Patent ID: 8098874
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H04M,H04R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hanging type earphone with a hinge unit, comprising: an earphone body having a housing with a connecting base, the connecting base having two opposite pivotal portions apart from each other, a receiving space being formed between the two pivotal portions, each pivotal portion having a pivotal hole, a corresponding place of the bottom surface of the housing forming an opening for exposing the pivotal portions and the receiving space; a hang member; and a hinge unit including: a positioning base placed in the opening of the earphone body, an axis cover having two side walls and a top wall and placed on the positioning base to form a pivotal space therebetween, an upper portion of the axis cover being received in the receiving space and corresponding with the pivotal holes; and a pivotal axis having a fixing portion connecting to one end of the hang member and a mating portion whose cross-section being a polygon, the mating portion including mating surfaces and smooth connecting surfaces for connecting the two adjacent mating surfaces, a first supporting portion defined at one end of the mating portion, a second supporting portion extending from the other end of the mating portion, wherein the mating portion is rotatably received in the pivotal space and presses against the side walls of the axis cover, the first and second supporting portions are rotatably received in the two pivotal holes of the earphone body respectively.