Headphone device

• US 7,245,736 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2006
• Issued: 07/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsunoda, Naotaka, Nageno, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, HUYEN D
• Application Number:
  US11/444,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20060222197A1
• Time in Patent Office: 411 Days
• Field of Search: 381/309, 381/370, 381/371, 381/374, 381/376, 381/381, 379/430, 379/433.02, 379/452, 220/9, 290/6, 181/128, 181/129
• US Class Current: 381/371
• 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 includes an earpad worn outside of the ear on the head of a user and a housing provided with a speaker unit as well as a fitting portion on which the earpad is fit. The earpad includes a cushion and a facing that covers the cushion. The earpad can be attached to and detached from the housing. The facing is detachable from the cushion to keep the earpad clean.

Claims

1. A headphone device, comprising:

an earpad including a cushion and a removable facing covering the cushion, the removable facing including a fitted portion and a covering portion which are joined together to form a hinge such that the fitted portion is movable relative to the covering portion to facilitate removal of the facing from the cushion; and

a housing formed with a fitting portion adapted to hold the fitted portion of the removable facing for attaching the earpad to the housing via the removable facing,

wherein the earpad is detachable from the housing, and

wherein the removable facing is detachable from the cushion and the housing.

2. A headphone device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cushion of the earpad has a circular external shape.