A headphone includes a pair of housing members into which speaker units and diaphragms are accommodated, protector members having sound radiating portions on which a plurality of sound radiating apertures are bored and respectively provided on the pair of housing members at their sound radiation sides from which sound is radiated by a vibration of the diaphragms, and supporting members for supporting the housing members within a cavum concha of an auricle of a listener's ear so that the sound radiating portion is opposed to the entrance of an external auditory meatus in the auricle of the listener's ear, wherein the housing member has a concave portion that is engaged with one portion of the auricle of the listener's ear when the housing member is fitted into the auricle of the listener's ear.
A combination is provided which includes one or more headphones, a pair of eyeglasses, and a device which connects the eyeglasses and the one or more headphones. The combination may be provided as a self contained unit, which may also include a coiling device for an attached sound transmission coil. Alternatively, the headphones may be used in combination with other eyeglasses. A method is also provided for using the combination.
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, through the proper placement and orientation of speaker units relative to the ears of a listener. The speaker units may be positioned at optimum angles of incidence and distances relative to the ears of a listener. Adjustable positioning means are provided to enable control over the horizontal spatial dimension of the stereo sound. The speaker units may be fixed at a preset orientation, or pivotally mounted for positional adjustment by the listener. Speaker units and releasable mounts may be provided for attachment to eyeglass-style temple pieces for added convenience and comfort. A number of mounting arrangements for simplifying selection of the desired earphone angle are disclosed.
In order to obtain an ear-hook headphone that is light and comfortable to wear, a supporting portion that supports a housing portion is provided in the vicinity of one end of an approximately U-shaped bend of an arm-shaped guide portion; a pushing portion that resiliently pushes from behind the auricle of a user toward the housing portion is provided in the vicinity of the other end; and a sound-outputting surface of the housing portion is disposed on the face side of the listener wearing the headphone to be approximately perpendicular to the surface formed by the bend of the arm-shaped guide portion. According to this construction, the housing portion can be easily accommodated in the earhole of the user's ear with the guide portion being slipped along the base of the user's ear, and the headphone can be reliably worn with the pushing portion resiliently pushing from behind his/her auricle.
