CN220965109U - Earphone device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a headset device comprising: a first housing half; a second housing half and a headset driver, wherein the first housing half and the second housing half together constitute a device housing, the headset driver being arranged inside the device housing such that a front chamber close to a wearer and a rear chamber facing away from the wearer are formed inside the device housing when the headset device is in use, wherein the front chamber is located between the second housing half and the headset driver, the rear chamber is located between the first housing half and the headset driver, and wherein the rear chamber comprises an additional wall arranged in the first housing half at least partly surrounding the headset driver such that an arc-shaped auxiliary channel is formed between the first housing half and the additional wall.

Description

Earphone device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a headset device.

Background

In view of the ease of use, wearable audio playback devices, such as earphone devices, tend to be lightweight and small in size, which makes the internal space of the earphone device extremely limited in available structural space. In addition to the necessary electronic devices and acoustic elements being reasonably arranged in the interior space of the apparatus, it is also necessary to satisfy requirements in terms of other design factors such as strength, water resistance, and the like.

However, in the prior art designs, these requirements are often not met. For example, the interior space of the earphone is divided into an acoustically front chamber, which in the use state, i.e. when the earphone is worn by the user, faces in the direction of the auditory canal of the user, and a rear chamber, which in turn faces away from the direction of the auditory canal of the user. To improve the low frequency effect of the audio playback, the back room needs to have sufficient ventilation. For this purpose, a vent hole is provided in a housing portion constituting the rear chamber. However, according to the prior art design, although the ventilation effect is improved by the ventilation hole of the rear chamber, moisture is easily intruded into the inside of the earphone due to the defect in the layout thereof, resulting in deterioration in the waterproof performance.

Disclosure of utility model

In view of the above drawbacks, an object of the present disclosure is to provide an earphone device that combines good acoustic properties and waterproof performance.

To solve the technical problem, the present disclosure relates to a headset device, the headset device comprising:

a first housing half;

a second housing half

The earphone driver is provided with a driving part,

Wherein the first housing half and the second housing half together constitute a device housing, the earphone driver being arranged inside the device housing so as to constitute a front chamber inside the device housing, which is close to the wearer when the earphone device is in use, and a rear chamber facing away from the wearer, wherein the front chamber is located between the second housing half and the earphone driver, the rear chamber is located between the first housing half and the earphone driver, and wherein the rear chamber comprises an additional wall arranged in the first housing half at least partly surrounding the earphone driver so as to constitute an arc-shaped auxiliary channel between the first housing half and the additional wall.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the earphone device comprises an ear hook connected to the device housing, wherein a narrow side of the device housing facing the ear hook comprises a first rear vent and a narrow side of the device housing facing away from the ear hook comprises a second rear vent, wherein the first rear vent and the second rear vent communicate the auxiliary channel with the external environment, respectively.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the first rear vent has a larger area than the second rear vent.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the first rear vent has an area of at least 9mm ².

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the first rear vent has an area of at least 13mm ².

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the auxiliary channel has a height of 2.8mm to 3mm; the width of the auxiliary channel is 0.8mm to 1mm.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the height of the auxiliary channel is 2.9mm; the width of the auxiliary channel is 0.9mm.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the second housing half includes a front vent at its end face facing the user, which communicates the front chamber with the external environment.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the front vent is configured to be circular.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the front vent is configured as an outlet of a headphone apparatus.

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the front vent has an area of at least 48mm ².

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the front vent has an area of at least 65mm ².

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the antechamber has a volume of 218mm ³ to 363mm ³.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the antechamber has a volume of 291mm ³.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the rear chamber has a volume of 672mm ³ to 1120mm ³.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the rear chamber has a volume of 896mm ³.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description relate only to some embodiments of the present disclosure, not to limit the present disclosure.

Fig. 1 schematically illustrates a perspective view of a headset device according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure;

Fig. 2 schematically shows a perspective cross-sectional view of the earphone device shown in fig. 1;

fig. 3 schematically shows a partial perspective view of the earphone device shown in fig. 1;

Fig. 4 schematically shows a partial perspective view of the earphone device shown in fig. 1;

Fig. 5 schematically shows a partial front view of the earphone device shown in fig. 1;

Fig. 6 schematically shows a cross-sectional view of the earphone device shown in fig. 1.

