WO2000045615A2 - Apparatus having a housing which accommodates a sound transducer and which has a passage - Google Patents

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WO2000045615A2
WO2000045615A2 PCT/EP1999/010401 EP9910401W WO0045615A2 WO 2000045615 A2 WO2000045615 A2 WO 2000045615A2 EP 9910401 W EP9910401 W EP 9910401W WO 0045615 A2 WO0045615 A2 WO 0045615A2
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Erich Klein
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Priority to JP2000596751A priority patent/JP2002536891A/en
Priority to DE69912416T priority patent/DE69912416T2/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/03—Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/20—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
    • H04R1/22—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only 
    • H04R1/225—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only  for telephonic receivers

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  • Apparatus having a housing which accommodates a sound transducer and which has a passage
  • the invention relates to a apparatus having a housing which bounds an inner housing space and which has a housing wall provided with sound transmission openings and which can be applied to an ear in the area of the sound transmission openings in an on-ear mode of the apparatus, during which a wall portion of the housing wall, in which wall portion the sound transmission openings are situated, can be covered with the ear, and having an electroacoustic transducer accommodated in the inner housing space and arranged adjacent to the sound transmission openings, which transducer has a front volume and a rear volume and is capable of generating sound which can be emitted into the acoustic free space via the front volume and through the sound transmission openings, its rear volume being open to the inner housing space, and having at least one passage which traverses a housing wall and which, together with the inner housing space and the rear volume of the transducer, which rear volume is open to the inner housing space, forms an absorption-circuit resonator which causes a dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response when the apparatus operates in the on
  • Such an apparatus of the type defined in the opening paragraph is commercially available in various versions and is thus known.
  • Such an apparatus is for example commercially available in the form of mobile telephones having the type designations S6 and S10.
  • the compensation means for the compensation of the dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response are formed by a digitally operating electronic compensation circuit which is comparatively intricate and is therefore comparatively expensive, which apparatus further has the problem that the frequency range in which the dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response occurs may vary, the compensation provided by the electronic compensation circuit being at least significantly reduced or even lost.
  • the housing has been provided with at least one duct to form the compensation means, which at least one duct traverses the housing and is arranged outside the wall portion that can be covered with an ear and adjacent to the rear volume of the transducer and forms an acoustic friction.
  • an apparatus in accordance with the invention has a plurality of such ducts, which each form an acoustic friction.
  • each duct provided as an acoustic friction can be formed by a bore which traverses a housing wall and which, in the case of a plastic housing, can be formed during injection-molding of the housing.
  • the measures defined in Claim 2 are taken.
  • each duct forming an acoustic friction can be manufactured in a very simple manner and with a high precision, particularly if the housing is made of a plastic, in which case each recess can be formed during injection-molding of the relevant housing section.
  • the measures defined in Claim 3 are taken. Such a construction has proved to be very advantageous in practice.
  • Figure 1 shows an enlarged-scale sectional view of a part of an apparatus in accordance with the invention in a first embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a detail of the apparatus of Figure 1 in a sectional view taken on the line II-II in Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a diagram which represents the variation of the sound pressure versus frequency response in the apparatus of Figure 1.
  • Figure 4 shows, in a manner similar to Figure 1, an apparatus in accordance with the invention in a second embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 1 shows an apparatus 1 in accordance with the invention, which is a so-called mobile telephone.
  • the apparatus 1 has a housing 2 which comprises two housing sections 3 and 4 in the form of two half-shells.
  • the housing 2 has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and has a front main wall 5, a rear main wall 6, and four side walls, of which only a short side wall 7 and a long side wall 8 are visible in Figure 1.
  • the housing 2 bounds an inner housing space 9.
  • the front main wall 5 has sound transmission openings SI, of which Figure 1 diagrammatically shows only one sound transmission opening SI.
  • the front main wall 5 can be applied to an ear at the location of the sound transmission openings SI, in which mode a wall portion provided with the sound transmission openings SI and indicated diagrammatically by means of a bracket 10 can cover the ear.
  • the housing comprises two housing sections 3 and 4 in the form of half shells which can be joined.
