JP2007067789A - Headphone device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely charge wireless headphones which operate with a secondary battery, through easy operation when the headphones are set on a transmitter having a charging means and charged. <P>SOLUTION: The headphone device includes the wireless headphones 10 which have headphone units 13 supported at both ends of a head band 11 and is equipped with a receiving means, the secondary battery as a power source, and its charging terminal at specified positions and the transmitter 20 which has a transmitting means, a charging means, and a power supply terminal coming into contact with the charging terminal. A pair of receiving recessed parts 21 to which portions of the headphone units 13 are fitted, are formed on the top surface of a support base 20a that the transmitter 20 has, and a power supply terminal 24 and a hook 25 which is elastically engaged with a portion of the headphone unit 13 are provided in each of the receiving recessed parts 21; and the charging terminal is arranged at a portion of the headphone unit 13 fitted into the receiving recessed part 21 so as to be able to come into contact with the power supply terminal 24, and a groove part which fits to the hook 25 is formed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a headphone device including a wireless headphone having a receiving means and operating on a secondary battery, and a transmitter having a transmitting means and a charging means, and more specifically, charging the headphone to the transmitter when not in use. The present invention relates to a headphone device that can be charged by means.

  Wireless headphones have been favored in the market in recent years because they do not have the hassle of routing cables. On the other hand, wireless headphones require a battery as a power source. Since the primary battery must be replaced when it is consumed, a rechargeable secondary battery is usually used. However, in the case of a secondary battery, a charger is required.

  Arranging the charger separately from the transmitter not only increases the number of peripheral devices for wireless headphones, but also may cause the charger to be lost. Therefore, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 have proposed that a charger is incorporated in a transmitter and charging is performed by setting headphones to the transmitter when not in use.

  In the invention described in Patent Document 1 (conventional example 1), the casing of the infrared transmitter having the charging means is a vertical type, the power supply terminal is arranged on the upper surface, and the headband (substantially reversed) is provided on the headphone side. A charging terminal is provided in the central portion of the U-shaped band.

  When the headphone is not used, the charging terminal and the power supply terminal come into contact with each other by charging the center part of the headband so as to be hooked on the upper surface of the vertical casing of the infrared transmitter, and the secondary battery of the headphone is charged. .

  In the invention described in Patent Document 2 (Conventional Example 2), the charging terminal and the locked portion are provided on the housing side of the headphone unit included in the headphone. On the other hand, a receiving surface that rotatably supports a part of the headphone unit is formed on the charging stand side of the transmitter, and a power feeding terminal and a locking portion are provided in the receiving surface.

  When the headphones are not in use, if the headphones unit is placed on the receiving surface of the charging stand and the locked part is locked to the locking part, a rotational moment is generated in the headphone unit due to the weight of the headphones, and the charging terminal and power supply The terminal is crimped. Thereby, the secondary battery of the headphones is charged.

Japanese Patent No. 2770389 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-112858

  In any of the above conventional examples 1 and 2, the secondary battery built in the headphones can be charged by setting the headphones on the charger / transmitter without preparing a separate charger.

  However, in the case of the conventional example 1, the central portion of the headband is unstable because it is supported like a balance on the upper surface of the vertical casing of the transmitter. Further, since the entire weight of the headband is applied to the contact portion between the power supply terminal and the charging terminal, it is necessary to take a protective measure for the contact portion.

  In the case of the conventional example 2, the headphone unit is supported by the wide receiving surface of the charging stand, so that a stable state is maintained, but there is a problem in setting. That is, if the locked part on the headphone unit side and the locking part on the charging base are not securely engaged with each other, the headphone rotates with a rotational moment due to its own weight, and the charging base falls off.

  Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to reliably perform a simple operation without paying special attention when charging a wireless headphone having a receiving means and operating on a secondary battery in a transmitter having a charging means. There is to be able to charge.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a pair of left and right headphone units are supported at both ends of a headband, and a receiving unit, a secondary battery as a power source, and In a headphone device comprising: a wireless headphone including a charging terminal; and a transmitter including a transmission unit, a charging unit, and a power feeding terminal that contacts the charging terminal and outputs a charging current output from the charging unit to the secondary battery. The transmitter has a support base in which a pair of receiving recesses into which a part of each of the headphone units is fitted is formed on an upper surface, and the power supply terminal and a part of the headphone unit are elastic in the receiving recess. The charging terminal is connected to the power feeding terminal at a part of the headphone unit fitted in the receiving recess. Together are capable disposed, it is characterized in that grooves for engagement with the hook is formed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, in the receiving recess, a first support surface that contacts a part of the outer peripheral surface of the headphone unit and a first surface that contacts a part of the rear surface of the headphone unit. 2 support surfaces are formed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the hook is disposed on the first support surface.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the hook is integrally formed with the support base.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, an opening is formed in the first support surface, the hook is U-shaped, and a base end thereof is continuously provided on one side of the opening. An end-side flange projects from the opening onto the first support surface.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, as a characteristic configuration of the transmitter, the transmitter includes a support base having a pair of receiving recesses into which a part of each of the headphone units is fitted on the upper surface. The power supply terminal and a hook that elastically engages a part of the headphone unit are provided in the receiving recess, and the charging terminal is connected to the power supply terminal in a part of the headphone unit that is fitted in the receiving recess. When the headphone unit is fitted in the receiving recess, the hook is elastically deformed and engaged in the groove, so that the headphone unit is engaged with the headphone. While grasping a unit reliably, the said charge terminal and the said electric power feeding terminal contact. Therefore, a stable state can be obtained and charged reliably by merely fitting the headphone unit into the receiving recess without paying special attention to the position of the groove.

  The invention according to claim 2, wherein a first support surface that contacts a part of the outer peripheral surface of the headphone unit and a second support surface that contacts a part of the rear surface of the headphone unit are formed in the receiving recess. Accordingly, a more stable support state of the headphone unit can be obtained.

  According to the invention of claim 3, wherein the hook is disposed on the first support surface, the second support surface can seal the movement of the groove portion coming off the hook, and the groove portion. And the engagement of the hook can be made more reliable.

  According to the invention described in claim 4 in which the hook is formed integrally with the support base, the number of parts is reduced and the cost can be reduced.

  An opening is formed in the first support surface, the hook is U-shaped, a base end portion thereof is connected to one side of the opening portion, and a free end side flange portion is extended from the opening portion to the first support surface. According to the invention described in claim 5 that protrudes upward, it is possible to obtain an appropriate click force (elastic force) for the headphone unit while suppressing a protrusion amount of the hook into the receiving recess. it can.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing separately a headphone and a transmitter included in the headphone device of the present invention, FIG. 1B is an enlarged view of a main part thereof, and FIG. 2A shows the headphone unit. FIG. 2B is an enlarged view of the main part, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the transmitter, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the headphone device includes a wireless headphone 10 and a transmitter 20. As a communication medium, infrared rays may be used as in ordinary wireless headphones. The headphone 10 has a headband 11 having a substantially inverted U shape, and a pair of left and right headphone units 13L and 13R are supported on both ends of the headband 11 via hanger members 11a and 11a.

  In this example, spring-biased support vanes 12 and 12 for attaching the hanger members 11a and 11a to the head of the human body are attached to the portions of the hanger members 11a and 11a. 11b, 11b. If it is not necessary to distinguish between left and right, the headphone unit 13 is simply used (the same applies to each component included in the headphone unit).

  The headphone unit 13 includes a cylindrical housing 14 having an outer peripheral surface 141, a back surface 142, and an inner surface 143 (see FIG. 4). Although not shown, the housing 14 includes an electrostatic plate and a fixed pole. The electroacoustic transducer is housed. A central portion of the inner side surface 143 of the housing 14 is a sound emitting surface, and an ear pad 15 is attached to the inner side surface 143 side.

