Patent ID: 8233655
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. Headphones, comprising: a spring member formed in a U shape and set between ears with bridging over a top of a head so as to be in non-contact with the head; a headphone cabinet including a driver unit pushed against an ear by an urging force of the spring member; a head pad which is in contact with a predetermined part of the head and performs relative positioning of the headphone cabinet and the ear; and a link arm which is turnably supported at an end part of the spring member via a first axis of rotation and is arranged along a temporal region of the head near the ear, wherein the link arm includes the headphone cabinet is connected to a lower end of the link arm through the hanger, the head pad is turnably attached at an upper end of the link arm via a third axis of rotation, the first axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation, and the third axis of rotation are parallel to each other and substantially orthogonal to an extending direction of the spring member, and the urging force of the spring member is distributed to an urging force against the headphone cabinet and an urging force against the head pad through the link arm.