820 results about "Earmuffs" patented technology

A weather resistant sound attenuating communications headset of modular construction includes two ear cup modules, a microphone boom module, a head band module, a headband cable module, and a termination cable module. The modular construction allows easy replacement of modules as well as selected components of the modules under field conditions without the need for tools. Replaceable water resistant thin film membranes are employed to provide weather protection as well as hygienic protection for the microphone, speaker and amplification electronics. The thin film membranes which cover areas which come into intimate contact with the wearer are easily replaceable under field conditions. Thus a headset that is shared by more than one user can be hygienically cleansed by simple replacement of the microphone and ear cup membranes.

A set of adjustable and convertible headphones includes a headband, an adjustment member, and an earpiece. The adjustment member is connected to the headband by a hinge; earpiece has a channel receiving the adjustment member and is slidably connected to the adjustment member. Rotation of the adjustment member with respect to the headband is spring-loaded in only one direction. The adjustment member and the earpiece in combination include a detent mechanism for resisting sliding movement of the earpiece with respect to the adjustment member. The adjustment member may be completely removed from the channel, thereby disconnecting the earpiece from the headband. The earpiece may then be replaced by another ear covering (e.g., an earmuff, an ear protector, etc.) as desired. The replacement ear covering may include an audio speaker, for example an audio / earmuff combination earpiece.

A single chamber headphone apparatus and earcup design is provided which enhances wearer comfort, reduces headphone weight, facilitates ease of use, maintenance and operation by providing an improved internal chamber and battery cap configuration. Sound quality is improved by eliminating acoustic problems associated with two-chamber headset designs. A volume balance control is also provided.

An audio system includes an earplug with a speaker to deliver sound to the ear, and / or a microphone which captures sound in the ear canal, and an earmuff is worn over the earplug. The earplug receives sound signals from the earmuff (and / or transmits captured sound signals to the earmuff) by translating such sound signals into light signals which are transmitted over a free space situated between the earmuff and earplug. The light signals are then received at the earplug and / or earmuff and converted to electrical signals which may be further transmitted (e.g., from the earmuff to some external communications device) or converted to sound (e.g., in the earplug by having the electrical signals drive an earplug speaker). If power is required by the earplug, the need for on-board power sources may be avoided by converting light transmitted from the earmuff into power at the earplug. Electrical shock and physical snag hazards are avoided, and the earmuff is easily put on and removed, owing to the lack of wires or other physical connections between the earplug and earmuff. Additionally, by avoiding wires or radio transmission between the earplug and earmuff, electromagnetic interference may be reduced.

A helmet includes a shell with an impact resistant exterior surface formed by an upper shell and a rear shell. The upper shell is shaped to protect a top portion of a wearer's head, the rear shell shaped to protect an occipital portion of the wearer's head. A headset assembly, attached to the shell, includes dual ear cups rotatable about an axis that is above the wearer's ears when the helmet is worn. The ear cups have at least the following positions: an extended position to cover the wearer's ears, and a retracted position substantially abutting both upper and rear shell to the rear of the wearer's ears. The ear cups are shaped so that they form a surface substantially flush with the exterior surface while the ear cups are in the retracted position.

There is provided headphones that include a pair of left and right earcups, an audio signal processing unit contained in the earcups, a headband connecting the left and right earcups respectively through a hanger, and a cord to supply a signal to the audio signal processing unit. In the headphones, a connection portion between the hanger and the headband is configured as an extension and contraction unit having a multistage structure including a small-diameter hollow member able to be taken in and out of a large-diameter hollow member, a part of the cord contained in the extension and contraction unit is spirally wound so as to be extended and contracted, nodes are placed respectively between the headband and the extension and contraction unit and between the hanger and the extension and contraction unit, and the respective nodes have a through-hole allowing penetration of the cord.

An earphone produces an intelligently-changing stereo sound effect. The earphone includes an ear cup, at least one speaker disposed in the ear cup, a processing unit disposed in or attached to the ear cup and connected to the speaker, and at least one sensor disposed in or attached to the ear cup and connected to the processing unit. The sensor is configured to sense a movement of the earphone or an environmental change of the earphone and to send the processing unit a signal representing the movement or the environmental change. The processing unit is programmed to process the signal and to generate a changed stereo signal for the speaker. The changed stereo signal is changed according to the movement or the environmental change. The speaker is configured to receive the changed stereo signal and to generate a changed stereo sound effect according to the changed stereo signal.

