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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takamasa Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01); H04R 5/0335 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2420/09 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04R 2460/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
Headphones include a headband, an arm portion, a pair of headphone units that respectively retain a speaker, a hinge structure that supports the headphone unit at the arm portion, and an oscillator that vibrates the arm portion. The oscillator is contained in a transducer box and clamped and supported by the arm portion and the headband. A vibration conducting unit connects the arm portion with the headphone unit and conducts vibration of the arm portion to the headphone unit.