JP2003153365A - Earphone-arranging tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a speaker that is forked when no earphones are used is hooked and tangled everywhere for causing inconveniences while a headphone stereo and walkmans(R) are being carried. SOLUTION: When earphones having a pair of speakers are not in use, the speakers are united or the speakers and an arm section are united for winding around the integrated microphone body, a portable acoustic apparatus body, and a remote controller, thus improving the arrangement properties and portability of the earphones and also preventing failure.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an earphone organizer for facilitating organizing and carrying an earphone, and it is possible to combine a pair of earphones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional side L-shaped earphone shown in FIG. 22 (hereinafter simply referred to as "earphone") has been pursued in terms of functionality such as sound quality, ear-shaped shape, and light weight. Therefore, it has been achieved to some extent that the earphones are lightweight and are not uncomfortable when placed in the ears of the earphones due to the usage pattern. There are two types of earphones depending on the type of cord, and the cords of the forked earphones are the same as those having different lengths (see FIG. 22). Earphones with cords of different lengths are neck chain type earphones that have cords placed around the back of the neck. This is a cord that won't come off when you're using your earphones, even if you remove them from your ears. In recent years, this neck chain system is often adopted. Furthermore, due to the evolution of portable audio devices, many earphones with remote controllers are used.

Further, as a conventional earphone organizer,
There is an electric cord storage device (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-297836) for storing the earphone 100 shown in FIG. this is,
It is a roll-up type that uses a spring and accommodates a cord such as an earphone shown in FIG. A radio with a roll-up type electric cord storage device (for example, manufactured by Sony Corporation, product number: SRF
-G8V) exists, but it is not used in other portable audio devices at present, and it has not been put to practical use. Currently, in portable audio devices, as the volume is being minimized, the cord winding portion of the earphone and the earphone body (excluding the cord) for increasing the volume are being pursued.
It was very difficult to install the storage part of the.

In addition, a manually-wound earphone organizer (manufactured by Sony Corporation, product name: stereo ear receiver "N / U / D / E", product number: MDR-E837LP)
(B)) also exists, and it is possible to store the earphone after manually winding the cord in a compact case of makeup. In addition, ear mount type headphones (manufactured by Tohoku Pioneer Corporation, product name: stereo headphones "AIR'S LITE", product number: SE-E03-W)
Is different from the side L-shaped earphones, but comes with a carrying holder that is convenient for carrying. With this carrying holder, the combined headphones can be stored in a mobile phone.

[0005]

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, the characteristic of earphones that they are easily caught in the ear hole is damaged, and the place where the earphones are stored (in the bag, in the desk). It is easy to get caught everywhere when taking it out from the top, the drawer of the desk, etc.). In addition, since the earphones are bifurcated for both ears, they are easily entangled. Further, depending on the handling, the cord is broken, which causes an inconvenient and fatal situation. Further, in the conventional invention relating to the earphones, it is necessary to make them difficult to tangle, easy to organize, and portable without impairing the utility of the earphones and without causing discomfort during use.

Further, since the conventional electric cord storage device uses gears and springs, it is easy to break down because it takes up space and has a drive portion. In addition, it is very difficult to be integrated with a portable audio device that uses earphones because it is space-consuming and heavy. Furthermore, in the case of an earphone with a remote controller installed in the middle of the cord,
The conventional storage device described in paragraph 0003 could not exert its effect. Further, the manually-wound-type earphone organizer described in paragraph 0004 cannot function as a storage tool when the earphone is attached to the portable acoustic device. In addition, the earphones attached to the remote controller cannot perform the same function. Further, although the ear-mounted headphones described in Paragraph 0004 can be stored in a mobile phone, it is complicated because an accompanying carrying holder must be carried together. Moreover, the method of combining them is also complicated.

In the case where the conventional earphone organizer is integrated with the body of the portable audio device, when the accessory earphone or the accessory electric cord storage device fails, the earphone organizer and the portable audio device body must be sent together for repair. . Therefore, repairing and replacing the accessory earphones or the conventional accessory electric cord storage device is time-consuming and complicated. The Sony radios mentioned above had holes for plugging in earphones that could be connected to earphones other than the attached earphones. This means that it is supposed to use other than the attached earphones. Further, in the conventional technology, neither the earphone itself has a function as a storage tool nor the earphone itself has a storage and organizing function independently of the portable audio device.

