US 11,729,553 B2
Headset mechanism for comfort coupling ear cups to head
Arthur Charles Kwun, Newark, CA (US); and So Morimoto, Kawaguchi (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/887,269.
Prior Publication US 2021/0377661 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 5/0335 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an arcuate headband comprising a continuous band having left and right side portions joining at an apex segment, the left and right side portions terminating in respective arcuate end segments;
a head rest band spanning between the side portions and connected thereto below the apex segment and spaced therefrom; and
left and right ear cups defining respective centers and respective peripheries and respectively attached to the arcuate end segments of the left and right side portions such that the left and right ear cups are cambered inward from front to back and such that the arcuate end segments of the left and right side portions are juxtaposed with the respective peripheries and distanced from the respective centers of the respective ear cups, wherein the left and right ear cups each comprise a bar within the respective ear cup that couples a respective arcuate end segment to a roll hinge inside the respective ear cup, the bar extending radially inward within the respective ear cup from the respective arcuate end segment and also extending axially inward within the respective ear cup from the respective arcuate end segment.