  • the two housing sections 3 and 4 adjoin one another with two wall portions 12 and 13 (see also Figure 2) in an acoustically impervious manner in the area of the separating zone 11.
  • the two housing sections 3 and 4 are stepped in the area of the separating zone 11.
  • the apparatus 1 includes an electroacoustic transducer 14 accommodated in the inner housing space 9 and arranged adjacent the sound transmission openings SI, which transducer is mounted in a substantially hollow cylindrical transducer holder 14A.
  • the electroacoustic transducer 14 is an electrodynamic transducer having a diaphragm 15 capable of vibrating and connected to a voice coil 16 arranged inside an annular air gap of a magnet system 17.
  • the magnet system 17 comprises a magnet 18 and a ring- shaped first yoke 19 as well as a second yoke 20 having a ring-shaped portion and a hollow cylindrical portion.
  • the voice coil 16 has two contacts 21 and 22 electrically connected to corresponding contacts, not shown, on a diagrammatically shown printed circuit board 23, which inter alia accommodates the power supply for the transducer 14.
  • the electroacoustic transducer 14 has a front volume 24 situated at the front of the diaphragm 15 and a rear volume 25 situated at the rear of the diaphragm 15. The rear volume 25 of the transducer 14 is in open communication with the inner housing space 9.
  • the transducer 14 can produce sound which can propagate into the acoustic free space 26 via the front volume 24 and through the sound transmission openings SI.
  • the useful frequency range of the radiated sound waves lies between approximately 300 Hz and 3400 Hz, which two values are given separately in Figure 3.
  • Figure 3 the variation of the sound pressure versus frequency response in an on-ear mode of the apparatus 1 while the front main wall 5 is applied to an ear of a user is shown as a solid line referenced 27.
  • the front main wall 5 of the apparatus 1 has additional sound transmission openings S2, all the sound transmission openings S2 being represented as only one such a sound transmission opening S2 in Figure 1.
  • sound transmission openings S2 Sound emitted by the transducer 14 via the rear volume 25 of the transducer 14 can also be transmitted into the acoustic free space 26 in the area of the front main wall 5, which in an on- ear mode has the advantage that low frequency sound components transmitted to an ear are attenuated.
  • the housing 2 of the apparatus 1 has two passages 28 and 29 which each traverse a respective one of the housing walls 6 and 7.
  • the passage 28 has been provided for example for receiving or mounting a so-called belt clip.
  • the passage 29 has been provided for the introduction of a so-called SIM card.
  • SIM card such a passage may also be provided for mounting an antenna.
  • such a passage may also be provided or may be necessary for reasons of molding technology, so as to enable housing sections to be manufactured at low cost.
  • each of the two passages 28 and 29 forms an absorption-circuit resonator which gives rise to a dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response each time that the apparatus 1 is operated in the on-ear mode.
  • This sound pressure versus frequency response curve 30 exhibits such a dip 31.
  • this dip 31 in the sound pressure versus frequency response curve 30 would actually occur during on-ear operation in the area of the ear, which would obviously result in a deterioration in the sound reproduction quality and, particularly, non-compliance with standardized and mandatory approval criteria.
  • each of the ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 traverses the housing 2 and is situated outside the wall portion 10 that can be covered by an ear and adjacent the rear volume 25 of the transducer 14.
  • the construction of each duct 33, 34, 35 and 36, i.e. its dimensioning, is then such that each of the ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 forms an acoustic friction.
  • trough-like recesses 37, 38, 39 and 40 are formed in the area of a wall portion 13, which recesses are open towards this wall portion 13 and are closed by the other wall portion 12 at their open sides.
  • the trough-like recesses 37, 38, 39 and 40 may each have a width B of, for example, 10 mm and a depth T of, for example, 0.3 mm.
  • the width B may lie in a range between 6 and 18 mm.
  • the sum of the widths B of all the ducts may have a value in a range between 40 mm and 140 mm.
  • the depth T may alternatively lie in a range between 0.1 and 0.4 mm.