At present, there is a method of winding an earphone around a body of a portable audio device for carrying and organizing, but there has been no method for locking the cord of the wound earphone. In the case of earphones having cords having different lengths, it is difficult to wind the earphones around the portable audio device body due to the cords having different lengths. In particular, after the use of the portable audio device was stopped while walking or moving a bicycle and the earphones were taken out of the ears, discomfort and inconvenience occurred when the earphones in which the cords tend to be entangled were stored.

Another method is to put the portable audio device in a bag. However, the earphones with the forked cord were easily entangled in the bag and the storage bag, making it inconvenient to put in and take out. And often the earphone cords were tangled in the bag. this is,
This is because there was no technique for combining a pair of earphones and a technique for winding and fixing the cord of the earphone around the portable acoustic device body. In general, portable audio devices have become smaller due to the advent of mini discs, MP3s, etc., and the number of opportunities to carry and use them on a daily basis has increased dramatically.
Despite the demand for greater portability and convenience in earphones, we have not seen any significant progress in earphones.

At present, Windows CE (Windows (registered trademark) CE) such as a portable electronic notebook is also available.
It has become possible to store a large amount of electronic data in a portable electronic device such as a small-sized computer terminal or a digital camera using Palm or a registered trademark (Palm (registered trademark)) as a basic software (OS). Music can be converted into digital information in the MP3 format, which is one of the data compression techniques, and stored and reproduced in the small computer terminal and the digital camera. Even when listening to music with a small computer terminal having a function of a portable audio device or a digital camera, conventional earphones have not been sufficiently portable and convenient. Furthermore, with the widespread use of portable DVD players and portable televisions, earphones with portability and convenience have not been developed.

Therefore, the present invention has the above-mentioned problem (paragraph 0.
005 to paragraph 0010). The first object of the present invention is to
It is to provide an earphone organizer characterized by the following (A) to (I). That is, (A) the increase in the weight of the earphones is minimized, (B) the discomfort during use is not felt, (C) the design of the earphones is not impaired, and (D) the earphone characteristic (E) A simple structure in which the earphones that are independent of the portable audio device main body are configured as a storage tool, which removes a shape with good catching for reliable attachment when not in use, (E) (G) A small earphone organizer that is hard to break down, (H) is low cost, and (I) is easy to mass-produce.
A second object is to provide an earphone organizer that is easy to repair and can be replaced, which cannot be obtained by the conventional electric cord storage tool integrated with the main body.

[0012]

A first aspect of the invention for solving the above problems is an earphone organizer in which a pair of left and right earphones are combined together to form a cap type installed on the speaker surface of a side L-shaped earphone. An earphone organizer capable of combining an insertion opening provided on an attachment and a tongue-shaped insertion portion provided on an arm of an earphone.

A second aspect of the invention is the earphone organizer according to claim 1, wherein both earphones are formed in an elliptical shape and combined.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the head portion and the arm portion of the earphone are provided with a raised portion, a pair of left and right earphones are combined to form a bobbin shape for winding a cord, and an engaging portion is further provided for a jack plug to wind the cord. It is an earphone organizer that can be locked to the earphone body after putting it on.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the head portion and the arm portion of the earphone are provided with ridges, and the pair of left and right earphones combined with each other are formed into a bobbin shape for winding a cord. Further, an engaging portion is provided on a jack plug to wind the cord. The earphone organizer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the earphone organizer can be locked to the main body of the earphone after being attached.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is an earphone organizer for combining a pair of left and right earphones to combine them, and by combining a pair of male and female earphone attachments installed on the speaker surface of the side L-shaped earphones, both earphones are combined. It is an earphone organizer that can be combined.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a side view of a cord 101 wound around a combined bobbin type earphone that is an earphone organizer according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of a united bobbin type earphone united in an elliptical shape in the earphone organizer.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the earphone comprises a cord 101, a jack plug 102 (also known as an L-type stereo mini plug), a head 104, an arm 105, and a speaker surface 106. In this combined earphone, as shown in FIG. 3, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 is provided on the arm portion 105 of the earphone. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the earphone attachment body female 2 is installed on the speaker surface 106 of the earphone so that a person's head is covered with a beret.

In the combined bobbin type earphone, as shown in FIG.
By inserting the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 installed on the arm portion 105 into the insertion opening 3 of the earphone attachment body female 2 shown in FIG. The tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 can be provided with a protrusion for preventing slippage at its tip. The earphone attachment body female 2 can be provided with any number of sound taking holes 4, and the influence of the earphone attachment body female 2 installed on the speaker surface 106 on the sound quality of the earphone is minimized.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of FIG. 4 taken along the line
As shown in, the insertion port 3 has a structure for receiving the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1. The tongue-shaped insertion portions 1 included in the pair of earphones to be combined face each other in the direction shown in the enlarged plan view 6.
Alternatively, both of the tongue-shaped insertion portions 1 included in the pair of earphones to be combined face in the direction shown in the enlarged plan view 7. The arrows in FIGS. 6 and 7 indicate the direction of the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1. Alternatively, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 included in the one earphone to be combined has one side facing the direction shown in FIG. 6 and the other side facing the direction shown in FIG.

