WO2014162407A1 - Écouteur - Google Patents

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WO2014162407A1
WO2014162407A1 PCT/JP2013/059865 JP2013059865W WO2014162407A1 WO 2014162407 A1 WO2014162407 A1 WO 2014162407A1 JP 2013059865 W JP2013059865 W JP 2013059865W WO 2014162407 A1 WO2014162407 A1 WO 2014162407A1
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earphone
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広行 菖蒲
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パイオニア株式会社
東北パイオニア株式会社
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/105—Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1016—Earpieces of the intra-aural type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R31/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of transducers or diaphragms therefor
    • H04R31/006—Interconnection of transducer parts

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  • the present invention relates to an earphone.
  • the earphone cord to be worn on the ear is in a state where it naturally hangs downward (hereinafter referred to as the “hanging state”), and a state in which it is turned behind the ear and hung on the ear (hereinafter referred to as an “earing state”).
  • Patent Document 1 proposes an earphone that can be used by switching between the above.
  • the earphone of Patent Document 1 includes a front housing and a rear housing.
  • the front housing is provided with a driver unit inside, and an ear pad is provided on the front outer peripheral portion.
  • a bushing is provided in a rear housing connected to the front housing, and a cord is led out from a cord lead-out portion at a lower end portion of the bushing.
  • the bushing is configured to be rotatable.
  • the earphone of Patent Document 1 does not have a structure for holding the housing (front housing and rear housing) on the concha of the ear, it can be easily removed from the ear even if the earphone is worn either in a hanging state or in an ear-hooked state.
  • the lead cord is installed in a portion far from the ear hole, the earphone can be easily removed from the ear regardless of whether the lead cord is attached in the hanging state or the ear-hanging state.
  • An object of this invention is to provide the earphone which can select a drooping state and an ear-hanging state, and can be reliably mounted
  • the invention according to claim 1 is an earphone comprising a housing for mounting a cable through which an electric signal passes, and a holding member for holding the housing on the concha, and the housing is attached to the holding member. On the other hand, it can be held at a plurality of angles around one axis.
  • the earphone includes a housing for mounting a cable through which an electric signal passes, and a holding member for holding the housing on the concha, and the housing is located with respect to the holding member. It can be held at a plurality of angles around one axis.
  • the above earphone includes a housing and a holding member.
  • a cable through which an electrical signal passes is attached to the housing.
  • the holding member holds the housing on the concha of the ear.
  • the angle of the housing with respect to the holding member that is, the angle at which the cable is pulled out can be set to a plurality of angles. Therefore, the above-described earphone can be used in either the ear-hanging state or the hanging state by rotating the housing and the holding member relatively.
  • the housing can be attached to and detached from the holding member at a plurality of angles around one axis.
  • the relative angle between the housing and the holding member can be changed by separating the housing and the holding member and then changing the relative angle.
  • the housing can rotate within a predetermined angle around one axis with respect to the holding member.
  • the relative angle between the housing and the holding member can be changed by rotating one with respect to the other while the housing and the holding member remain coupled.
  • earphone has at least two click mechanisms within the rotatable angle of the housing.
  • the earphone has a click mechanism at each end of the rotatable angle of the housing.
  • a click mechanism within the rotatable angle of the housing, a plurality of rotational positions can be notified to the user of the earphone.
  • the housing has a drawing portion provided in a direction substantially perpendicular to the shaft, and the cable is drawn from the drawing portion.
  • the cable can be detachable from the housing.
  • the lead-out portion can rotate around the axis from the vicinity of the earlobe to the vicinity of the ear ring leg.
  • the earphone can be used in both the hanging state and the ear-hanging state.
  • the housing includes a tubular sound guide for guiding sound to the ear canal.
  • the sound generated in the housing is sent to the ear of the user of the earphone.
  • FIG. 1 shows a state where the earphone 1 according to the embodiment is worn on the left ear.
