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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Todd S. Welti, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 1/06 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/0335 (2013.01); H04R 1/06 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A headphone assembly includes a headband that is coupled to an outer ring, an elastic sheet that is coupled to the outer ring, and a headphone cup that is suspended within the outer ring by the elastic sheet. In some embodiments, the elastic sheet is configured to press the headphone cup against at least one of a portion of a head of a user or a pinna of an ear of the user.