Patent ID: 8265325
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An earphone device for a portable terminal, the earphone device comprising: a body connected to the terminal; an earphone having a pair of ear speakers, a connection plug, and a cable joining the ear speakers to the connection plug; a fixed member fixedly positioned on the cable; and a coupling member adapted to slide on the cable while surrounding overlapping portions of the cable, the cable being bent at the fixed member, wherein the coupling member is capable of coupling or uncoupling with the body, wherein when the coupling member couples with the body, the cable between the coupling member and the fixed member is used as a strap of the terminal when the ear speakers are mounted on the body, and wherein the body has a coupling recess formed by an indentation in a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the body in a shape corresponding to a shape of the coupling member, and the coupling member is selectively inserted into and fixed to the coupling recess.