In order to prevent the cord from falling off when the cord is wound around the combined earphone, the head portion 104 and the arm portion 105 of the earphone 5 as shown in FIG.
It is equipped with. As shown in FIG. 1, it is possible to provide the function of a bobbin that winds a cord around the earphone by the earphone 103 and the fan-shaped ridge portion 5 which are combined together. The shape of the ridges serving as disks at both ends of the bobbin is fan-shaped, which is a shape capable of preventing the cord 101 from falling off, or rectangular, square, spherical, hemispherical, disk-shaped, dome-shaped, or the like. be able to. By providing the fan-shaped raised portion 5, it is possible to wind the earphone by aligning the earphones as shown in FIG. 1 without installing the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 and the insertion opening 3.

As shown in FIG. 1, the arm portion 10 of the earphone
The cord 5 may be provided with a keel-shaped steep-angle bend-preventing protector 6 in order to prevent the cord from being bent at a steep angle and being broken when the earphone 103 is wound around the earphone 103.

As shown in FIG. 9, the earphone jack plug 102 has an engaging portion 7 so that the wound cord can be locked and held in the wound state. The engaging portion 7 can be installed at an arbitrary position and angle of the jack plug 102 and the cord 101, and FIG. 9 is an example thereof.

Next, the operation of the earphones according to the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, when the earphones are combined together, the earphones are slid and the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 (see FIG. 3) of the arm portion 105 is inserted into the insertion opening 3 (FIG. 4 and FIG. 4) of the earphone attachment body female 2. (See FIG. 5). Then, the cord 101 is wound around the bobbin formed by the combined earphones. When the jack plug 102 of the earphone is wound up, the cord 101 is fixed so as not to be loosened using the engaging portion 7 of the jack plug 102. The earphones can then be stored in spherical form. As shown in FIG. 10, the above implementation method can be implemented even when the earphone is installed in the portable acoustic device.

[0025]

[Effects of First Embodiment] As described above, in the first embodiment, the pair of earphones can be combined and locked by the engaging portion 7 of the jack plug 102.
The combined bobbin type earphone of this embodiment is lightweight and
It has a simple structure without a drive unit. By using the combined earphone main body as a storage device, it is possible to make the size smaller than the conventional electric cord storage device and to mass-produce at a low cost.

Further, by carrying the earphones in a combined state, the inconvenience and discomfort caused by the earphone's peculiar easiness of catching and tangling, which occurs when the earphones are temporarily removed from the ears ( Paragraph 000
5 to 0010) can be solved.

[0027]

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 11 is a side view of an earphone assembled by using an earphone attachment body female 2 and an earphone attachment body male 8 which are earphone organizers according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The pair of earphone attachments used in this form is called a male / female type earphone attachment. In FIG. 11, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 9 of the male earphone attachment body 8 was inserted into the insertion opening 3 of the female earphone attachment body 2 (see FIG. 4) to combine the earphones. The tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 of the arm portion 105 of the earphone in the first embodiment
The earphone attachment body male 8 is provided with the earphone attachment (see FIG. 2).

As shown in FIG. 12, in the earphone organizer of this embodiment, the earphone attachment itself is provided with a male / female structure, the speaker surfaces 106 are slid on each other to combine the earphones, and the portable acoustic device body 107 is provided. The point that the cord 101 is wrapped around is different from the earphone organizer of the first embodiment (described in paragraphs 0017 to 0026).

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the male earphone attachment body 8. The earphone attachment body male 8 is the insertion opening 3 of the earphone attachment body female 2.
It has a tongue-shaped insertion portion 9 to be inserted (see FIG. 4). Further, the male earphone attachment body 8 can be provided with a proper number and size of the sound collecting holes 4, and the influence of the male earphone attachment body 8 installed on the speaker surface 106 on the sound quality of the earphone is minimized. . The earphone attachment body 8 with the tongue insert 9 opens up further possibilities. When the insertion opening 3 similar to the earphone attachment main body female 2 is installed in the arm portion 105, it is possible to combine the same as in the first embodiment. That is, as shown in FIG. 14, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 of FIG.
It is possible to replace the positions of the insertion port 3 and the insertion port 3 with each other.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a state in which earphones (see FIG. 22) having bifurcated cords of different lengths are combined as shown in FIG. 11 and wound around the portable audio device body 107. With the long part of the forked cord folded back and bent (see Fig. 22), cord 1
01 is sandwiched using the two forks of the three-pronged earphone cord clip 10. In addition, the remaining one fork is code 10
Lock to any part of 1.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view in which earphones having bifurcated cords having the same length are combined with each other using a male / female type earphone attachment. FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing a state in which the combined earphones shown in FIG. 15 are wound around the portable audio device body 107.

