US 12,413,889 B2
Driver holder, driver module, and headset
Jun Iwase, Tokyo (JP); and Chiaki Koike, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/030,528
Filed by FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/037052
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/075380, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-170811 (JP), filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379611 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1016 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver module comprising:
a driver;
a microphone having a sound hold for sound collection;
a driver holder for holding the driver at an interior of a hollow housing, the driver holder comprising:
a tubular portion formed in a tubular shape, the driver being accommodated at an inner side thereof, and the tubular portion being configured to be press-fitted into a holder insertion portion disposed inside the housing,
a first sound path configuring an opening at one end side in an axial direction of the tubular portion, and communicating the driver with an exterior of the driver holder, and
a second sound path configured by a groove formed at a surface of the tubular portion, the second sound path being communicated with the first sound path and extending as far as the microphone disposed at an outer side of the tubular portion,
wherein the microphone is disposed at a rear side with respect to the driver, such that the sound hold is positioned within a range at which the tubular portion is formed when seen in front-rear direction.