Patent ID: 6603863
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A headphone apparatus, comprising:a U-shaped band having opposed opposite ends; a pair of sound generating units, each of said sound generating units including an acoustic transducer and being supported at a respective one of said opposite ends of said band so as to be placed adjacent to a left ear and a right ear of a user, respectively; and a vibration generating unit including a vibrator, said vibration generating unit being supported at an intermediate portion of said band so as to be placed on a back of a neck of the user; and wherein said pair of sound generating units and said vibration generating unit are arranged such that, in response to an electric audio signal, each of said acoustic transducers generate acoustic sound while said vibrator simultaneously generates vibrations, said band being operable to transmit the vibrations to each of said opposed opposite ends so that the vibrations are transmitted to a user at least at the back of the neck, at the left ear, and at the right ear.