As shown in FIG. 12, the cord 1 wound around the portable audio device body 107 according to the second embodiment.
01 is locked by the three forked earphone cord clips 10 of FIG. Since the earphone cord clip 10 has three forks, the forked earphone can be wound around the portable audio device body 107 and locked.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cords 101 of earphones (see FIG. 22) having different lengths are locked in the earphone clip 10 by the method shown in FIG. In other words, in FIG. 18, the cord 101 is sandwiched by the two forks of the three-pronged earphone cord clip 10 in a state in which the longer part of the forked cord 101 is folded back and bent (see FIG. 22). Further, the remaining one fork is used to lock an arbitrary portion of the cord 101.

The earphone cord clip 10 is provided with a moderate grip and a spherical protrusion 11 for giving the user a click feeling when the cord 101 is clamped.
Even without the spherical protrusion 11, the size of the clip fork is close to the thickness of the cord, and the clip is the cord 101.
If the clip can be sandwiched exactly, even if the clip has a cylindrical shape without the spherical projection 11, the cord can be sufficiently held, and its elasticity can give the user a comfortable feeling of clicking. is there.

[0035]

[Effects of the Second Embodiment] According to the second embodiment, not only an earphone without an accessory but also an earphone with a remote controller is attached to the portable audio device body 107 as shown in FIGS. It becomes possible to wrap it around and carry it around. In addition, the discomfort caused by the earphones being easily caught or tangled, which is caused when the earphones are temporarily removed from the ears, can be solved by carrying the earphones together. Further, instead of the combined bobbin type earphone in the first embodiment, the cord 101 is wound around the portable audio device body 107 as a core in the second embodiment, so that the outer circumference is easily wound.

Further, as in the first embodiment, the second embodiment saves space, has a simple structure without a drive unit, is lightweight, and can be made smaller than the conventional electric cord storage device. It can be mass-produced at low cost. Thus, the effect of the second embodiment is
There are many aspects that overlap the effects of the first embodiment. Furthermore, in the second embodiment, like the first embodiment, the earphones are always combined when the earphones are not in use, so that the above-mentioned problems such as tangling and catching (from paragraph 0005 to paragraph [0010] can be considerably reduced. In addition, the earphone attachment can be immediately installed on any existing earphone without changing its shape, and the above effect can be obtained.

[0037]

EXAMPLES In order to demonstrate the effects of the first and second embodiments, the present invention is applied to a portable compact disc reproducing device manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (product number: SL-SX).
220) and its attached earphones (having a forked cord of the same length), and an earphone attached to a portable tape cassette playback device (product number: HS-PS002) manufactured by Aiwa Co., Ltd. (having a forked cord of a different length) ) Was used.

First Example (Based on the First Embodiment)
Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the earphone 103 combined with the remote controller removed is formed into a bobbin shape,
A cord 101 was wound around the cord 101 and locked by the engaging portion 7 of the jack plug 102 of the earphone. In this embodiment, the tongue-shaped insertion portions 1 are both oriented in the direction shown in FIG. 6 (see paragraph 0020). By the way, the position of the engaging portion 7 of the jack plug 102 can be set on the cord around the jack plug 102 as an engaging portion attached to the cord. Further, the cord 101 can be locked by using the earphone cord clip 10 instead of the engaging portion 7.

Second example (based on the second embodiment)
Then, as shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 16, the male and female earphone attachments are used to combine the earphones,
Earphone cord 101 to portable playback device body 1
Wrap around 07 and secure with earphone cord clip 10.

In the third example (which is an eclectic type of the first embodiment and the second embodiment), as shown in FIG. 19, the method used in the first embodiment (the combined bobbin described in paragraph 0024) is used. Mold joining method (see FIG. 2), the earphones are formed into an elliptical shape and united, and the cord 101 of the earphone is wound around the portable audio device body 107 as in the second embodiment and fixed with the earphone cord clip 10. .