  • the length L of the ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 is approximately 0.3 mm and may alternatively lie in a range between 0.2 mm and 0.5 mm.
  • the ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 have been provided in the area of a side wall adjacent the transducer 14, namely in the area of the short side wall 7, because this has proved to be very advantageous in practice. However, they may alternatively be situated in the area of a long side wall.
  • the apparatus 1 shown in Figure 4 also includes compensation means 32 for the compensation of a dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response.
  • the housing 32 has ducts formed by bores 41, which each form an acoustic friction and of which Figure 4 shows five such bores 41, which represent all the bores 41.
  • the bores 41 may have, for example, a diameter of 0.3 mm and a few hundreds of such bores 41 may be provided.
  • the bores 41 traverse the rear main wall 6 of the housing 2.
  • such bores 41 may also be provided in the short side wall 7 or in the long side wall 8 or in the long side wall facing the long side wall 8, or in the front main wall 5 of the housing 2, or also in for example two housing walls at the same time.
  • the invention is not limited is not limited to the two embodiments described hereinbefore.
  • the trough-like recesses provided in the area of a separating zone may alternatively be of semi-oval cross-section or of V-shaped cross-section.
  • the invention can be used not only in mobile telephones but also in other apparatuses, for example in a "personal communicator".

Abstract

In an apparatus (1) having a housing (2) and having an electroacoustic transducer (14) accommodated in the inner housing space (9) and having at least one passage (28, 29) which traverses a housing wall (6, 7) and which, together with the inner housing space (9) and the rear volume (25) of the transducer (14), which rear volume (25) is open to the inner housing space (9), forms an absorption-circuit resonator which causes a dip (31) in the sound pressure versus frequency response (27), compensation means (32) for the compensation of the dip (31) in the sound pressure versus frequency response (27) have been provided, the housing (2) being provided with a plurality of ducts (33, 34, 35, 36; 41) to form the compensation means (32), which ducts traverse the housing (2) and each forms an acoustic friction.

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Apparatus having a housing which accommodates a sound transducer and which has a passage
The invention relates to a apparatus having a housing which bounds an inner housing space and which has a housing wall provided with sound transmission openings and which can be applied to an ear in the area of the sound transmission openings in an on-ear mode of the apparatus, during which a wall portion of the housing wall, in which wall portion the sound transmission openings are situated, can be covered with the ear, and having an electroacoustic transducer accommodated in the inner housing space and arranged adjacent to the sound transmission openings, which transducer has a front volume and a rear volume and is capable of generating sound which can be emitted into the acoustic free space via the front volume and through the sound transmission openings, its rear volume being open to the inner housing space, and having at least one passage which traverses a housing wall and which, together with the inner housing space and the rear volume of the transducer, which rear volume is open to the inner housing space, forms an absorption-circuit resonator which causes a dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response when the apparatus operates in the on- ear mode, and having compensation means for the compensation of the dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response.
Such an apparatus of the type defined in the opening paragraph is commercially available in various versions and is thus known. Such an apparatus is for example commercially available in the form of mobile telephones having the type designations S6 and S10. In the known apparatus the compensation means for the compensation of the dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response are formed by a digitally operating electronic compensation circuit which is comparatively intricate and is therefore comparatively expensive, which apparatus further has the problem that the frequency range in which the dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response occurs may vary, the compensation provided by the electronic compensation circuit being at least significantly reduced or even lost.
It is an object of the invention to preclude the afore -mentioned problems and to provide an improved apparatus of the type defined in the opening paragraph, in which the desired result is achieved by simple compensation means. According to the invention, in order to achieve said object in an apparatus of the type defined in the opening paragraph, the housing has been provided with at least one duct to form the compensation means, which at least one duct traverses the housing and is arranged outside the wall portion that can be covered with an ear and adjacent to the rear volume of the transducer and forms an acoustic friction.
