公开(公告)号：US08891798B1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-18

申请号：US13718760

申请日：2012-12-18

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Emmanuel J M Laffon de Mazieres ,  Adam K. Cybart ,  Nicholas Ryan Gilmour ,  Marc Rene Walliser ,  Chi Chiu Kwok

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R1/1033 ,  H04R1/1041

Abstract: Headphones can be configured such that back surfaces of the speaker housings can be coupled to form a loop enabling users to wear the headphones around their necks when the speakers are not in use. In various embodiments, faces of the respective speaker housings may comprise asymmetrical, complementary surfaces. In such embodiments, the users can distinguish between the speakers intended to correspond with respective right and left stereo channels by tactile feel. In some embodiments, the interlocking of the housing structures can be achieved by magnetic force to maintain the coupling when the speakers are not in use but can be decoupled by the user without undue effort. In some embodiments, the speaker housings are configured to constrain the housings to a specific orientation when mated.

Abstract translation: 可以配置耳机，使得扬声器壳体的后表面可以耦合以形成环路，使得当扬声器不使用时，用户可以在其颈部周围佩戴耳机。 在各种实施例中，相应扬声器壳体的表面可以包括不对称的互补表面。 在这样的实施例中，用户可以通过触觉来区分旨在与相应的右和左立体声通道相对应的扬声器。 在一些实施例中，壳体结构的互锁可以通过磁力来实现，以在扬声器不使用时保持耦合，但是可以在不用过度的努力的情况下被使用者解耦。 在一些实施例中，扬声器壳体被配置为当配合时将壳体约束到特定取向。