  • FIG. 1A shows a case where the earphone 1 is in an ear-hook state
  • FIG. 1B shows a case where the earphone 1 is in a suspended state.
  • the earphone 1 is attached to an ear indicated by a broken line.
  • a cable 5 is attached to the earphone 1.
  • the cable 5 In the ear-hanging state shown in FIG. 1 (A), the cable 5 is drawn obliquely upward, and is then routed behind the ear.
  • the hanging state shown in FIG. 1 (B) the cable 5 naturally hangs downward from the ear.
  • 1A indicates the direction of the cable 5 in the hanging state shown in FIG. 1B
  • the broken line 8b in FIG. 1B indicates the cable 5 in the hooked state shown in FIG. Indicates the direction.
  • the earphone 1 is configured by connecting a housing 10 and a holding member 20 so as to be relatively rotatable.
  • the housing 10 is connected to an ear pad 15 to be inserted into the ear hole.
  • the holding member 20 is a member for securely holding the earphone 1 in the ear.
  • the housing 10 is rotatable with respect to the holding member 20. More specifically, the housing 10 can be rotated with respect to the holding member 20 as indicated by an arrow 7, with one axis X extending in the direction in which the ear pad 15, the housing 10, and the holding member 20 are arranged as a rotation axis.
  • the earphone 1 can be used by switching between an ear-hanging state shown in FIG. 1 (A) and a hanging state shown in FIG. 1 (B).
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows the structure of the ear.
  • the portion indicated by reference numeral 60 is the concha
  • the portion indicated by reference numeral 61 is the auricle leg
  • the portion indicated by reference numeral 62 is the earlobe.
  • the holding member 20 is formed in a shape suitable for the standard concha of the ear, so that the earphone 1 is always stably held in the concha even when the earphone 1 is worn on the ear in either the ear-hanging state or the drooping state. Is done.
  • the cable 5 In the hooked state, the cable 5 is pulled out to a position near the ear ring leg 61, and in the hanging state, the cable 5 is pulled out to a position near the earlobe 62. Therefore, the housing 10 can rotate with respect to the holding member 20 in the range from the vicinity of the ear ring leg 61 to the vicinity of the earlobe 62.
  • FIG. 3 shows a state where the cable 5 is removed from the earphone 1.
  • the housing 10 is provided with a cable lead-out portion 17 for inserting the cable 5, and the cable 5 is detachable from the earphone 1.
  • the cushion member 26 is attached to the holding member 20.
  • the cushion member 26 serves as a cushioning material that enters between the holding member 20 and the concha when the earphone 1 is attached to the ear and the holding member 20 is held by the concha.
  • FIG. 4 shows the internal structure of the earphone 1.
  • the housing 10 includes a first housing 11 and a second housing 12.
  • a cable lead-out portion 17 is provided in the first housing 11.
  • the ear pad 15 is attached to the second housing.
  • a driver unit 13 is provided inside the second housing.
  • the second housing 12 is coupled to the first housing after the driver unit 13 is accommodated therein. Therefore, the first housing 11, the second housing 12, and the ear pad 15 are integrated.
  • the cable lead-out portion 17 serves as an input terminal, and an electric signal input through the cable 5 is supplied to the driver unit 13.
  • the driver unit 13 generates a sound corresponding to the electric signal supplied by the cable 5. This sound is sent to the ear canal through the sound guide 16. Thus, the user of the earphone can hear a sound corresponding to the electric signal input through the cable 5.
  • a ring 21 is provided inside the holding member 20.
  • an annular stopper 30 made of resin is provided on the ring 21.
  • the ring 21 and the stopper 30 are attached to the screw holes of the first housing 11 by screws 40.
  • the housing 20 is attached to the outer side of these members. Specifically, the housing 20 is connected to the ring 21.
  • the ring 21 is sandwiched and fixed between the housing 11 and the stopper 30.