By taking the measures in accordance with the invention it is advantageously achieved in a very simple manner that the spurious absorption-circuit resonator is damped in such a manner that the undesired influence of the absorption-circuit resonator on the sound pressure versus frequency response in an on-ear mode of the apparatus is eliminated or at least reduced to such an insignificant extent that no dip occurs in the sound pressure versus frequency response. A further advantage is that a correct and satisfactory reproduction of low- frequency signals is guaranteed with a comparatively small volume of the inner space of the apparatus, because the acoustic free space outside the apparatus, via the at least one duct, contributes to the reproduction of low-frequency signals, which facilitates the realization of an apparatus in accordance with the invention having minimal external dimensions. In practice, an apparatus in accordance with the invention has a plurality of such ducts, which each form an acoustic friction.
In an apparatus in accordance with the invention each duct provided as an acoustic friction can be formed by a bore which traverses a housing wall and which, in the case of a plastic housing, can be formed during injection-molding of the housing. However, it has proved to be particularly advantageous if the measures defined in Claim 2 are taken. In this way, each duct forming an acoustic friction can be manufactured in a very simple manner and with a high precision, particularly if the housing is made of a plastic, in which case each recess can be formed during injection-molding of the relevant housing section. In an apparatus in accordance with the invention it has further proved to be advantageous if the measures defined in Claim 3 are taken. Such a construction has proved to be very advantageous in practice.
The afore-mentioned as well as further aspects of the invention will become apparent from the embodiments described hereinafter and given by way of example and will be elucidated with reference to these embodiments.
The invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawing, which shows two embodiments, given by way of example, to which the invention is not limited. Figure 1 shows an enlarged-scale sectional view of a part of an apparatus in accordance with the invention in a first embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 shows a detail of the apparatus of Figure 1 in a sectional view taken on the line II-II in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a diagram which represents the variation of the sound pressure versus frequency response in the apparatus of Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows, in a manner similar to Figure 1, an apparatus in accordance with the invention in a second embodiment of the invention.
Figure 1 shows an apparatus 1 in accordance with the invention, which is a so- called mobile telephone.
The apparatus 1 has a housing 2 which comprises two housing sections 3 and 4 in the form of two half-shells. The housing 2 has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and has a front main wall 5, a rear main wall 6, and four side walls, of which only a short side wall 7 and a long side wall 8 are visible in Figure 1. The housing 2 bounds an inner housing space 9.
The front main wall 5 has sound transmission openings SI, of which Figure 1 diagrammatically shows only one sound transmission opening SI. In an on-ear mode of the apparatus 1 the front main wall 5 can be applied to an ear at the location of the sound transmission openings SI, in which mode a wall portion provided with the sound transmission openings SI and indicated diagrammatically by means of a bracket 10 can cover the ear.
As already stated hereinbefore, the housing comprises two housing sections 3 and 4 in the form of half shells which can be joined. The two housing sections 3 and 4 adjoin one another with two wall portions 12 and 13 (see also Figure 2) in an acoustically impervious manner in the area of the separating zone 11. The two housing sections 3 and 4 are stepped in the area of the separating zone 11.
The apparatus 1 includes an electroacoustic transducer 14 accommodated in the inner housing space 9 and arranged adjacent the sound transmission openings SI, which transducer is mounted in a substantially hollow cylindrical transducer holder 14A. In the present case the electroacoustic transducer 14 is an electrodynamic transducer having a diaphragm 15 capable of vibrating and connected to a voice coil 16 arranged inside an annular air gap of a magnet system 17. The magnet system 17 comprises a magnet 18 and a ring- shaped first yoke 19 as well as a second yoke 20 having a ring-shaped portion and a hollow cylindrical portion. Said annular portion is formed between the free end face of the hollow cylindrical portion of the second yoke 20 and the inner part of the ring-shaped first yoke 19. The voice coil 16 has two contacts 21 and 22 electrically connected to corresponding contacts, not shown, on a diagrammatically shown printed circuit board 23, which inter alia accommodates the power supply for the transducer 14. The electroacoustic transducer 14 has a front volume 24 situated at the front of the diaphragm 15 and a rear volume 25 situated at the rear of the diaphragm 15. The rear volume 25 of the transducer 14 is in open communication with the inner housing space 9. This means that the entire volume of the inner housing space 9 communicates with the rear volume 25 of the transducer 14, as a result of which the entire volume of the inner housing space 9 has a substantial influence on the acoustic behavior of the transducer 14 and of the entire apparatus 1.
