IP Library Patent Application 13246077
Patent Application
App. No. 13/246,077

HEADPHONE

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Patent No.
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App. No.
13/246,077
Abstract

A headphone 1 is comprised of a driver unit 4 , a cord 3 a , a housing 5 , and a bushing 13 . The driver unit 4 generates sound waves depends on supplied sound signals. The cord 3 is connected to the driver unit 4 to supply audio signals to the driver unit 4 . The housing 5 stores the driver unit 4 and has a cord inserted hole 10 to insert the cord 3 . The bushing 13 is a tube covering the exterior 3 a of the cord 3 with a gap g to protect the code 3 from a wire breakage caused by bending. The bushing 13 is set to the cord inserted hole 10 . A valve portion 17 is formed on the inner face 13 a of the bushing 13 to contact circularized with the exterior of the cord 3.

Claims (13)

1 . A headphone comprising:

an electro-acoustic tranducer that generates sound waves based on supplied audio signals;

a code connected to the electro-acoustic tranducer for providing the audio signals to the electro-acoustic tranducer;

a housing that has a code-setting hole to be capable to insert the code and storages the electro-acoustic tranducer; and

a bushing that is a cylinder-shaped covering the exterior of the code with a gap for protecting the code from a wire breakage by the code bent and set to the code-setting hole,

wherein the interior of the bushing has a blocking portion for clinging to the exterior of the code.

2 . The headphone according to claim 1 ,

wherein the blocking portion is ring-shaped.

3 . The headphone according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bushing comprise an unbended portion that is not capable to bend as set in the housing and a bendable portion that is capable to bend as not covered with the housing,

wherein the blocking portion is disposed on the unbended portion of the bushing.

4 . The headphone according to claim 3 ,

wherein the blocking portion is disposed at an end that is the electro-acoustic tranducer's side of the bushing.

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 Sep 27, 2011
From: UCHIDA, TAKAYUKI; TANAKA, MASAAKI
To: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026974/0273 →