Telephonic communication device
View Patent ↗Provided is a telephonic communication device that achieves a stable contact between a bone conduction microphone and a vocal cord vibration transmission part of an ear and prevents generation of abnormal noise by a user's action and prevents the microphone from picking up such noise. The device includes a bone conduction microphone for picking up a user's utterance, an air conduction receiver for reproducing a communication partner's voice, a housing having an opening facing the user's tragus, and a tip rubber (first elastic member) and microphone rubber (second elastic member) attached to the housing. The tip rubber abuts against an ear canal wall opposite the tragus. The microphone rubber is elastically supported by a peripheral edge of the opening while holding the bone conduction microphone, and includes a protruding portion protruding from the opening and having an abutting surface that abuts against a surface on or around the tragus.
1 . A telephonic communication device comprising:
a bone conduction microphone that picks up a user's utterance;
an air conduction receiver that reproduces a received voice of a partner that is a person at another end of communication;
a housing that houses the bone conduction microphone and the air conduction receiver; and
first and second elastic members attached to the housing,
wherein the housing has an opening facing the user's tragus,
wherein the first elastic member is formed to abut against at least an ear canal wall opposite the tragus,
wherein the second elastic member is elastically supported by a peripheral edge of the opening while holding the bone conduction microphone, and
wherein the second elastic member includes a protruding portion that protrudes from the opening, the protruding portion having an abutting surface that abuts against a surface on or around the tragus.
2 . The telephonic communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second elastic member includes a microphone receiving portion in a shape of a pouch that receives and surrounds the bone conduction microphone, and wherein the microphone receiving portion includes a wall portion on which the abutting surface is formed.
3 . The telephonic communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second elastic member includes a flange circumferentially extending on an outer side surface thereof, and the flange is fixedly mounted onto the peripheral edge of the opening.
4 . The telephonic communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing has a passageway portion for directing reproduced sound from the air conduction receiver,
wherein the air conduction receiver is disposed at one end of the passageway portion, and
wherein the first elastic member is disposed at the other end of the passageway portion and has a through hole for further directing the reproduced sound that travels through the passageway portion to inside the ear canal.
5 . The telephonic communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the abutting surface of the second elastic member is formed in either a curved bulging shape or a flat shape.
6 . The telephonic communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the abutting surface of the second elastic member is formed in one of an upward slope shape toward inside the ear canal, a flat shape, or a downward slope shape toward inside the ear canal.
7 . The telephonic communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member is formed in either a solid or hollow structure.
8 . The telephonic communication device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a third elastic member provided between the housing and a surface of the second elastic member opposite the abutting surface thereof.
9 . The telephonic communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member is integrally formed with the second elastic member.