First, in order to investigate the durability, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 of the earphone arm portion 105 and the insertion opening 3 of the earphone attachment body female 2 for forming a combined earphone.
Then, the detachment test was performed 10,000 times in two weeks. In this test, rubber (using bicycle tires and tubes) and silicone material (using ballpoint pen grips) were the most excellent in terms of durability. Besides plastic (DV
The soft shell case of the D recording disk and the one carved from the earphone body were used), and the ABS resin material was also satisfactory enough to be used practically. A similar test was conducted for male and female earphone attachments, and it was concluded that it was practical.

When the combined bobbin type earphone of the first embodiment was formed, the object described in paragraph 0011 was achieved, and the effects described in paragraphs 0025 and 0026 were also obtained.

In the second embodiment, the insertion port 3 and the tongue-shaped insertion portion 9 are formed in the rubber cover of the speaker surface 106 of the earphone (attached to the portable compact disc reproducing device manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. described in paragraph 0037). However, the object described in paragraph 0011 was achieved, and the effects described in paragraphs 0035 and 0036 were also obtained.

The third embodiment is performed in the same manner, and paragraph 0011 is used.
The stated objective has been achieved and paragraphs 0035 and 0036 are
The described effect was also obtained.

In the embodiment using rubber, which is the cheapest, most easily available, and easy to implement material, a tube (made by Sagisaka Co., Ltd.) installed inside the tire of the bicycle is used to attach the female earphone attachment body 2 ( 4)), the earphone attachment body male 8 (see FIG. 13) is formed. Further, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 was formed on the arm portion 105 of the earphone using the rubber of the bicycle tire (manufactured by Mitsuboshi Belting Co., Ltd.) (see FIG. 6), and each of Examples 1 to 3 was carried out. The size of the earphone attachment is the speaker surface 1 of the earphone used in the embodiment.
It has an inner diameter that is slightly less than 1 mm smaller than the diameter of the speaker surface 106 so that it can be installed at 06. Here again, the purpose described in paragraph 0011 and the effects described in paragraph 0035 and paragraph 0036 were achieved. Therefore, it is possible to reach the conclusion that the present invention is a practical invention.

Further, the insertion port 3 is formed on the plastic cover of the speaker surface 106 of the earphone attached to the portable tape cassette reproducing device (product number: HS-PS002) manufactured by Aiwa Co., Ltd., and the arm portion 105 of the earphone is formed. A tongue-shaped insert 1 made of plastic was formed. Tongue insert 1
Carved out of the earphones. The insertion port 3 is a bicycle tire tube (made by Sagisaka Corporation) 3 mm x 5 m
It was formed by cutting it in a size of m square and adhering it to the speaker surface 106. In this embodiment in which the insertion surface is directly formed on the speaker surface 106, the purpose described in paragraph 0011 and the effects described in paragraphs 0035 and 0036 have been achieved.

The engaging portion 7 of the jack plug 102 and the earphone cord clip 10 are formed by using rubber of a bicycle tire (manufactured by Mitsuboshi Belting Co., Ltd.).
It is possible to organize the earphones by using the engaging portion 7 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 10. Further, the earphone cord clip 10 can be used to organize the earphones as shown in FIGS. 12, 16 and 19. In this embodiment, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 has a length of 5 mm, a width of 4 mm, and a thickness of 1 m.
m, the insertion opening 3 has a long side of 5 mm, the short side of 3 mm, and the fan-shaped ridge 5 has a height A (4 mm) × width B (2 mm).
× Length C (7 mm) (for head 104) / D (4 m
m) (in the case of the arm portion 105) (see FIGS. 3 and 8), the engaging portion 7 has a height E (7 mm) × a diameter F seen from above.
(5 mm) (see FIG. 9), the earphone cord clip 10 has vertical G (7 mm) ×
The size is horizontal (7 mm) × depth (7 mm) (see FIG. 17).

Earphone cord clip 1 in the experiment
0, the engaging portion 7 of the jack plug 102, the body female 2, and the earphone attachment body male 8 were formed by using a knife, cutting with a heated wire, bonding with an adhesive, etc. Mass production is easy.

As described above, when elastic materials such as silicone, plastic, acrylic, ABS resin and rubber are used for the earphones and the above-mentioned invention is carried out, the same result can be obtained by using any material, and the cord is easily entangled. We have succeeded in significantly reducing and eliminating the problems of conventional technology such as easiness of getting caught. The earphone attachment, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 of the arm portion 105, the fan-shaped protrusion 5, and the earphone cord clip 10 all did not impair the good wearing feeling of the earphone due to the minuteness of the shape. Therefore, it is possible to reach the conclusion that the technique of the present invention is fully practicable.

