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(11) EP 0 372 883 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.06.1990 Bulletin 1990/24

(21) Application number: 89312615.1

(22) Date of filing: 04.12.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H04R 1/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 02.12.1988 JP 305792/88

(71) Applicants:
  • KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210 (JP)
  • TSUGARU TOSHIBA AUDIO EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Goshogawara-shi Aomori-ken (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tanaka, Masamichi Intellectual Property Div.
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Muir, Ian R. et al
HASELTINE LAKE & CO. Hazlitt House 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1AT
London WC2A 1AT (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Headphone device


    (57) A headphone device designed to cooperate with the concha of the auditory meatus of the human ear. The headphone device includes a housing (51) containing a speaker, a projection (53) extending from the housing (51) and fitting into the concha of the human ear, an opening (54) formed in the projection (53) at a location facing towards the auditory meatus of the human ear and a headband (41) for supporting the housing (51) in proximity to the human ear.







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