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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Asao Hirano, Koganei, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 17/005 (2013.01); H04R 2201/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An earphone () includes a cylindrical barrel () having one end thereof inserted in an ear canal, a transmission element () that is provided on a part of the side of the barrel (), has a part thereof being in contact with a tragus of a human body while the barrel () is inserted in the ear canal and has a built-in electroacoustic conversion element () configured to generate an acoustic vibration in response to an electrical signal, a vibration element () that is provided on an inner wall of the barrel () and vibrates in reaction to the acoustic vibration from the electroacoustic conversion element (), and a biosensor ().