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Headphone

Granted 3 Jul 2018 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sony Corporation · originally Sony Group Corporation

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Inventors: Shogo Yashiro, Takayuki Horikiri, Shunsuke Shiomi · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/595,532
filed 28 Feb 2017
Publication
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US D821998
granted 3 Jul 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a first embodiment of a headphone showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged right side elevational view of a left side ear cup portion thereof showing the driver cover (partially claimed) behind the mesh screen (in broken lines not claimed) along the lines 2 - 3 and 2 ′- 3 ′ of FIG. 1 , wherein the driver cover is seen through the hole of the ear pad, not claimed, and the mesh screen;

FIG. 3 is another enlarged right side elevational view of a left side ear cup portion thereof showing the driver cover (partially claimed) along lines 2 - 3 and 2 ′- 3 ′ of FIG. 1 , wherein the mesh screen portion of FIG. 2 is removed;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front elevational view of a dome shaped driver cover of the headphone of the embodiment of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a enlarged partial cross sectional view of the left side ear cup portion thereof cut along the line 5 - 5 of FIG. 2 ; and

FIG. 6 is a further enlarged partial cross sectional view of the left side ear cup portion thereof cut along the lines 6 - 6 and 6 ′- 6 ′ of FIG. 5 .

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of a headphone showing our new design;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged right side elevational view of a left side ear cup portion thereof showing the driver cover (partially claimed) along the lines 8 - 8 and 8 ′- 8 ′ of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged front elevational view of a dome shaped driver cover of the headphone of the embodiment of FIG. 7 .

FIG. 10 is a enlarged partial cross sectional view of the left side ear cup portion thereof cut along the line 10 - 10 of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 11 is a further enlarged partial cross sectional view of the left side ear cup portion thereof cut along the lines 11 - 11 and 11 ′- 11 ′ of FIG. 10 .

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/205D14/219

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Pendency
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Examiner
Paula Allen Greene
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