List of reference numerals

1. First housing half

1A Top cover

11. First circumferential wall

12. First end surface

12A rotation pin

121. First half of the first end face

122. A first end face second half part

13. A first intermediate wall

2. Second housing half

21. A second circumferential wall

22. Second end face

22A projection

23. Second intermediate wall

3. Earphone driver

4. Additional wall

41. A first additional wall section

42. A second additional wall section

5. Auxiliary channel

6. Front vent

71. First rear vent

72. Second rear vent

8. Ear hanger

9. Connection section

10. And a battery.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein should be given the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs. In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

The present disclosure provides a headphone apparatus including: a first housing half; a second housing half and a headset driver. The first housing half and the second housing half together constitute a device housing, the earphone driver being arranged inside the device housing so as to constitute a front chamber inside the device housing, which is close to the wearer when the earphone device is in use, and a rear chamber facing away from the wearer, wherein the front chamber is located between the second housing half and the earphone driver, the rear chamber is located between the first housing half and the earphone driver, and wherein the rear chamber comprises an additional wall arranged in the first housing half at least partly surrounding the earphone driver so as to constitute an arc-shaped auxiliary channel between the first housing half and the additional wall.

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the earphone device comprises an ear hook connected to the device housing, wherein a narrow side of the device housing facing the ear hook comprises a first rear vent and a narrow side of the device housing facing away from the ear hook comprises a second rear vent, wherein the first and second rear vents communicate the auxiliary channel with the external environment, respectively. In this embodiment, an auxiliary channel is provided in the rear chamber of the earphone device, which auxiliary channel communicates with the first rear vent and the second rear vent, thereby enabling moisture that may be present inside the earphone to be expelled from the first rear vent and the second rear vent to the environment along a section of the auxiliary channel that extends arcuately downward. In addition, the first back vent is arranged at the narrow side of the connection side of the ear hook and the earphone shell, so that the first back vent is positioned at a position between the ear hook and the auricle of a user in a wearing state of the earphone, is not easy to be influenced by external moisture, and is beneficial to ensuring good waterproof performance. Thus, not only has good ventilation performance, the low-frequency effect is improved, and the requirement on the waterproof property is also met.

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the first rear vent has a larger area than the second rear vent. When wearing the earphone, the second back vent exposes outside the earphone, and first back vent is hidden between earphone and user's auricle, therefore, when increasing first back vent, reduce the second back vent, not only can share the ventilation burden of first back vent through the second back vent, still guaranteed better waterproof performance.

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the first rear vent has an area of at least 9mm ², preferably the first rear vent has an area of at least 13mm ².

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the auxiliary channel has a height of 2.8mm to 3mm; the width of the auxiliary channel is 0.8mm to 1mm, and preferably the height of the auxiliary channel is 2.9mm; the width of the auxiliary channel is 0.9mm.

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the second housing half includes a front vent at its end facing the user, the front vent communicating the front chamber with the external environment.

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the front vent is configured as a circle.

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the area of the front vent is at least 48mm ², preferably the area of the front vent is at least 65mm ². The front vent is also configured as an outlet of the earphone device. The larger size design of the sound outlet is beneficial to ensuring good low-frequency effect. In addition, the sound outlet is positioned on the end face of the earphone device facing the user, so that the earphone device is not easy to be interfered by external moisture, and good waterproof performance is ensured.

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the volume of the anterior chamber is 218mm ³ to 363mm ³, preferably the volume of the anterior chamber is 291mm ³.

In some embodiments according to the present disclosure, the volume of the rear chamber is 672mm ³ to 1120mm ³, preferably 896mm ³.