[0050]

[Third Embodiment] In the third embodiment, the earphone attachment has an insertion portion and an insertion opening that are different from those of the second embodiment. The name of this method is the key type earphone attachment. As shown in FIG. 20, the key type earphone attachment body male 12 has a cross-shaped insertion portion 13
Equipped with a key type earphone attachment body female 14
Has a cross-shaped insertion opening 15. The cross-shaped insertion portion 13 is inserted into the cross-shaped insertion port 15 and rotated at an angle of about 45 degrees. Then, they engage each other like a key and a keyhole,
It is possible to combine earphones.

The shape of the cross-shaped insertion portion 13 of the cross-shaped insertion portion 13 can be replaced by any design as long as it can be used as a key and a keyhole.

[0052]

[Effect of the third embodiment] The same effect as in the second embodiment is obtained by combining the earphones by using the male and female earphone attachments, and further winding the earphones around the portable audio device body 107 to lock the cord. (Paragraphs 0035 and 0036).

[0053]

Other Embodiments The shape of the cap-type earphone attachment main body of the present invention may be not only the speaker surface 106 but also a shape that covers the entire earphone including the head 104 and the arm 105 like a wet suit. .
Further, a fan-shaped ridge portion 5 similar to that shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the earphone 103 combined by using the male and female earphone attachments.
By providing the cord, the cord 101 of the earphone can be wound. By installing the fan-shaped raised portion 5 in a clip-type earphone to be used by sandwiching it between the ears, it is possible to carry a pair of clip-type earphones together.

The earphone attachment body female 2 and the earphone attachment body male 8 can be integrated with the speaker surface 106 of the earphone. It is also possible to install both the tongue-shaped insertion part 1 and the insertion port 3 in one earphone attachment, and to install the tongue-shaped insertion part 1 and the insertion port 3 in one earphone attachment. The tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 and the insertion opening 3 can also be directly installed on the earphone body. Further, the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 of the earphone arm portion 105 (see FIG. 3), the insertion opening 3 of the earphone attachment body female 2 (see FIG. 4), and the tongue-shaped insertion portion 9 of the earphone attachment body male 8 (see FIG. 13). If you install a non-slip on the back, if necessary, you can prevent the combined earphones from coming off easily.

The earphone cord clip 10 can be integrated with the earphone cord 101 and the jack plug 102. And earphone cord clip 1
The shape of 0 does not need to be the same for all the forks, and changes such that one fork is larger than the other fork can be made according to the type, shape, and thickness of the earphone cord 101. Also, the engaging portion 7 can be installed in a plug other than the jack plug 102 (for example, a stereo mini weak stereo mini jack or a micro plug).

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, when the male and female earphone attachments are used to store the earphones having bifurcated cords of different lengths (see FIG. 22), the earphone cord clip 10 has two forks. It can be replaced by a clip with a shape. Further, the earphone cord clip 10 is also effective for fixing the cord 101 wound around the combined bobbin type earphone. The earphone cord clip 10 may have a shape as shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 21, the earphone cord clip 10 may be provided with a cylindrical hook instead of the spherical protrusion 11 (see FIG. 17).

FIG. 19 shows a third example described in paragraph 0040 (an eclectic type of the first and second embodiments, which is different from the third embodiment described in paragraphs 0050 to 0051). Even with the joining bobbin type joining method,
It is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the implementation method in which the earphones having bifurcated cords having different lengths (see FIG. 22) in FIG. 12 are wound around the portable audio device body 107. that time,
The cord is sandwiched between earphone cord clips 10 as shown in FIG.

Also in the embodiment shown in FIG. 16 in which the earphones having the bifurcated cords of the same length are wound around the portable audio device body 107, the earphones can be united by using the joining bobbin type joining method. Is. It is also possible to wind the cord 101 of the earphone with the remote controller attached to the audio device as the bobbin.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16, when the earphones having the bifurcated cords having the same length as each other are stored by using the earphone attachment, the earphone cord clip 10 has three shapes even if it does not have three forks. The same effect can be obtained even in a form in which the cord can be stored, that is, a clip that can hold three cords 101 with two forks or a four-forked clip. Furthermore, the earphone cord clip 10 is also effective for organizing and storing cords of other electric appliances.

Further, the combined bobbin type earphone, the earphone attachment, and the earphone cord clip 10 can be used independently, respectively, whereby the inconvenience caused by using the conventional earphone can be remarkably reduced. Also, a radio manufactured by Sony Corporation (product number: SRF-G8V)
Similar to the attached earphone, the earphone attachment is also effective for an earphone having a bowl-shaped head 104 only and no arm 105. Further, the combined bobbin type earphone can exert the effect as a bobbin even with one of them, and the structure having the fan-shaped raised portion 5 can also be applied to the earphone for the ear.

