Patent 7873177 was granted and assigned to Sony on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An ear-hanger headphone apparatus includes ear hangers each having a predetermined shape, housings integrally attached to the ear hangers, respectively, and driver units attached to the housings swingably relative thereto so as to closely overlap with ear conches without clearance, respectively, when the headphone apparatus is worn.