As shown in fig. 1, the earphone device of the present disclosure includes a device case and an ear hook 2 connected to the device case through a connection section 9. The device housing comprises a first housing half 1 and a second housing half 2, which are fixedly connected to each other, so that together the device housing is formed. The first housing half 1 and the second housing half 2 have substantially identical bottom surface shapes, which in the embodiment shown have a substantially racetrack-like shape, i.e. they each have a semicircular outer contour at both ends and are connected tangentially by two parallel straight-line segments. In addition, a cover 1a is formed on the first housing half 1, the shape of the cover 1a being similar to the first housing half 1 and/or the second housing half 2, but having a slightly smaller area, which is exposed to the outside in the state of wearing the headset, i.e. facing away from the auditory canal of the user.

The ear hook 8 can in this embodiment be composed of a resilient, flexible material and have a hook-like structure in order to hang in a form-fitting manner over the pinna of the user.

Fig. 2 schematically shows a perspective cross-sectional view of the earphone device shown in fig. 1, and fig. 6 schematically shows a cross-sectional side view of the earphone device shown in fig. 1. The first housing half 1 and the second housing half 2 together enclose a cavity inside the device housing, wherein the first housing half 1 comprises a first circumferential surface 11 surrounding the outer circumference of the device housing and a first end surface 12 extending substantially horizontally; the second housing half 2 comprises a second circumferential surface 21 around the outer periphery of the device housing and a second end surface 22 extending substantially horizontally. The first circumferential surface 11 and the second circumferential surface 21 are at least partially snap-locked to one another along the outer circumference of the device housing.

Furthermore, a first substantially vertical intermediate wall 13 extends inwardly starting at the middle of the first end face 12, dividing the first end face 12 into a first end face first half 121 and a first end face second half 122, wherein the first end face first half 121 and the first end face second half 122 are located at different heights and are connected by a bevel transition; a second, essentially vertical intermediate wall 23 extends inwardly from the middle of the second end face 22, the first intermediate wall 13 and the second intermediate wall 23 being connected to each other by a snap-locking connection, so that the interior space between the first end face 11 and the second end face 21 is divided into two parts, left and right in fig. 2 and 6, namely a near ear-hook part near the connection section 9 between the device housing and the ear-hook 8 and a far ear-hook part remote from the connection section 9. The second end face 22 comprises, in the region of the proximal ear-hook portion, a projection 22a extending vertically upwards, which projection 22a is fixedly connected or integrally formed with the second end face 22 and has the shape of a substantially hollow cylinder. The projection 22a is rotatably formed in a through-hole in the connecting section 9. The first end face second half 122 comprises perforations corresponding in size and position to said protrusions 22a, the rotation pin 12a being able to be inserted simultaneously into the perforations of the first end face second half 122 and into the protrusions 22a, so as to connect the device housing rotatably about the axis x with respect to the connection section 9.

Within the device housing a number of functional elements for the earphone device, such as an earphone driver 3, a battery 10, a printed circuit board, etc., are arranged. In which the earphone driver 3 is arranged in the region of the far ear-hook between the first housing half 1 and the second housing half 2, respectively constituting a rear chamber between the first housing half 1 and the earphone driver 3 and a front chamber between the second housing half 2 and the earphone driver 3. In the state that the earphone is worn, the front chamber faces the ear of the user, and the rear chamber faces away from the ear of the user. The volume of the front chamber is 291mm ³; the volume of the rear chamber is 896mm ³.

To improve the low frequency effect, it is necessary to provide good ventilation performance for the rear chamber. For this purpose, a front vent 6 is provided in the region of the second end face 22 of the second housing half 2, which is remote from the ear-hook, and also serves as a sound outlet for the secondary device. The front vent 6 is in the illustrated embodiment configured as a circular perforation which opens into the second end face 22. The front vent 6 communicates the front chamber with the outside environment, and the front vent 6 is covered with a nonwoven fabric net and a metal net, respectively, in order to prevent foreign matters from invading the inside of the earphone while ensuring ventilation performance. In the embodiment shown, the area of the front vent 6 is about 65mm ².

