OPEN BACK HEADPHONE WITH TACTILE VIBRATION DRIVER AND RELATED METHODS

Abstract: an open back headphone comprises a headband, a first earcup located at a first end of the headband, and a second earcup located at a second end of the headband. each of the first earcup and the second earcup comprise a front plate, an acoustic driver mounted to the earcup, and a tactile vibration driver mounted to the earcup. each of the first earcup and the second earcup may be configured to be disposed over or on an ear of a user during use of the headphone. each of the first earcup and the second earcup do not include a rear acoustic cavity adjacent the back side of the acoustic driver. each of the first earcup and the second earcup may be configured to allow ambient noise outside the earcup to pass through the earcup to the ear of the user without substantial passive isolation of ambient sound or sound generated by the acoustic driver during use of the headphone.

Inventor(s): Randall J. Hull, Matthew Western, Michael Deans

CPC Classification: H04R1/2888 (Transducer mountings or enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means {(combinations of transducers with horns, i.e. front-loaded horns )})

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