Patent Application
20090285433
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a headphone, and more particularly, to a headphone that has stable air exhaust and outputs high quality audio.
2. Description of Related Art
Headphones generally have speakers inside. The speakers generate sound waves by vibrating membranes therein. Various structures of headphones have been designed to make the audio coming out of the headphones smoother and of higher quality. For example, it is a common practice to form air holes on headphones.
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However, because the holes 95 are formed on the back cover 94, a desired aesthetic design of the back cover 94 may not be achievable. In addition, to get a smooth and quality sound, the quantity of the holes 95 has to reach a certain number. Otherwise, the air exhaust will be affected and the sound quality will be degraded. With limited area of the back cover 94, it is a challenge to maintain the quality of the sound while controlling the manufacturing cost.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a headphone that has stable air exhaust and outputs high quality audio.
To achieve the attainment of these and related objects, an embodiment of the present invention provides a headphone including a hanger and two speaker units respectively disposed at the two ends of the hanger. Each speaker unit includes a first shell; a second shell engaged with the first shell, a first air passage being formed between the first shell and the second shell, a second air passage being formed on the second shell, the second air passage having an opening direction different from an opening direction of the first air passage; a cover engaged with the second shell and having a plurality of holes on the cover; and a speaker disposed between the first shell and the second shell. When the speaker outputs sound, airflows generated by the speaker are exhausted through the first air passage, the second air passage and the holes so that the amount of air exhaust is stable and the output audio is of high quality.
These and other features and advantages of the various embodiments disclosed herein will be better understood with respect to the following description and drawings, in which like numbers refer to like parts throughout, and in which:
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The frame body 10 is disposed covering an outer edge of the first shell 20, and, in this embodiment, one-piece manufactured.
The first shell 20 is configured for being engaged with the second shell 60. The sponge 30, the speaker 40 and the non-woven fabric 50 are sequentially disposed between the first shell 20 and the second shell 60. Two mounting portions 21 and 61 are respectively disposed at an end of the first shell 20 and an end of the second shell 60 and configured for mounting to the hanger 2, as shown in
The second shell 60 has a through hole 62 in a center thereof. The cover 70 is fixed to the second shell 60 through the through hole 62 by a screw. It is understood that the cover 70 can be fixed to the second shell 60 by other widely used means.
An accommodation 71 is formed in a center of the cover 70 for accommodating the speaker 40 and the non-woven fabric 50. A plurality of through holes 72 are formed on the accommodation 71. The speaker 40 is configured for outputting sound through the non-woven fabric 50 and the through holes 72.
The earlap 80 is made of soft materials so that it can cover an outer edge of the cover 70 and be configured for contacting the user's ears.
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Multiple second air passages 1b are formed in a ring shape on the bottom of the second shell 60 so that the airflows produced by the speaker 40 when the speaker 40 is outputting sound can be exhausted through the second air passages 1b. In this embodiment, the opening direction of the second air passages 1b is perpendicular to the opening direction of the first air passage 1a. In addition, multiple third air passages 1c are formed in a ring shape on an inner side of the second air passages 1b on the second shell 60. In this embodiment, the opening direction of the second air passages 1b is parallel with the opening direction of the third air passages 1c. Furthermore, multiple fourth air passages 1d are formed in a ring shape on an outer side of the through holes 72 on the cover 70 and in connection with the third air passages 1c so that the airflows produced by the speaker 40 when the speaker 40 is outputting sound can be exhausted through the fourth air passages 1d.
The accommodation 71 of the cover 70 has a first retaining part 73 and a second retaining part 74. The first retaining part 73 has a larger radius than that of the second retaining part 74. The first retaining part 73 is configured for accommodating the speaker 40. The second retaining part 74 is configured for installing the non-woven fabric 50 to keep dirt and dust from entering the accommodation 71.
In this embodiment, the third air passages 1c, the second air passages 1b and the first air passage 1a are sequentially disposed from the inside to the outside of the speaker unit 3.
The earlap 80 is engaged with the cover 70 in a way that a portion of the earlap 80 is protruding from an outer side of the second shell 60 so that the speaker unit 3 can comfortably fit the user's ears. In addition, the earlap 80 is installed between the second air passage 1b, the third air passage 1c, the fourth air passage 1d, the through holes 72 and the outside of the headphone 1 so that the airflows produced by the speaker 40 when the speaker 40 is outputting sound can be exhausted through the earlap 80.
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In this embodiment, to achieve a sufficient amount of air exhaust without making the opening of the first air passage 1a excessively large, the second air passage 1b, the third air passage 1c and the fourth air passage 1d are configured to exhaust the airflows B and C as shown in
It is understood that the opening directions of the second air passage 1b, the third air passage 1c and the fourth air passage 1d can be different as what is described above, and can be determined according to the user's needs as long as they are different from the opening direction of the first air passage 1a.
In the above embodiment, instead of forming exhaust holes and grooves on the first shell, an air passage is formed between the first shell and the second shell so that the aesthetic design of the headphone is no longer limited. The original texture of the first shell can be kept intact and the manufacturing process is relatively simple. In addition, with the combination of the first, second, third and fourth air passages, the amount of air exhaust is optimized and the frequency response of the speaker unit is improved so that the quality of the output sound is relatively higher.
The above description is given by way of example, and not limitation. Given the above disclosure, one skilled in the art could devise variations that are within the scope and spirit of the invention disclosed herein, including configurations ways of the recessed portions and materials and/or designs of the attaching structures. Further, the various features of the embodiments disclosed herein can be used alone, or in varying combinations with each other and are not intended to be limited to the specific combination described herein. Thus, the scope of the claims is not to be limited by the illustrated embodiments.