[0061]

As described above, according to the present invention, the combining method of the first embodiment (the earphone attachment main body female 2 and the arm 1 installed on the earphone head 104) is used.
Method of combining a pair of earphones using the tongue-shaped insertion portion 1 installed in 05: see FIG. 2) or the method of the second embodiment (method of combining a pair of earphones using a male-female type earphone attachment: FIG. 12 and FIG. 16), it is possible to combine the earphones.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in the case of an earphone without a remote controller, the earphone can be stored as a combined bobbin type earphone. In addition, with or without a remote controller, FIG.
(Using male and female earphone attachments), Fig. 16
(Using male and female earphone attachments), Fig. 19
As shown in (Using combined bobbin type joining method), the earphones can be wound around the portable audio device body 107 in a combined state.

As a result, problems that may occur with earphones when the portable audio device is not used, such as easiness of getting caught in a bag, difficulty in organizing earphones having a bifurcated cord, and ease of entanglement. Can be solved. Also, when the earphones are removed from the ears, they can be worn like a necklace around the neck with the earphones combined by the method of the present invention. This allows
You can reduce the chance of dropping the earphones or hooking them into something to cause a wire break. Furthermore, by always combining the earphones when not in use, it is possible to significantly reduce or eliminate the conventional discomfort such as tangling and catching in use.

Further, according to the present invention, the effect of the above-mentioned invention can be achieved without increasing the weight of the conventional earphone and without impairing the design and the benefit of use of the conventional earphone. Further, it is light in weight, saves space, and has a simple structure without a drive unit, which makes it possible to downsize the conventional earphone storage device and mass-produce it at low cost.

Further, the present invention in which the earphone itself is a storage device can be applied to any portable audio device, and can be easily replaced when the earphone fails. Furthermore, the present invention can be implemented without paying attention to differences in manufacturers, types and shapes of portable audio devices.

This effect can be achieved with almost no change in the shape of the portable audio device using the present invention. Therefore, without sacrificing the current miniaturization of portable audio devices, their shapes, product images, and convenience,
The above-mentioned effects of the invention such as the portability of the earphones and the ease of organizing can be obtained.

In order to see the actual size, a combined bobbin type earphone was carried out with the earphone attached to the portable audio device manufactured by Aiwa Co., Ltd. described in paragraph 0046. 38m diameter with cord 101 wrapped around a combined bobbin earphone
It became a size that fits in a ball of 40 mm from m (including the jack plug 102). This depends on the strength of winding, whether the cord 101 is evenly wound around the united bobbin,
An error can be seen in the position of the jack plug 102. When the earphones were combined by the combination method of the combined bobbin type earphones, the maximum side length L from the tip of the head 104 to the tip of the arm 105 was 33 mm (see FIG. 2). This is a conventional hand-roll type earphone organizer (manufactured by Sony Corporation, product name: Stereo Ear Receiver “NUDD.
E ", product number: MDR-E837LP (B)) maximum side 7
Remarkably smaller than 5 mm. Further, the increase in the weight of the earphones (body weight of about 6 g, not including the cord) was able to be suppressed to 3 g or less through Examples 1 to 3.

[0068]

[Control Experiment] In order to quantitatively see the effect of the present invention, earphones not using the present invention (referred to as earphone shells) and earphones using the present invention (the earphones formed in an elliptical shape as shown in FIG. The earphones combined as shown in Fig. 11 with the earphone attachment are shown in Fig. 15 with the male and female earphone attachments.
As described above, Experiment 1 to Experiment 3 were performed as a control experiment. In this experiment, as an earphone, a portable compact disc player manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (product number: SL-SX220)
The present invention is applied to the earphone shell by using the above-mentioned earphone B, earphone head, and earphone tab.

As an experiment 1, by attaching the earphone back to a portable compact disc reproducing device (product number: SL-SX220) manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and putting it in an A4 size envelope, the portable type is carried in a bag. I made a situation to store the earphones of the audio device in the bag.

When the above experiment 1 was carried out using the earphone shell, when the envelope was shaken 10 times (5 times in the vertical direction and 5 times in the horizontal direction) and the earphones were taken out, entanglement occurred 8 times in 20 times of the experiments. . From this result, it was revealed that the entanglement occurs at the probability of about 2/5.

