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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Jung-taek OH, Seoul, KR;
Min-hyoung Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung-Taek Oh, Seoul, KR;
Min-Hyoung Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
An earphone device having a biological information measuring apparatus, structured to facilitate insertion into a user's ear or to absorb vibration generated by external movement before or after the insertion. To this end, the earphone device includes a speaker portion, a sensor housing rotatably coupled with the speaker portion, a shaft provided in the speaker portion and the sensor housing to couple the speaker portion with the sensor housing such that the speaker portion and the sensor housing rotate together, a support housing coupled with the shaft to pass the shaft therethrough, the support housing supporting rotation of the speaker portion and the sensor housing, and a stopper portion provided in the shaft and the support housing to rotate the speaker portion and the sensor housing and then stop them before or after insertion into a user's ear, thereby facilitating the insertion or urging the speaker portion to contact the user's ear.