Furthermore, as shown in fig. 2 and to 6, the rear chamber comprises an additional wall 4, which additional wall 4 is arranged generally around the earphone driver 3 along the edge of the first housing half 1. The additional wall 4 has an L-shaped cross section, comprising a first additional wall section 41 extending substantially in the thickness direction of the earphone and a second additional wall section 42 extending in the horizontal direction, wherein the first additional wall section 41 is in contact with its free end with the top surface of the first housing half 1 and the second additional wall section 42 is in contact with its free end with the inner side of the first circumferential surface 11 of the first housing half 1, such that the auxiliary channel 5 is formed by the additional wall 4 and the first housing half 1. The auxiliary channel 5 extends generally along an arcuate circumferential portion of the device housing and is configured in a C-shape, in the embodiment shown the auxiliary channel 5 has a width b of 0.9mm and a height h of 2.9mm.

As shown in fig. 3, a first rear vent 71 assigned to the rear chamber is provided on the narrow side of the earphone device close to the ear hook 9. In the illustrated embodiment, the first rear vent 71 is configured as a generally rectangular perforation having an area of about 13mm ², the first rear vent 71 being covered by a nonwoven web and a metal web. The first rear air opening 71 covers and exceeds the second additional wall section 42 of the additional wall 4 in the thickness direction, so that the first rear air opening 71 also communicates the auxiliary channel 5 with the environment.

As shown in fig. 4, a second rear vent 72 is provided on the narrow side of the earphone device remote from the ear-hook 9. The second rear vent 72 has a significantly smaller area than the first rear vent 71, thereby minimizing the intrusion of external moisture. The second rear vent 72 is located in the first circumferential wall 11 of the first housing half 1 and communicates the auxiliary channel 5 with the external environment. As shown in fig. 5, the second rear vent 72 is located generally farther from the connection section 11 of the ear hook 9 to the device housing, in other words lower, than the center of the first rear vent 71.

Moisture that may exist inside the device case can be discharged from the first rear vent 71 and the second rear vent 72 to the external environment along the C-shaped auxiliary passage 5, which not only improves the ventilation amount of the rear chamber, improves the low frequency effect, but also further improves the waterproof performance of the earphone device because the position of the first rear vent 71 is not easily affected by external moisture.

The utility model may be implemented in the following manner:

item 1: a headset device, the headset device comprising:

a first housing half;

a second housing half

The earphone driver is provided with a driving part,

Wherein the first housing half and the second housing half together constitute a device housing, the earphone driver being arranged inside the device housing so as to constitute a front chamber inside the device housing, which is close to the wearer when the earphone device is in use, and a rear chamber facing away from the wearer, wherein the front chamber is located between the second housing half and the earphone driver, the rear chamber is located between the first housing half and the earphone driver, and wherein the rear chamber comprises an additional wall arranged in the first housing half at least partly surrounding the earphone driver so as to constitute an arc-shaped auxiliary channel between the first housing half and the additional wall.

Item 2: the earphone device of item 1, comprising an ear hook connected to the device housing, wherein a narrow side of the device housing facing the ear hook comprises a first rear vent and a narrow side of the device housing facing away from the ear hook comprises a second rear vent, wherein the first and second rear vents communicate the auxiliary channel with an external environment, respectively.

Item 3: the earphone device of item 1 or 2, wherein the first rear vent has a larger area than the second rear vent.

Item 4: the earphone device of any one of items 1-3, wherein the area of the first rear vent is at least 9mm ².

Item 5: the earphone device of any one of items 1-4, wherein the area of the first rear vent is at least 13mm ².

Item 6: the headphone apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 5, the auxiliary channel having a height of 2.8mm to 3mm; the width of the auxiliary channel is 0.8mm to 1mm.

Item 7: the headphone apparatus as defined in any one of items 1 to 6, the auxiliary channel having a height of 2.9mm; the width of the auxiliary channel is 0.9mm.

Item 8: the earphone device of any one of items 1-7, wherein said second housing half comprises a front vent at a user-facing end thereof, said front vent communicating said front chamber with an external environment.

Item 9: the earphone device of any one of items 1-8, wherein the front vent is configured to be circular.