  Among the headphone units 13L and 13R, in this example, a secondary battery (not shown) used as a drive power source for the electroacoustic transducer and demodulator is provided in the housing 14L of the left headphone unit 13L. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the housing 14L includes a pair of charging terminals 16 and 16 drawn out from a charging circuit of a battery housing (not shown).

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the charging terminals 16 and 16 are arranged in a lower part (a part fitted in a receiving recess 21 on the transmitter 20 side described later) of the outer peripheral surface 141L of the housing 14L. Depending on the design, the charging terminals 16 and 16 may be provided in the lower part of the outer peripheral surface 141R of the housing 14R provided in the right headphone unit 13R.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the housing 14L is provided with a groove portion 17 that engages with a hook 24 on the transmitter 20 side, which will be described later. The groove portion 17 is disposed in a lower portion of the inner side surface 143L of the housing 14L, like the charging terminals 16 and 16.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the groove portion 17 is also disposed at a lower portion of the inner side surface 143R of the housing 14R of the right headphone unit 13R. That is, the groove portion 17 on the housing 14L side and the groove portion 17 on the housing 14R side are disposed opposite to each lower portion thereof. The groove portion 17 may be a recess (hole) such as a bowl or a sphere or a through hole.

  The transmitter 20 includes a support base 20a that supports the headphones 10, and a pair of receiving recesses 21L and 21R into which parts below the headphone units 13L and 13R are fitted are formed on the upper surface of the support base 20a. . In addition, when it is not necessary to distinguish right and left in particular, it is simply referred to as a receiving recess 21 (the same applies to each component included in the receiving recess). Although not shown, a transmitting unit and a charging unit are provided in the support base 20a.

  The transmission means may be a known one including a modulator and a transmission output unit, and the support base 20a is provided with an infrared transmission unit 27 driven by the transmission output unit as shown in FIG. The infrared rays radiated from the infrared transmitter 27 are received by the infrared receivers 11b and 11b of the headphone 10, demodulated by a demodulator (not shown), and the electroacoustic transducer is driven by the demodulated signal. The charging means may also be a known one.

  Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the receiving recess 21 has a first support surface 22 that comes into contact with a part below the outer peripheral surface 141 of the headphone unit 13 and a first part that comes into contact with a part below the back surface 142 of the headphone unit 13. 2 and formed in a mortar shape including a support surface.

  In this example, the receiving recesses 21L and 21R are arranged at intervals so as to receive the headphone units 13L and 13R that are closed by the headband 11 so as to be in contact with each other (the state shown in FIG. 1A). However, the headphone units 13L and 13R may be arranged apart from each other so as to be received in a slightly widened state.

  In this example, as described above, since the charging terminals 16 and 16 are provided on the outer peripheral surface 141L of the left headphone unit 13L, correspondingly, the first support surface 22 of the left receiving recess 21L Feeding terminals 24, 24 connected to the charging means are arranged so as to be in contact with the charging terminals 16, 16.

  Further, the first support surface 22L of the left receiving recess 21L and the first support surface 22R of the right receiving recess 21R are elastically engaged with the groove 17 formed in each of the headphone units 13L and 13R. A hook 25 is provided.

  The hook 25 may be integrally formed so as to rise in a rib shape with respect to the first support surface 22, but the amount of protrusion of the hook 25 into the receiving recess 21 is kept low, and the groove 25 of the headphone unit 13 is not affected. In order to obtain an appropriate click force (elastic force), as shown in FIG. 1 (b), an opening 26 is formed in the first support surface 22, and the hook 251 on the free end side of the hook 25 is formed in the opening 26. It is preferable to project from the first support surface 22 to the first support surface 22.