  • the stopper 30 is a resin and holds the ring 21 in a rotatable state while applying an appropriate pressure to the ring 21. Since the ring 21 and the housing 20 are connected and integrated, the holding member 20 can rotate with respect to the housing 10 together with the ring 21. That is, the first housing 11, the second housing 12, and the ear pad 15 integrated portion and the holding member 20 and the ring 21 integrated portion are connected by the screw 40 in a relatively rotatable state.
  • FIG. 5A shows the first housing 11 and the ring 21.
  • An annular convex portion 11 a formed on the first housing 11 is inserted into the ring 21.
  • a protrusion 11 b is formed on the periphery of the convex portion 11 a of the first housing 11.
  • the protrusion 11b prevents a further rotation of the ring 21 by hitting a part of the ring 21.
  • the protrusions 11b are provided at positions corresponding to both ends of a range in which the housing 10 and the holding member 20 can relatively rotate, and the housing 10 and the holding member 20 are hooked to the hanging state of the earphone 1. Allow rotation between states.
  • the ring 21 has an annular convex portion 21a and an arc-shaped step portion 21b formed by cutting out a part of the annular convex portion 21a. Further, a pair of convex portions 21c are provided near both ends of the arc-shaped step portion 21b, and a concave portion 21d is formed between the convex portion 21c and the end surface of the annular convex portion 21a adjacent thereto. Yes.
  • FIG. 5 (B) shows the joint between the ring 21 and the stopper 30.
  • a convex portion 21c is formed on the arc-shaped step portion 21b of the ring 21, and a concave portion 21d is formed between the convex portion 21c and the end surface 21e of the convex portion 21a adjacent thereto.
  • the stopper 30 is fixed on the ring 21 with a screw 40.
  • a resin spring 31 is formed on a part of the circumference of the stopper 30.
  • the resin spring 31 moves on the step portion 21 b of the ring 21.
  • Convex portions 21c are provided at both ends of the stepped portion 21b.
  • the holding member 20 for holding the housing 10 on the concha is provided, and the holding member 20 is stable to the concha in both the hanging state and the ear-hanging state.
  • the earphone is securely attached to the ear.
  • the cable 5 is attached to the housing 10 between the ear hole and the holding member 20, the earphone can be reliably attached to the ear in both the hanging state and the ear-hanging state.
  • this earphone can obtain a click feeling near the end of the relative rotatable range of the housing 10 and the holding member 20, it is possible to grasp the rotational position of both. That is, when the user of the earphone switches between the hanging state and the ear-hanging state, the user can rotate one of the housing 10 and the holding member 20 relative to the other to obtain a click feeling. You can end the rotation with.
  • the housing and the holding member are connected so as to be relatively rotatable.
  • the housing and the holding member may be configured to be detachable.
  • An earphone 1x according to this embodiment is shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 6 (A) shows a case where the earphone 1x is in an ear-hook state.
  • the housing 10x and the holding member 20x are configured to be detachable. Specifically, four holes 19 are provided on the surface of the housing 10x facing the holding member 20x. Further, the holding member 20x is provided with a pair of claws 29 at the upper and lower positions thereof. The housing 10x and the holding member 20x are connected by inserting the pair of claws 29 of the holding member 20x into the two holes 19 of the housing 10x.
  • attachment / detachment structure using the holes 19 and the claws 29 shown in FIG. 6 is merely an example, and in the present invention, another structure that allows the housing 10x and the holding member 20x to be attached / detached may be employed.
  • the present invention can be used for earphones.

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La présente invention concerne un écouteur doté d'un boîtier et d'un élément de support. Un câble utilisé pour transmettre des signaux électroniques est monté sur le boîtier. L'élément de support maintient le boîtier dans la conque de l'oreille. Le boîtier peut être maintenu selon une pluralité d'angles autour d'un même axe par rapport à l'élément de support. Par conséquent, l'angle du boîtier par rapport à l'élément de support, ou en d'autres termes l'angle formé par le câble, peut être défini selon une pluralité d'angles.
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