Gooseneck microphone with stiffening element
Abstract
Gooseneck microphone comprising a plastically deformable holding element (3) and a microphone arranged thereon (2), characterized in that the holding element at its end remote from the microphone has a stiffening element (4) for stiffening the holding element (3). The gooseneck microphone according to the invention with the features of the independent claim has the advantage of increased stability of the gooseneck and thus a higher stability of the set microphone position, especially when used in not vibration-free environment, so for example in motor vehicles. In addition, the invention offers the advantage that longer goosenecks and / or those with a thinner neck cross-section can be used without the stability of the arrangement suffering as a result.

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| DE20315890U1 | Cites | Germany | A | Search report | 1-3 |
| US4932052A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 3-6 |
| US5369857A | Cites | United States of America | XY | Search report | 1,2 |
| US5687230A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1-3 |
8 priority claims, no other members on record
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| 102004011590 | Germany | A | |
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| 102004024997 | Germany | A | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1575330
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1575330
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1575330
- Application
- 5101735
- Application, DOCDB
- 05101735
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20050101735
Titles3
- German
- Schwanenhalsmikrofon mit Versteifungselement
- English
- Gooseneck microphone with stiffening element
- French
- Microphone à col de cygne avec élément de renforcement
Classification
- CPC, 1
- H04R1/08
- IPC, 1
- H04R1 08
Designated states36
- Contracting states, 30
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Poland
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- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 6
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Latvia
- North Macedonia
- Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro (until 2006)