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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8059851 | Hearing protection and/or loudspeaker element A hearing protection and/or loudspeaker element (1) is provided which includes a carrier part (2) arranged on a protective helmet (5) and a module (4) which can be actively connected to an outer ear of the wearer to act as a hearing prote... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055006 | Soft-opening hinge and headphone including same A foldable headphone set in which the earphones of the headphone set may rotate between a folded (or closed) position and an unfolded (or open) position due to a torsion- or spring-loaded hinge associated with each earphone. The headphone set may be held in the fold... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050444 | Adjustable mechanism for improving headset comfort A headphone, headset, or ear protector incorporating adjustable clamping pressure and providing configurable distribution of headband pressure. In one embodiment, the headphones, headsets, or ear protectors include a headband or neckband and at least one earcup coup... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8019111 | Interchangeable headphone earhook support An improved headphone support assembly comprises a hook-shaped member for positioning over the ear of a user. The assembly comprises a clip or series of clips for releasably retaining a headphone wire, and disposes the wire at one terminal end of the hook-shaped mem... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7697709 | Sound direction/stereo 3D adjustable earphone A sound direction/stereo effect 3D adjustable earphone in one aspect contains an adjustable headband clip to hold the left and right earphone parts. An adjustable holder is at the left and right ends of the earphone and at the topside of an ear cup. The ear cup cont... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7406180 | Headphone with behind-the-head headband There is provided a headphone with a behind-the-head headband comprising at least one transducer and a behind-the-head headband for receiving the transducer. The behind-the-head headband further comprises first and second contact locations for resting against a temp... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7356156 | Wireless headset with rotatable speaker housing In a headset (100, 200) for receiving infrared or radio signals and transforming them into an audio transmission in the audible range, the headset essentially comprises a base housing (101), one continuous or two individually guided supporting bands ( | 04/08/2008 |
| 7245737 | Behind-the-head mounted personal audio set A reversible behind-the-head mounted personal audio set that may be worn on either a wearer's left or right ear is disclosed. The behind-the-head headband occupies a substantially horizontal plane and a headset-mounting portion is pivotally secured to the headband a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222373 | Ear warmer having a membrane forming a receptacle An ear warmer includes a cover and a membrane coupled to the cover. The membrane is disposable in a deployed configuration and in a retracted configuration. When the membrane is disposed in its deployed configuration, the membrane and the cover form a receptacle tha... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7181037 | Headset with adjustable microphone boom A headset with an adjustable microphone boom which can be adjusted to and from a position near the mouth of a user and is mounted in a housing by a friction part being coupled to a flexible friction coupling which is configured in a plate in that co-operating plates... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171698 | Earmuff having anatomically correct ear cups An earmuff having anatomically correct ear cups, which are axially rotatable to ensure a proper fit over a person's ears and laterally rotatable when the earmuff is disposed in a storage position around the person's neck. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172052 | Headphone A headphone has a headband and two earpieces each connected to the headband so as to be pivotable about at least two pivot axes. The two pivot axes intersect one another at a point of intersection that is positioned on or near a central axis of the earpiece, respect... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7123737 | Ear clasp headset An ear clasp headset includes a speaker capsule for transmitting sound to a user's ear, wherein the speaker capsule is capable of contacting an inner recess of the user's ear, a headset body operably coupled to the speaker capsule, wherein the headset body is capabl... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097300 | Sports binocular assembly A binocular assembly that includes a hands free support mechanism for supporting a lens element like a pair of binoculars in front of the user's eyes without using any use of the user's hands. The hands-free support mechanism can include an adjustable head securing ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082393 | Head-worn, trimodal device to increase transcription accuracy in a voice recognition system and to process unvocalized speech A voice recognition device and method allows position-stabilized capture of spoken sounds with great repeatability and accuracy. The voice recognition device may additionally provide two channels of lip movement information to supplement the usual audible speech com... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7072483 | Headphone A headphone has a headband and two earpieces each connected to the headband so as to be pivotable relative thereto. When assuming a Cartesian coordinate system having a Z plane that is a symmetry plane of the headphone, having a Y plane that is positioned perpendicu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6993143 | Foldable headphones A system and method for a collapsible headphone unit is provided. Generally, the system contains a first extendable sidepiece and a second extendable sidepiece, both rotatably attached to a top member. The first extendable sidepiece is attached to a first earpiece, ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6970572 | Headphone device A headphone device having a headband assembly worn on the head and a headphone main body attached to one end of the headband assembly. The headphone device is provided with an ear device that prevents slipping when worn and stabilizes wearability. The headphone main... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6937740 | Monopole low frequency test woofer A monopole low frequency test woofer (10) has a rigid mounting plate (12) with an acoustical opening (14), a monopole driver (16) with a high mass cone and low resonance mounted on the mounting plate with the basket (13) of the dri... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6914997 | Flexible earhook A flexible earhook for positioning an earphone adjacent a wearer's ear, the earhook including a mounting element capable of being provided with the earphone. The mounting element may be substantially annular. The earhook further includes a hook element comprising a ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912291 | Structure of a receptacle for earphone wire An improved structure of a receptacle for earphone wire is disclosed. The present receptacle for an earphone wire is characterized in that the front shell contains a switching button, an interconnection rod urged against the switching button and a swinging rod which... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6826288 | Support for earphone unit for a scuba diver mask A support for earphone unit for a scuba diver mask (18) comprises a U-shaped base (20) with a rod (21) extending from it, associable to an earphone unit (12), to be arranged close to the scuba diver's ear, wherein the U-shaped base (20... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6819772 | Personal audio-set with pivoting ear clip mount A personal audio set, such as a headphone, earphone, or headset, that includes a pivoting clip-type mounting portion is disclosed. A pair of arms are pivotally secured to the mounting portion to define a substantially c-shape for engaging the ear-base of a wearer's ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6804364 | Headset This invention relates to a new type of headset solution. The headset according to the invention has a spring loaded hinge placed in front of the ear, which guarantees a stable pressure for any ear size. The headset according to the invention can be used, for exampl... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6772853 | Clip-on earphone device An earphone device having a clip-on member coupled to a connecting base via a resilient repositioning mechanism, wherein a chute is disposed at the bottom of the connecting base; a connecting member having a sliding element coupled to the chute such that the sliding... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6763119 | Neckphone The present invention relates to a neckphone which is a simple neck-wearing type and allows a person to hear a sound outputted from a sound media as a 3D stereophonic sound provided by a rear sound in addition to a front sound. In order to achieve the above o... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6754361 | Ergonomic headset assembly An ergonomic headset assembly having increased comfort and convenience of use is provided. In accordance with one embodiment a headset assembly is provided which includes a first headpiece pivotally coupled to a second flexible headpiece. The headset assembly furthe... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6744901 | Headphone In a neckband type headphone device there is provided a band onto which speaker units are connected at both ends thereof. These speaker units are worn on the left and right ears. The band has a shape wherein the area close to the connecting part between both speaker... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6735306 | Infrared helmet An infrared head set which is made as a chin bow receiver which is designed to pick up infrared signals and convert them into an audio transmission in the auditory range. This infrared head set includes a base housing (20a-c) and two bow ends (27 | 05/11/2004 |
| 6728387 | Under-the-ear mounting headset A headset includes: a body; an upper wing extended from the body; a lower wing extended from the body; a speaker capsule coupled to the upper wing so that the speaker capsule can be positioned near an ear; and an ear bud coupled to the upper wing so as to be positio... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6724906 | Adjustable headphone An adjustable headphone comprising a pair of self-adjusting earpieces interconnected by a headpiece that includes a stiff resilient headband assembly and a soft flexible headstrap resting against a wearer's head. The headstrap is anchored at least at one end to a co... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6721433 | Acoustic apparatus wearable on the head To both ends of a frame constituting a lateral pressure structure of headphones, support sections functioning as fine adjustment members for performing fine adjustments to the lateral pressure structure are attached. Paddings are provided on one of the ends of the s... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6711273 | Chin loop headset A chin loop headset comprising two acoustic transducers, and two side pieces, to the upper ends of which are fixed respective ones of the transducers and the upper ends of which can be moved elastically away from each other and which are connected together at their ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6622029 | One-hand adjustable headband headset A headset capable of being donned with one hand comprises a headband with a variety of possible hinges disposed between the edges of the headband. In response to flexing the hinge by bringing the edges of the headband towards each other, the headband open... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6595316 | Tension-adjustable mechanism for stethoscope earpieces A tension-adjusting mechanism for the elongated earpieces of a stethoscope comprises a neckpiece and, for each earpiece, a pivot mechanism portion between the proximal end of the earpiece and the neckpiece, a spring mechanism portion between the proximal ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6580800 | Acoustic transducer In an acoustic transducer of the present invention, a connecting part connects a housing and a support of the housing, such that a user's auricle is pinched between the housing and the support cooperatingly. Two hooks shaped into a circular arc embracing ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6499146 | Ear protection device An apparatus comprising a first curved band portion and a second curved band portion. The first curved band portion has a first end, a second end, an inner curved side and an outer curved side. The first curved band portion defines a passageway between th... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6483925 | Headphone having several speakers A headphone. The headphone includes at least three speakers. Two of the speakers are held to the ears and the other speaker is in contact with parts of the head other than the ears so that sound from speakers is audible by the ears. A signal line having a... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6434250 | Stereo headset with angled speakers Stereo apparatus having angled speakers so as to direct sound at a desired angle relative to the ears of the listener. The disclosed arrangements enhance the stereo sound effect and provide accurate stereo imaging, as well as sound stage expansion, throug... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6295366 | Aircraft headset An aircraft headset includes a headset band, including a head element and a pair of ear cup supports slidably received in the head element, ear cups pivotally attached at one end of each ear cup support; and a microphone boom pivotally attached to one of ... | 09/25/2001 |
