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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110081034 | EARPHONE DEVICE WITH BASS ADJUSTING FUNCTION An earphone device with a bass adjusting function is provided. The earphone device includes an accommodating portion and an extension segment. The accommodating portion has an inner chamber for accommodating a speaker. The extension segment which is hollow-shaped and ha... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20100061582 | EARPHONE DEVICE, SOUND TUBE FORMING A PART OF EARPHONE DEVICE AND SOUND GENERATING APPARATUS An insert earphone device includes an electro-acoustic device, an inserting body, a sound tube connected between the electro-acoustic device and the inserting body and an active valve unit provided on the sound tube, the sound tube is formed with a sound propagation pat... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090232342 | EARBUD ADAPTER WITH INCREASED FLEXIBILITY REGION An adapter configured to be detachably coupled to an earbud-type sound device or other sound device is disclosed. The adapter includes an adapter body having a top portion, a bottom portion which is configured to be detachably coupled to a sound device, and a projection... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090185706 | HEADPHONE There is provided a headphone including: a housing that accommodates a driver unit; a sound guiding tube that protrudes from the housing in a predetermined direction and guides a sound generated from the driver unit to an external auditory canal; and a hanger that rotat... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090154755 | Electroacoustic Transducer and Ear Speaker Device A reproduced sound of high quality is allowed to be listened to by a listener while natural sound image localization is provided. By providing a housing 4L having internal space mounted at a predetermined position of the head of the listener, a speaker unit 7<... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090010476 | EARPHONE ASSEMBLY WITH AUDIO RECEPTACLE An earphone assembly with an audio receptacle, comprises a connecting portion suitable for locating the earphone assembly upon the head of a user; two ear masks installed at two ends of the connecting portion; a seat being installed at one of the mask or at the connecti... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080013776 | Microphone positioning structure A microphone positioning structure is connected to an audio output device, and is composed of a sound tube, an end of which is connected with the audio output device; an earplug part which is located at a tail end of the aforementioned sound tube; an ear-hook part, an e... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070286446 | EARPHONE WITH A SOUND GUIDING TUBE An earphone with a sound guiding tube is provided. The sound guiding tube has an external chamber beside the ear. Compared with a conventional earphone which transmits sound directly into the ear, the earphone of the present invention has a external chamber which forms ... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070189569 | Insert earphone using a moving coil driver Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in an insert earphone assembly. The insert earphone assembly may comprise a housing and a transducer located in the housing. The transducer may be for converting electrical signals received into sound energy. The insert ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070189570 | Earphone device An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing. ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070154050 | Earphone having variable duct unit An open-air type earphone having a duct that communicates between an inside and an outside of the earphone and applies an inductance component to an acoustic signal generated by an electroacoustic transducer. The earphone includes the electroacoustic transducer to conve... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070121986 | Virtual multi-channel speaker unit Disclosed is a virtual multi-channel speaker unit, comprising a casing having a transmission portion through which sounds pass; a solenoid coil arranged in the casing and applied with acoustic signals; a magnetic body around which the solenoid coil is wound to form magn... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070003096 | Microphone and headphone assembly for the ear A microphone unit positioned in one ear and including a microphone, noise cancellation tube and ear tube, and a headphone unit positioned in the other ear, together with a neck attachment unit around the wearer's neck form an assembly for connecting to a communication d... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060188122 | Swivel elbow A system and method are disclosed for attaching acoustic tubing to an earpiece. An elbow can be configured to rotate such that the acoustic tubing can more readily be routed as desired, such as behind the ear. The elbow can have a first tube that attaches to the earpiec... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060098836 | Earphone for sound reproduction In an aspect of the invention, a sealed earphone is provided with a nozzle, the earphone configured to be positioned in a user's ear so that the nozzle extends toward the ear canal of the user. The earphone includes a driver mounted within a housing of the earphone, the... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060067555 | Interference-free transmitting receiving earset A interference-free transmitting receiving earset includes a housing houses a speaker, a grille covering the speaker and having a front center tube, and two microphones mounted in the center tube of the grille in reversed directions to pick up sound waves from the user'... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20050207607 | MULTIPLE CHANNEL EARPHONE A multiple channel earphone is provided with an external tube disposed on the earphone main body. The earphone includes a case, a case extension unit, and a cover. A main sound field is formed in an interior chamber enclosed by the case, the case extension unit and the ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050147269 | Earbud adapter Adapters for use with sound devices and methods for making and using the same. In some embodiments, an example adapter may include an adapter body having a first side, a port or projection extending from the first side, and a second side. The second side is generally co... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050135650 | Earplug training device and earplug dispensing mechanism having the same An earplug training device is provided, including a thin sheet portion having a front surface and an opposing rear surface, and a substantially circular hole formed in the thin sheet portion, said hole traversing through the sheet portion from the front surface to the r... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050123163 | User disposable sleeve for use within the ear canal User disposable sleeves for use with sound controlling structures having a non-constant radial profile can include an inner portion adapted to releasably attach to the sound controlling structure and an outer portion adapted to fit within a user's ear canal. The user di... | 06/09/2005 |