The transducer 14 can produce sound which can propagate into the acoustic free space 26 via the front volume 24 and through the sound transmission openings SI. In the present case the useful frequency range of the radiated sound waves lies between approximately 300 Hz and 3400 Hz, which two values are given separately in Figure 3. In Figure 3 the variation of the sound pressure versus frequency response in an on-ear mode of the apparatus 1 while the front main wall 5 is applied to an ear of a user is shown as a solid line referenced 27.
The front main wall 5 of the apparatus 1 has additional sound transmission openings S2, all the sound transmission openings S2 being represented as only one such a sound transmission opening S2 in Figure 1. Via the sound transmission openings S2 sound emitted by the transducer 14 via the rear volume 25 of the transducer 14 can also be transmitted into the acoustic free space 26 in the area of the front main wall 5, which in an on- ear mode has the advantage that low frequency sound components transmitted to an ear are attenuated.
As regards the sound transmission openings S 1 and the additional sound transmission openings S2 it is to be noted that all these sound transmission openings SI and S2 are covered with a piece of fabric Wl and W2, respectively, the two pieces of fabric Wl and W2 providing acoustic frictions by means of which undesired resonances can be damped so as to achieve a proper comparatively smooth sound pressure versus frequency response. As is shown in Figure 1, the housing 2 of the apparatus 1 has two passages 28 and 29 which each traverse a respective one of the housing walls 6 and 7. The passage 28 has been provided for example for receiving or mounting a so-called belt clip. In the present case the passage 29 has been provided for the introduction of a so-called SIM card. It is to be noted that such a passage may also be provided for mounting an antenna. However, such a passage may also be provided or may be necessary for reasons of molding technology, so as to enable housing sections to be manufactured at low cost.
With the inner housing space 9 and with the rear volume 25, which is in open communication with the inner housing space 9, each of the two passages 28 and 29 forms an absorption-circuit resonator which gives rise to a dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response each time that the apparatus 1 is operated in the on-ear mode. In this respect, reference is made to the sound pressure versus frequency response curve shown as a dash-dot line in Figure 3 and bearing the reference 30. This sound pressure versus frequency response curve 30 exhibits such a dip 31. If the apparatus 1 had not been provided with additional compensation means 32 for the compensation of the dip 31 in the sound pressure versus frequency response, this dip 31 in the sound pressure versus frequency response curve 30 would actually occur during on-ear operation in the area of the ear, which would obviously result in a deterioration in the sound reproduction quality and, particularly, non-compliance with standardized and mandatory approval criteria.
In a particularly simple and advantageous manner the apparatus 1 a plurality of ducts have been provided as compensation means 32, of which four ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 are shown in Figure 2. These ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 have been provided in the housing 2. Each of the ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 traverses the housing 2 and is situated outside the wall portion 10 that can be covered by an ear and adjacent the rear volume 25 of the transducer 14. The construction of each duct 33, 34, 35 and 36, i.e. its dimensioning, is then such that each of the ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 forms an acoustic friction.
In order to form the ducts, i.e. also the four ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36, four trough-like recesses 37, 38, 39 and 40 are formed in the area of a wall portion 13, which recesses are open towards this wall portion 13 and are closed by the other wall portion 12 at their open sides. The trough-like recesses 37, 38, 39 and 40 may each have a width B of, for example, 10 mm and a depth T of, for example, 0.3 mm. Alternatively, the width B may lie in a range between 6 and 18 mm. The sum of the widths B of all the ducts may have a value in a range between 40 mm and 140 mm. The depth T may alternatively lie in a range between 0.1 and 0.4 mm. In the present case, as can be seen in Figure 1, the length L of the ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 is approximately 0.3 mm and may alternatively lie in a range between 0.2 mm and 0.5 mm.