A transducer, a headphone and a method reduce noise and / or ambient sounds. The headphone has a microphone, a transducer and / or an electrical circuit for producing and / or for transmitting an anti-noise sound wave and / or a noise compensation signal inside an ear cup of the headphone. The anti-noise sound wave and / or the noise compensation signal cancels, dampens and / or reduces a sound wave of the noise and / or of the ambient sounds inside the ear cup. The transducer produces and / or transmits an audio signal which is received by an ear of a user. The microphone and the transducer are connected to, are attached to and / or are in communication with the electrical circuit within the headphone. The transducer has a double-sided diaphragm with concentric circular corrugations and / or foil spiral conductors on each side of the diaphragm. The microphone inside the ear cup is covered by and / or is connected to a sound absorbing material inside the ear cup of the headphone. An ear cushion having a inner side and an outer side is attached to and / or is connected to the ear cup for receiving an ear of a user. The inner side and the outer side of the ear cushion are made from an acoustically resistive material and an acoustically isolating material.

An anti-noise earmuff device includes an audio signal processor unit, a Bluetooth module, an audio mixer unit and an amplifier unit. The audio signal processor unit is arranged in the earmuffs for control audio signal output, protecting the user's eardrums against noise of high-decibel level. The Bluetooth module receives or communicates with a mobile communication device through an antenna, allowing the user to listen to the music and to communicate with people outside without needing taking off the earmuff device.

A set of adjustable and convertible headphones includes a headband, an adjustment member, and an earpiece. The adjustment member is connected to the headband by a hinge; earpiece has a channel receiving the adjustment member and is slidably connected to the adjustment member. Rotation of the adjustment member with respect to the headband is spring-loaded in only one direction. The adjustment member and the earpiece in combination include a detent mechanism for resisting sliding movement of the earpiece with respect to the adjustment member. The adjustment member may be completely removed from the channel, thereby disconnecting the earpiece from the headband. The earpiece may then be replaced by another ear covering (e.g., an earmuff, an ear protector, etc.) as desired. The replacement ear covering may include an audio speaker, for example an audio / earmuff combination earpiece.

A headset includes an ear-cup having speaker means operable to output sound in first and second modes, the speaker means being appropriate for use as headphones in the first mode and for use as a loudspeaker in the second mode, a volume in the second mode being generally greater than that of the first mode when in use, and at least one vent for selectively allowing air to pass from inside the ear-cup to outside the ear-cup, in use.

An audio communication apparatus for an MRI apparatus performs unidirectional or bidirectional audio communication between a subject in a gantry provided in an examination room and an operator in a control room. An acoustic transducer for transmission and / or reception provided on the subject side is formed by a bone conduction microphone and / or speaker. The bone conduction microphone / speaker transmits a sound to or from the subject by contacting the subject directly or via a protection member, without relying on air as a transmission medium. The apparatus carries out audio transmission without being affected by noise, even in a high-noise environment. The apparatus allows the use of earplugs or sound insulation earmuffs.

An earphone having an under hanger reduces movement of the earphone from vibrations that occur while a user is typically in motion. The earphone preferably includes: a housing for housing a speaker therein; a protector installed in a front surface of the housing and having a mesh for delivering a sound from the speaker; and an under hanger provided at a lower part of the housing to closely contact along a lower part of the rear side of an earflap of a user. The provision of an under hanger in a lower part of the earphone prevents from being easily separated from a user's ear. Further, by providing an under hanger made of a soft material, as the earphone closely contacts with the user's ear, a sound quality is improved and a wearing feeling of the earphone is improved.

An earmuff structure for headset or ear protector includes two earmuff shells and two integrally injection molded speaker mounting plates that are screwed to an inner side of the earmuff shells and each has a central hole for receiving a speaker therein. The speaker mounting plates are provided at a rear surface with wall portions of predetermined heights. The wall portions on one of the speaker mounting plates are formed from outer bottom surfaces of two battery compartments formed on a front surface of the speaker mounting plate at two sides of the central hole. With the speaker mounting plates, batteries and speakers may be quickly assembled to form the earmuffs or disassembled for replacement. The wall portions on each speaker mounting plate cooperates with a foam located behind the speaker to define a space functioning like a cabinet, creating clear and high quality stereo sounds output from the speakers.

An earmuff includes: a casing; a baffle board; and an ear pad including an engagement member, the engagement member being an outwardly extended part of a skin member of the ear pad. The ear pad is fixed at a front of the baffle board with the engagement member constrained to an outer surface of either of the baffle board and the casing or both by a ring-shaped elastic member, and the ear pad fixed and the baffle board define a front air chamber.

