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Document Number
US Patent 4668842
Issued Date
May 26, 1987
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A headphone having a speaker unit having a diaphragm and a supporting member for supporting the speaker unit so as to face forwardly of a user's head with projection of an edge portion thereof into the cavum concha whereby the speaker diaphgram faces to the entrance of a user's auditory canal with the sound radiating direction thereof.
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Owner
Sony Corporation (Tokyo,JP)
Published
May 26, 1987
Application Number
06/615,543
Filed
May 31, 1984
US Classification
381/380   381/370 381/371
Int'l Classification
H04R   1/22   (20060101)   H04R   1/10   (20060101)  
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Priority Data
May 31, 1983 [JP] 58-96061
USPTO Field of Search
179/156R   179/156A   179/182R   179/182A   181/129  
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