  In order to form the hook 25 integrally with the support base 20a, as shown in FIG. 4, the hook 25 is formed in a U shape, and the hook 25 is positioned so that the U-shaped portion is located inside the support base 20a. The base end portion 252 may be connected to one side of the opening portion 26, and the hook portion 251 on the free end side of the hook 25 may be protruded from the opening portion 26 onto the first support surface 22. According to this, the click force on the headphone unit 13 is determined by the length of the U-shaped portion.

  In order to charge the secondary battery when the headphone 10 is not used, as shown in FIG. 1A, the headphone 10 is placed on the support base 20a of the transmitter 20, and the headphone units 13L and 13R are received by the support base 20a. The recesses 21L and 21R are fitted.

  Thereby, the groove portions 17 and 17 of the headphone units 13L and 13R engage with the hooks 25 and 25 of the receiving recesses 21L and 21R, and the charging terminals 16 and 16 on the headphone unit 13L side and the power feeding terminals 24 and 24 of the receiving recess 21L. 24, and the secondary battery is charged by the charging means.

  At this time, since the back surfaces 142L and 142R of the headphone units 13L and 13R are pressed by the second support surfaces 23L and 23R of the receiving recesses 21L and 21R, the movement of the groove portion 17 coming off from the hook 25 can be sealed. The engagement between the groove 17 and the hook 25 can be made more reliable. When the headphone 10 is used, the headphone 10 may be lifted from the support base 20a to disengage the groove portion 17 from the hook 25.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the headphone units 13L and 13R can be received by the receiving recess 21L of the support base 20a only by placing the headphone 10 on the support base 20a of the transmitter 20 without performing positioning. , 21R can be reliably captured and the secondary battery of the headphones 10 can be charged in a stable state.

(A) The perspective view which isolate | separates and shows the headphones and transmitter which are contained in the headphone apparatus of this invention, (b) The principal part enlarged view. (A) The perspective view which shows the said headphone unit, (b) The principal part enlarged view. The top view which shows the said transmitter. The principal part expanded sectional view of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Headphone 11 Headband 11a Infrared light-receiving part 13 (13L, 13R) Headphone unit 14 Housing 141 (141L, 141R) Outer peripheral surface 142 (142L, 142R) Back surface 143 (143L, 143R) Inner side surface 15 Ear pad 16 Charging terminal 17 Groove part 20 Transmitter 20a Support base 21 (21L, 21R) Receiving recess 22 (22L, 22R) First support surface 23 (23L, 23R) Second support surface 24 Feed terminal 25 Hook 251 Hook 252 Base end 26 Opening 27 Infrared Transmitter

Claims (5)

A pair of left and right headphone units is supported at both ends of the headband, wireless headphones including a receiving means, a secondary battery as a power source and a charging terminal for the secondary battery at a predetermined site, a transmitting means, a charging means, and the above A headphone device including a transmitter including a power feeding terminal that contacts a charging terminal and supplies a charging current output from the charging unit to the secondary battery;
The transmitter has a support base in which a pair of receiving recesses into which a part of each of the headphone units is fitted is formed on an upper surface, and the power feeding terminal and a part of the headphone unit are elastically provided in the receiving recess. And a hook that engages the
The charging terminal is disposed so as to be able to contact the power feeding terminal, and a groove portion that engages with the hook is formed in a part of the headphone unit that is fitted in the receiving recess. Headphone device.   A first support surface that contacts a part of the outer peripheral surface of the headphone unit and a second support surface that contacts a part of the back surface of the headphone unit are formed in the receiving recess. Item 2. The headphone device according to Item 1.   The headphone device according to claim 2, wherein the hook is disposed on the first support surface.   The headphone device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the hook is formed integrally with the support base. An opening is formed in the first support surface, the hook is U-shaped, its base end is connected to one side of the opening, and a free end side flange extends from the opening to the first support surface. The headphone device according to claim 4, wherein the headphone device protrudes upward.

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