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Granted Patent B2
US 9,826,300 · App. 14/969,466 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Earphone device

Inventors: Tomohiro Matsuo (Saitama-Ken, JP); Takashi Ohta (Tokyo, JP); Koji Nageno (Tokyo, JP); Tomohiro Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04R1/1016H04R1/02H04R1/10H04R1/1033H04R1/1058H04R1/1066H04R1/1091H04R1/2807H04R1/34H04R1/345H04R1/1008H04R29/001H04R2499/11
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Patent No.
US 9,826,300
App. No.
14/969,466
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.

Claims (20)

1. An earphone comprising:

a housing which houses a driver unit, wherein the housing includes a housing front portion and a housing rear portion, wherein the housing front portion includes a sound guide tube protruding from a front surface of the housing, and wherein the housing defines an opening positioned at the housing front portion;

a plate; and

a cushion member, wherein the cushion member is disposed between the plate and the housing front portion in a direction the sound guide tube is protruding from the front surface of the housing,

wherein the plate overlaps an entirety of the cushion member in the direction the sound guide is protruding from the front surface of the housing, and is spaced from the cushion member.

2. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the plate is porous.

3. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the plate is spaced from a diaphragm of the driver unit by a predetermined distance.

4. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the cushion member is rubber-like.

5. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the cushion member is larger than the opening.

6. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the cushion member extends from the housing front portion.

7. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the cushion member extends from the opening.

8. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the cushion member with the housing front portion presses the driver unit.

9. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the opening is positioned around a base of the sound guide tube.

10. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein the earphone generates a sound corresponding to a sound signal output by a music player.

11. The earphone of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of earpieces having different sizes, in which one of the earpieces is selectable in accordance with a size of a user's external auditory meatus.

12. The earphone of claim 11 , wherein the sizes of the earpieces include 12 mm.

13. The earphone of claim 11 , wherein the sizes of the earpieces include 10 mm.

14. The earphone of claim 11 , wherein the sizes of the earpieces include 14 mm.

15. The earphone of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the plate facing the opening extends over an entirety of the opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2015
From: MATSUO, TOMOHIRO; OHTA, TAKASHI; NAGENO, KOJI; ITO, TOMOHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037348/0622 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-005412 · Jan 12, 2006 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13932262 · Jul 1, 2013
Continuation 11651557 · Jan 10, 2007
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