Stereophonic transducer arrangement

Claim 2

Stereophonic headphones for a four channel system comprising a support, first and second enclosures to be positioned over the ears of a listener carried by said support, each of said enclosures including an inside wall to lie adjacent an ear and an outside wall spaced outwardly from said inside wall, said inside walls having an opening for the emission of sound into the ear of the listener, two audio transducers in each of said enclosures for transducing electronic signals into sound, each of said audio transducers being supported in said enclosure laterally displaced with respect to each other, said support being adapted to position said first and second enclosures over the ear of the listener with said transducers being in a front to back relation with respect to the head of the listener, and baffle means interposed between said audio transducers in each of said enclosures to provide stereo sound separation between each transducer within each of said enclosures.

Claim 3

Stereophonic headphones in accordance with claim 1 wherein a layer of foam is provided on said inside wall, said layer having an aperture overlying said opening.

Claim 4

Stereophonic headphones as defined in claim 2 wherein said opening includes a plurality of louvres and said layer overlies a portion of said louvres.

Claim 5

Stereophonic headphones in accordance with claim 1 including means to selectively mix the signals applied to the transducers.

Claim 6

Stereophonic headphones for a four channel system comprising a support, first and second enclosures to be positioned over the ears of a listener carried by said support, each of said enclosures including an inside wall to lie adjacent an ear and an outside wall spaced outwardly from said inside wall, said inside walls having an opening for the emission of sound into the ear at least two audio transducers in each of said enclosures for transducing electronic signals into sound, each of said audio transducers being supported in said enclosures in spaced relation from said outside wall and being laterally displaced with respect to each other, and baffle means interposed between said audio transducers in each of said enclosures to acoustic enhance the separation of said audio transducers.

Claim 7

Stereophonic headphones for a four channel system comprising a support, first and second enclosures to be positioned over the ears of a listener carried by said support, each of said enclosures including an inside wall to lie adjacent an ear and an outside wall spaced outwardly from said inside wall, said inside walls having an opening for the emission of sound into the ear at least two audio transducers in each of said enclosures for transducing electronic signals into sound, each of said audio transducers being supported in said enclosures in spaced relation from said outside wall and being laterally displaced with respect to each other, and baffle means interposed between said audio transducers in each of said enclosures to acoustic enhance the separation of said audio transducers.

Claim 8

Stereophonic headphones as defined in claim 5 wherein each of said audio transducers in said enclosures is supported by said inside wall.

Claim 9

Stereophonic headphones for a four channel system comprising a support, first and second enclosures to be positioned over the ears of a listener carried by said support, each of said enclosures including an inside wall to lie adjacent an ear and an outside wall spaced outwardly from said inside wall, said inside walls having an opening for the emission of sound into the ear of the listener, at least two audio transducers in each of said enclosures for transducing electronic signals into sound, each of said audio transducers being supported in said enclosure laterally displaced with respect to each other, and said support being adapted to position said first and second enclosures over the ear of the listener with said transducers being in a front to back relation with respect to the head of the listener, a plurality of means for applying signals to each of said transducers, and means for coupling a predetermined portion of the electronic signal in at least a first one of said signal applying means into at least a second one of said signal applying means.

Claim 10

Stereophonic headphones for a four channel system comprising a support, first and second enclosures to be positioned over the ears of a listener carried by said support, each of said enclosures including an inside wall to lie adjacent an ear and an outside wall spaced outwardly from said inside wall, said inside walls having an opening for the emission of sound into the ear of the listener, at least two audio transducers in each of said enclosures for transducing electronic signals into sound, each of said audio transducers being supported in said enclosure laterally displaced with respect to each other, and said support being adapted to position said first and second enclosures over the ear of the listener with said transducers being in a front to back relation with respect to the head of the listener, a plurality of means for applying signals to each of said transducers, and means for coupling a predetermined portion of the electronic signal in at least a first one of said signal applying means into at least a second one of said signal applying means.

Claim 11

Stereophonic headphones in accordance with claim 7, including means to selectively mix the signals applied to more than two of the transducers.

Claim 12

Stereophonic headphones for a four channel system comprising a support, first and second enclosures to be positioned over the ears of a listener carried by said support, each of said enclosures including an inside wall to lie adjacent an ear and an outside wall spaced outwardly from said inside wall, said inside walls having an opening for the emission of sound into the ear of the listener, two audio transducers in each of said enclosures for transducing electronic signals into sound, each of said audio transducers being supported in said enclosure in spaced relation from said outside wall and being displaced laterally with respect to each other, said support being adapted to position said first and second enclosures over the ear of the listener with said transducers being in a front to back relation with respect to the head of the listener, and acoustic separation means interposed between said audio transducers in each of said enclosures.

Claim 13

Stereophonic headphones for a four channel system comprising a support, first and second enclosures to be positioned over the ears of a listener carried by said support, each of said enclosures including an inside wall to lie adjacent an ear and an outside wall spaced outwardly from said inside wall, said inside walls having an opening for the emission of sound into the ear of the listener, two audio transducers in each of said enclosures for transducing electronic signals into sound, each of said audio transducers being supported in said enclosure in spaced relation from said outside wall and being displaced laterally with respect to each other, said support being adapted to position said first and second enclosures over the ear of the listener with said transducers being in a front to back relation with respect to the head of the listener, and acoustic separation means interposed between said audio transducers in each of said enclosures.

Claim 14

The headphones of claim 5, wherein said baffle means comprises a member in each of said enclosures fixed to said outside wall and being expandable toward said inside wall.

Claim 15

The headphones of claim 7 further characterized in that said coupling means is also for coupling into said one circuit a predetermined portion of the signal in another of said circuits.

Claim 16

Stereophonic headphone assembly comprising: a. first and second enclosures, b. at least two transducers in each enclosure, c. a plurality of means for applying signals to respective ones of said transducers, and d. means for coupling the signal in at least one of said (c) means to another one thereof.

Claim 17

Stereophonic headphone assembly comprising: a. first and second enclosures, b. at least two transducers in each enclosure, c. a plurality of means for applying signals to respective ones of said transducers, and d. means for coupling the signal in at least one of said (c) means to another one thereof.

Claim 18

A headphone assembly for use with four electrical signals containing sound information corresponding to predetermined spatial positions comprising: a. at least first and second transducer mounting means adapted to be positioned respectively in close proximity to the ears of a wearer, b. at least two sets of electro-acoustic transducers, each set comprising two tranducers mounted to a corresponding one of said mounting means, c. means for applying predetermined portions of one of said signals to a predetermined one or ones of said transducers, d. means for applying predetermined portions of another of said signals to at least one of said transducers, and e. means for applying predetermined portions of said third and fourth signals to a predetermined one or ones of said transducers.

Claim 19

A headphone assembly for use with four electrical signals containing sound information corresponding to predetermined spatial positions comprising: a. at least first and second transducer mounting means adapted to be positioned respectively in close proximity to the ears of a wearer, b. at least two sets of electro-acoustic transducers, each set comprising two tranducers mounted to a corresponding one of said mounting means, c. means for applying predetermined portions of one of said signals to a predetermined one or ones of said transducers, d. means for applying predetermined portions of another of said signals to at least one of said transducers, and e. means for applying predetermined portions of said third and fourth signals to a predetermined one or ones of said transducers.