of a listener toward said housing portion; and
,a sound-outputting surface of said housing portion is disposed on the face side of a listener wearing the headphone to be approximately perpendicular to a plane transected by an entire the bend of said arm-shaped guide portion; wherein the housing portion is constructed and arranged to be accommodated in an earhole of the listener. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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4. In a headphone provided with a housing portion including an electro-acoustic transducer therein and an arm-shaped guide portion supporting said housing portion, the headphone characterized in that:
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said arm-shaped guide portion has an approximately U-shaped bend, a supporting portion which is provided in the vicinity of one end of said bend and supports said housing portion, a projecting handle that extends from said supporting portion, and a pushing portion which is provided in the vicinity of the other end of said bend and resiliently pushes from behind the auricle of a listener toward said housing portion, and wherein a curved guide portion extends from the pushing portion; and a sound-outputting surface of said housing portion is disposed on the face side of a listener wearing the headphone to be approximately perpendicular to a plane transected by an entire the bend of said arm-shaped guide portion; wherein the housing portion is constructed and arranged to be accommodated in an earhole of the listener.
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Specification