A protective headgear combination has a helmet and at least one ear defender secured on the helmet rotational position of the at least one ear defender relative to the helmet is adjustable about a first axis of rotation, wherein the first axis of rotation is positioned relative to the vertical at an angle of less than 45° for an upright head position of a user of the protective headgear combination.

The invention discloses a headset. The headset comprises a left earmuff, a right earmuff, a head band portion, two horns, a vibration motor, a sleep state monitoring unit, a control unit and an earmuff distance telescopic unit. The sleep state monitoring unit is used for monitoring different sleep states of a user of the headset and sending a monitoring result to the control unit. The control unit is used for controlling the output volume of the horns to be lowered when the monitoring result of the sleep state monitoring unit is light sleep; the control unit is used for sending a distance increasing signal to the earmuff distance telescopic unit when the monitoring result of the sleep state monitoring unit is deep sleep. The earmuff distance telescopic unit is used for increasing the distance between the left earmuff and the right earmuff when the distance increasing signal sent by the control unit is received. The headset can solve the problems that an existing headset can work after the user falls asleep so that hearing impairment can be caused easily.

It is an object of the invention to provide a headset for performing simultaneous two-way communication or alternate two-way communication, which has excellent sound insulating properties such that external noise is not possibly mixed even when used under high noise conditions. A pair of bowl-shaped housings 1 each having an annular pad 2 attached to the rim of an opening portion are connected together through a headband 3, an acoustic speaker 5 supported by a buffer material 4 is arranged in at least one of the housings1, and a bone conduction microphone 6 supported by the buffer material 4 such that the distal end is brought into abutment against the ear or the portion around the ear when a user wears the headset is arranged in at least one of the housings 1.

There is provided headphones that include a pair of left and right earcups, an audio signal processing unit contained in the earcups, a headband connecting the left and right earcups respectively through a hanger, and a cord to supply a signal to the audio signal processing unit. In the headphones, a connection portion between the hanger and the headband is configured as an extension and contraction unit having a multistage structure including a small-diameter hollow member able to be taken in and out of a large-diameter hollow member, a part of the cord contained in the extension and contraction unit is spirally wound so as to be extended and contracted, nodes are placed respectively between the headband and the extension and contraction unit and between the hanger and the extension and contraction unit, and the respective nodes have a through-hole allowing penetration of the cord.

An ear thermometer includes a main body having a side provided with a sensing head, and a disposable ear cap removably mounted on the sensing head of the main body and having a periphery provided with a pull tab having a root portion formed with a breakable slit connected to the periphery of the ear cap. Thus, the ear cap is broken from the breakable slit of the pull tab, so that the ear cap is broken completely and cannot be reused by a person intentionally, thereby assuring the safe use of the ear cap without incurring a sanitary problem.

An audio listening device having a damped ball joint type interface between an ear-cup assembly and a headband assembly is provided. For example, the audio listening device can include a headband assembly comprising at least one end; an ear-cup assembly pivotably engaged to the at least one end of the headband assembly by an engagement structure, the engagement structure comprising at least two cooperatively coupled curved surfaces; and a damper rim coupled to the ear-cup assembly and to the at least one end of the headband assembly, wherein the damper rim is configured to at least partially constrict movement of the ear-cup assembly relative to the headband assembly.

A bowl-shaped cover (1) with a hole at the bottom replaces the cover with a sound hole of the conventional earphone, thus creating a constant space. The earphone sound vibrates the cover (1) by beating the inside of the cover (1) and then the vibration is transmitted to a rubber drumhead (vibrating membrane) (2) which is attached onto the cover (1). The rubber drumhead (vibrating membrane) (2) of the earphone works as a soft earmuff and makes wearing feel soft and comfortable. The present invention relates to the earphone that converts sound into vibration and also isolates sound.

An earmuff assembly includes a headband consisting of two headband elements each having two constraint lugs bilaterally located on one end and a coupling portion located on the opposite end, the coupling portion of one headband element being inserted through a groove on each constraint lug of the other headband element for allowing adjustment of the length of the headband, two ear cups, two connection devices that connect the coupling portions of the headband elements to the ear cups such that the angular positions of the ear cups are adjustable in the X-axis direction as well as in the Y-axis direction relative to the headband, and a soft fabric material covering the ear cups for optimal wearing comfort.