An arcuate central band piece has coupled thereto at both ends arcuate side band pieces of the same curvature of the central band piece by coupling means, forming a substantially circular headphone band as a whole. Each of the coupling means is arranged so that the side band pieces can be turned about axes lying in the plane formed by the band pieces, by which the headphone band can be folded in thirds. A receiver is attached to each of the side band pieces.

A headphone having ear pieces joined by a head band with an electrical cable interconnecting the ear pieces, including a first plurality of outward opening grooves in the head band and a second plurality of inward opening grooves in the head band, with the first and second grooves alternately positioned along the head band defining a path for the electrical cable between the ear pieces. Preferably the grooves are formed integrally with the head band, with the portions of the head band forming th...

A headphone including a band for extending round the back of the neck of a user and having opposite ends, each of which is connected to the band by a swivel connection having a swivel axis. At least one speaker is connected to one end of the band by a hinge connection having a hinge axis extending substantially transversely of the swivel axes. The headphone includes a pair of hanger means provided at respective ends of the band for engaging respective ears of the user to support the overall head...

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.

A headphone capable of preventing foreign substances, dust and the like from entering a housing and of enhancing acoustic characteristics in which a hanger of a headband in a housing having a speaker unit is of a storage type and the housing can be swung in a driving direction or a twist direction with respect to the headband, includes an opening provided between the housing and the headband that is blocked by a shielding plate formed on one side of the hanger and a protruded portion formed on t...

First ends of first and second band pieces with a shape of a circular arc are rotatably connected with each other such that the angle formed therebetween is prevented from exceeding a predetermined angle. End pieces are slidably mounted respectively on the other ends of the first and second band pieces along the direction of extension thereof and receivers of the headphone are mounted on the respective ends of the end pieces.

A stereo headphone having left and right headphone units which are connected to a binaural input plug that has left and right input cords respectively connected between the left and right headphone units and wherein the right and left input cords are connected together in parallel between the binaural input plug and a predetermined intermediate point and with a muting switching device mounted at the intermediate point so as to allow muting of both headphone units under selected conditions.

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 ra...

A headphone set held over the ears by a band worn on the head of a user comprises a sound box surrounding each ear and mounting in its front, an electro-acoustic transducer. This electro-acoustic transducer has its axis inclined by a small angle from the vertical to a line connecting each ear.

A headphone in which a housing containing a drive unit is provided with a window hole formed therein and the window hole is covered with a diaphragm providing acoustic transmissibility therethrough.