IP Library Granted Patent US 11,317,185
Granted Patent B2
US 11,317,185 · App. 16/650,336 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Earphone

Inventor: Yasuhiko Imamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: VIE STYLE, INC.
H04R1/1016H04R1/1058H04R1/345
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Patent No.
US 11,317,185
App. No.
16/650,336
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an earphone with a better fit and with an improved sound quality. An earphone 20 is provided with: an elastic housing 21 ; a speaker 24 contained within the housing 21 ; and a nozzle 26 fixed on the housing 21 . The nozzle 26 includes a sound guiding part 33 through which sounds from the speaker 24 pass and is configured such that the orientation of the sound guiding part 33 relative to the housing 21 can be adjusted by elastic deformation of the housing 21.

Claims (17)

1. An earphone comprising:

an elastic housing;

a speaker contained within the housing; and

a nozzle fixed on the housing, having a sound guiding part through which sounds from the speaker pass,

wherein the nozzle is configured such that the orientation of the sound guiding part relative to the housing and an angle of the speaker can be adjusted by elastic deformation of the housing,

and wherein the speaker is contained within an end of a nozzle side of the housing, and wherein at least one part of the nozzle side is positioned on a wearer's ear canal when the wearer wears the earphone.

2. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle includes a first part which is positioned on the wearer's ear canal and a second part which is fixed on the housing,

and wherein the housing includes a nozzle fixing part with the second portion of the nozzle fixed and an extended part that extends to the opposite side of the nozzle from the nozzle fixing part and is extended more than the nozzle fixing part.

3. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein a central axis of the speaker is approximately the same as a central axis of the sound guiding part when the wearer wears the earphone.

4. The earphone according to claim 2 , wherein a battery is also contained within the extended part.

5. The earphone according to claim 2 , wherein:

the nozzle is a rigid body; and

the first portion of the nozzle is configured such that an eartip is attachable thereto.

6. The earphone according to claim 2 , wherein:

the housing comes in contact with an outer ear of the wearer with the housing placed on a wearer's ear concha when the wearer wears the earphone;

and

the sound guiding part connects the inside of the first portion and the inside of the second portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 8, 2024
From: VIE STYLE, INC.
To: VIE, INC.
Reel/Frame 066541/0159 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: IMAMURA, YASUHIKO
To: VIE STYLE, INC.
Reel/Frame 053105/0004 →
Continuity (1)
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