As can be seen in Figure 1, the ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 have been provided in the area of a side wall adjacent the transducer 14, namely in the area of the short side wall 7, because this has proved to be very advantageous in practice. However, they may alternatively be situated in the area of a long side wall.
By the provision of the four ducts 33, 34, 35 and 36 as compensation means 32 the undesired effect of the absorption-circuit resonator is damped in a particularly simple manner, as a result of which the sound pressure versus frequency response which is actually obtained with the apparatus 1 and whose curve 27 is shown in Figure 3 does not exhibit a dip at higher frequencies, a relatively smooth sound pressure versus frequency response being obtained in the useful frequency range between 300 Hz and 3400 Hz, as can be seen in Figure 3. The apparatus 1 shown in Figure 4 also includes compensation means 32 for the compensation of a dip in the sound pressure versus frequency response. In the apparatus 1 shown in Figure 4 the housing 32 has ducts formed by bores 41, which each form an acoustic friction and of which Figure 4 shows five such bores 41, which represent all the bores 41. The bores 41 may have, for example, a diameter of 0.3 mm and a few hundreds of such bores 41 may be provided. In the present case the bores 41 traverse the rear main wall 6 of the housing 2. However, such bores 41 may also be provided in the short side wall 7 or in the long side wall 8 or in the long side wall facing the long side wall 8, or in the front main wall 5 of the housing 2, or also in for example two housing walls at the same time.
The invention is not limited is not limited to the two embodiments described hereinbefore. For example, the trough-like recesses provided in the area of a separating zone may alternatively be of semi-oval cross-section or of V-shaped cross-section. The invention can be used not only in mobile telephones but also in other apparatuses, for example in a "personal communicator".

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CLAIMS:
1. An apparatus (1) having a housing (2) which bounds an inner housing space (9) and which has a housing wall (5) provided with sound transmission openings (SI) and which can be applied to an ear in the area of the sound transmission openings (SI) in an on-ear mode of the apparatus (1), during which a wall portion (10) of the housing wall (5), in which wall portion (10) the sound transmission openings (SI) are situated, can be covered with the ear, and having an electroacoustic transducer (14) accommodated in the inner housing space (9) and arranged adjacent to the sound transmission openings (SI), which transducer (14) has a front volume (24) and a rear volume (25) and is capable of generating sound which can be emitted into the acoustic free space via the front volume (24) and through the sound transmission openings (SI), its rear volume (25) being open to the inner housing space (9), and having at least one passage (28, 29) which traverses a housing wall (6, 7) and which, together with the inner housing space (9) and the rear volume (25) of the transducer (14), which rear volume (25) is open to the inner housing space (9), forms an absorption-circuit resonator which causes a dip (31) in the sound pressure versus frequency response when the apparatus (1) operates in the on-ear mode, and having compensation means (32) for the compensation of the dip (31) in the sound pressure versus frequency response, characterized in that the housing (2) has been provided with at least one duct (33, 34, 35, 36; 41) to form the compensation means (32), which at least one duct traverses the housing (2) and is arranged outside the wall portion(lθ) that can be covered with an ear and adjacent to the rear volume (25) of the transducer (14) and forms an acoustic friction.
2. An apparatus (1) as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the housing (2) comprises at least two housing sections (3, 4) which can be joined together, which adjoin each other in the area of a separating zone (11) and have two wall portions (12, 13) in the area of the separating zone (11) which adjoin one another in an acoustically impervious manner, and to form the at least one duct (33, 34, 35, 36) in the area of at least one wall portion (13) at least one trough-shaped recess (37, 38, 39, 40) which is open to this wall portion (13) has been provided, which recess is closed at its open side by the other wall portion (12).
3. An apparatus (1) as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the housing (2) has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and has a front main wall (5), a rear main wall (6), and four side walls (7, 8), and the sound transmission openings (SI) have been provided in the front main wall (5), and the at least one duct (33, 34, 35, 36) has been provided in the area of a side wall (7) adjacent to the transducer (14).
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JP2000596751A JP2002536891A (en) 1999-01-26 1999-12-24 Apparatus for housing an audio transformer and having a housing with a passage
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