Item 10: the earphone device of any one of items 1-9, wherein the front vent is configured as an outlet of the earphone device.

Item 11: the earphone device of any one of items 1-10, wherein the front vent has an area of at least 48mm ².

Item 12: the earphone device of any one of items 1-11, wherein the front vent has an area of at least 65mm ².

Item 13: the earphone device of any one of items 1-12, wherein the front chamber has a volume of 218mm ³ to 363mm ³.

Item 14: the headphone apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 13, wherein a volume of the front chamber is 291mm ³.

Item 15: the earphone device of any one of items 1-14, wherein the volume of the rear chamber is 672mm ³ to 1120mm ³.

Item 16: the earphone device of any one of items 1-15, wherein the volume of the rear chamber is 896mm ³.

The foregoing is illustrative of the present disclosure and is not to be construed as limiting thereof. Although a few exemplary embodiments of this disclosure have been described, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that many modifications are possible in the exemplary embodiments without materially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of this disclosure. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this disclosure as defined in the claims. It is to be understood that the foregoing is illustrative of the present disclosure and that the present disclosure is not to be construed as limited to the specific embodiments disclosed, and that modifications to the disclosed embodiments, as well as other embodiments, are intended to be included within the scope of the disclosure.

Claims (16)

1. A headset device, characterized in that the headset device comprises:

A first housing half (1);

A second housing half (2)

An earphone driver (3),

Wherein the first housing half (1) and the second housing half (2) together constitute a device housing, the earphone driver (3) being arranged inside the device housing so as to constitute, inside the device housing, a front chamber which is close to the wearer when the earphone device is in use and a rear chamber which faces away from the wearer, wherein the front chamber is located between the second housing half (2) and the earphone driver (3), the rear chamber is located between the first housing half (1) and the earphone driver (3), and wherein the rear chamber comprises an additional wall (4) which is arranged in the first housing half (1) at least partly surrounding the earphone driver (3), so that an arc-shaped auxiliary channel (5) is formed between the first housing half (1) and the additional wall (4).

2. The earphone device according to claim 1, characterized in that the earphone device comprises an ear hook (8), which ear hook (8) is connected to the device housing, wherein the narrow side of the device housing facing the ear hook comprises a first rear vent (71) and the narrow side of the device housing facing away from the ear hook comprises a second rear vent (72), wherein the first rear vent (71) and the second rear vent (72) respectively communicate the auxiliary channel (5) with the external environment.

3. The earphone device according to claim 2, wherein the first rear vent (71) has a larger area than the second rear vent (72).

4. The earphone device according to claim 2, wherein the area of the first rear vent (71) is at least 9mm ².

5. The earphone device according to claim 4, wherein the area of the first rear vent (71) is at least 13mm ².

6. Earphone device according to claim 1, characterized in that the auxiliary channel (5) has a height of 2.8mm to 3mm; the width of the auxiliary channel is 0.8mm to 1mm.

7. Earphone device according to claim 6, characterized in that the auxiliary channel (5) has a height of 2.9mm; the width of the auxiliary channel is 0.9mm.

8. Earphone device according to claim 1, characterized in that the second housing half (2) comprises a front vent (6) at its end face facing the user, which front vent (6) communicates the front chamber with the external environment.

9. Earphone device according to claim 8, characterized in that the front vent (6) is configured as a circle.

10. The earphone device according to claim 8, characterized in that the front vent (6) is configured as an outlet opening of the earphone device.

11. The earphone device according to claim 8, wherein the area of the front vent (6) is at least 48mm ².

12. The earphone device according to claim 11, wherein the area of the front vent (6) is at least 65mm ².

13. The earphone device of claim 1, wherein the front chamber has a volume of 218mm ³ to 363mm ³.

14. The earphone device of claim 13, wherein the volume of said front chamber is 291mm ³.

15. The earphone device of claim 1, wherein the volume of said rear chamber is 672mm ³ to 1120mm ³.

16. The earphone device of claim 15, wherein said rear chamber has a volume of 896mm ³.