IP Library Granted Patent US 8,594,359
Granted Patent B2
US 8,594,359 · App. 13/066,213 · Granted Nov 26, 2013

Earphone

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Patent No.
US 8,594,359
App. No.
13/066,213
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An earphone includes a speaker unit, a housing that covers a rear surface of the speaker unit, and a bushing having a cord holding portion that holds a cord that carries an audio signal to the speaker unit and is running to the outside of the housing. The bushing also has an extended portion that is extended into the housing and spread along an inner surface of the housing. The inner surface of the housing faces the rear surface of the speaker unit.

Claims (7)

1. An earphone comprising:

a speaker unit having a sound emitting surface through which a sound is emitted and a rear surface, on both sides of the speaker unit;

a bushing through which a cord that carries an audio signal to the speaker unit runs to the outside of the earphone; and

a housing having a first housing member, a second housing member, and a third housing member that are combined with each other to constitute the housing, wherein the housing covers the speaker unit and covers a portion of the bushing,

wherein a back cavity is provided between the rear surface of the speaker unit and the portion of the bushing, the back cavity being surrounded by inner surfaces of the first, second, and third housing members, such that the portion of the bushing extends into the housing so that the portion of the bushing covers a border line between the first and second housing members, and a border line between the second and third housing members.

2. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker unit is housed in one of the first, second, and third housing members with a gap between the speaker unit and the one housing member, a top of the portion of the bushing being inserted into the gap so that the portion of the bushing covers the speaker unit.

3. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the bushing is made of a material softer than a material of the housing.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 6, 2012
From: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.
To: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028002/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2011
From: TAKEI, MASAKI
To: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026208/0877 →