In Experiment 2, in order to create a situation in which an earphone and a portable audio device were put in a bag, a B4 size notebook, a ballpoint pen and a small notebook were put together in an A4 size envelope in which the earphone was put. Do this 10 times (vertical 5
Shake it 5 times, then remove the earphone from the envelope.

When Experiment 2 above was carried out using the earphone shell, tangles occurred 7 out of 20 times. 9 out of 20
The earphones were inconvenient because they were caught by the notebooks, notebooks, etc. put in the envelope.

When the above experiment 1 (described in paragraph 0069) was carried out using the earphone B (see FIG. 2), no entanglement occurred 20 times. In Experiment 2 (described in paragraph 0071), tangles did not occur even once in 20 times.

When the above experiment 1 (described in paragraph 0069) was carried out using an earphone (see FIG. 11), entanglement did not occur once in 20 times. In Experiment 2 (described in paragraph 0071), entanglement did not occur even once in 20 times, and the hooking caused by the earphones was confirmed only once.

The above experiment 1 (described in paragraph 0069) was carried out using an earphone (see FIG. 15).
Tangles did not occur even once during the time. Experiment 2 (paragraph 007
In 1), no entanglement occurred once in 20 times, and the hooking caused by the earphones was confirmed only once.

As Experiment 3, the earphones are wound around the portable audio device body (see FIGS. 10, 12, 16 and 19), and the experiment is carried out in the same manner as Experiment 1 described in paragraph 0069. Also, as Experiment 4, by wrapping an earphone around the portable audio device body (see FIGS. 10, 12, and 16).
And FIG. 19), the same procedure as Experiment 2 described in paragraph 0071 is performed. As a result of both experiments, FIG. 10, FIG. 12, and FIG.
In any of the methods shown in FIGS. 6 and 19, no entanglement or catching was observed during 20 times.

As a result of the above, it can be said that the present invention has succeeded in solving the problems such as easiness of getting caught and entanglement, which cannot be implemented by the conventional earphone organizer, while the earphones are not used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a cord is wound around a combined bobbin type earphone that is an earphone organizer according to the present invention and locked by an engaging portion of a jack plug.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the earphones combined together.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a combined bobbin type earphone.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a female earphone attachment body.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4 taken along the line

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged plan view of the combined earphones.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged plan view of the combined earphones.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a combined bobbin type earphone.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the jack plug.

FIG. 10 is a plan view in which the combined bobbin type earphone is installed in a portable acoustic device.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the earphones combined together.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the earphone wound around a portable audio device body.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a male earphone attachment body.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of an earphone having an insertion opening on an arm.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a state in which earphones are combined.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the earphone wrapped around a portable audio device body.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of an earphone cord clip.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view in which the cord is sandwiched between earphone cord clips.

FIG. 19 is a plan view of the earphone wrapped around a portable audio device body.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of an earphone in which a key type earphone attachment is installed.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing another shape of the earphone cord clip.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing a conventional earphone.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a conventional electric cord storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Tongue-shaped insertion part 2 Earphone attachment body female 3 insertion slot 4 sound collecting holes 5 Fan-shaped ridge 6 Steep angle bend prevention protector 7 Engagement part 8 earphone attachment body male 9 Tongue-shaped insertion part 10 earphone cord clip 11 Spherical protrusion 12 key type earphone attachment body male 13 Cross-shaped insertion part 14 key type earphone attachment body female 15 Cross-shaped insertion slot 100 earphones 101 code 102 jack plug 103 Earphones combined 104 head 105 Arm 106 speaker surface 107 Portable audio device body

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An earphone organizer for combining a pair of left and right earphones to combine them, and an insertion opening provided on a cap-type attachment installed on a speaker surface of a side L-shaped earphone and a tongue-shaped insertion provided on an arm of the earphone. An earphone organizer that allows you to combine the parts. 2. The earphone organizer according to claim 1, wherein both earphones are formed into an elliptical shape and combined. 3. A headphone and an arm portion of the earphone are provided with a raised portion, a pair of left and right earphones are combined to form a bobbin for winding a cord, and a jack plug is further provided with an engaging portion to wind the cord and then the earphone. Earphone organizer that can be locked to the body. 4. A headphone and an arm of the earphone are provided with ridges, and a pair of left and right earphones combined with each other is formed into a bobbin shape for winding a cord. Further, an engaging portion is provided on a jack plug to wind the cord. The earphone organizer according to claim 1 or 2, which can be locked to the main body. 5. In an earphone organizer for combining a pair of left and right earphones, the pair of male and female earphone attachments installed on the speaker surface of the side L-shaped earphones are combined with each other to combine the two earphones. Earphone organizer made possible.