IP Library Granted Patent US 6,934,401
Granted Patent B2
US 6,934,401 · App. 10/226,705 · Granted Aug 23, 2005

Closed headphones with transducer system

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Patent No.
US 6,934,401
App. No.
10/226,705
Granted
Aug 23, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Headphones of various designs and types of construction, in particular also closed headphones, have been known for a long time. Headphones of the type mentioned above should have the desired frequency response in all frequency positions and, in particular, this frequency response should be as linear and uniform as possible in the lower frequency range in order to allow good transmission in low frequencies as well. It is the object of the invention to simplify the damping of the fundamental resonance of transducer systems, to improve quality and to save costs. Closed headphones with an acoustic transducer with a diaphragm system which separates a front volume from a rear volume, the rear volume being so small that it does not act as a spring in the range of the fundamental resonance of the transducer system.

Claims (10)

1. Closed headphones comprising:

an acoustic transducer with a diaphragm arrangement which separates a front volume from a rear volume;

said rear volume being so small that it does not act as a spring in the range of a fundamental resonance of the transducer,

wherein a flow resistance is formed between the rear volume and the front volume, wherein air can flow through this flow resistance from the rear volume into the front volume when there is overpressure.

2. Headphones according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the flexibility of the diaphragm to the rear volume is greater than 10:1.

3. Headphones according to claim 2 , wherein the ratio of the flexibility of the diaphragm to the rear volume greater than 10:1 and less than or equal to about 100:1.

4. Closed headphones comprising:

a transducer system which separates a front volume from a rear volume, and a flow resistance is formed between the rear volume and the front volume, and air can flow through this flow resistance from the rear volume into the front volume when there is overpressure;

wherein in order to damp the fundamental resonance of the transducer system, the rear volume is so small that it does not act as a spring in the range of a fundamental resonance.

5. Headphones according to claim 3 , wherein the ratio of the flexibility of the diaphragm to the rear volume is about 25:1.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2022
From: SENNHEISER ELECTRONIC GMBH & CO. KG
To: SENNHEISER CONSUMER AUDIO GMBH
Reel/Frame 058943/0285 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2002
From: GRELL, AXEL; KADDIG, KORNELIA
To: SENNHEISER ELECTRONIC GMBH & CO., KG
Reel/Frame 013235/0874 →