Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Audio headphones for virtual reality head-mounted display
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Application No.: US14627639Application Date: 2015-02-20
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Publication No.: US09635450B2Publication Date: 2017-04-25
- Inventor: Jared I. Drinkwater , Blake Francis Andersen
- Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: OCULUS VR, LLC
- Current Assignee: OCULUS VR, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R1/10 ; G02B27/01

Abstract:
An audio headphone to couple to a strap for a head-mounted display is disclosed. The audio headphone includes a headphone speaker, a strap connector, and a four-bar linkage coupled to the strap connector to provide inward and outward movement of the headphone speaker with respect to a user's ear. The four-bar linkage comprises a first member coupled to the strap connector via a first joint, a second member coupled to the first member via a second joint, a third member coupled to the second member via a third joint, and a fourth member connected to the third member and coupled to the first member via a fourth joint. The fourth member is further coupled to the strap connector via a fifth joint. The third member comprises one or more rigid poles extending from the second member to the fourth member and surrounded by one or more respective elastic springs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160249124A1 Audio Headphones for Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Display Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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