Windscreen and microphone device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11148608-B2
Application number	US-201817049632-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2018
Priority date	Apr 23, 2018
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

A windscreen with good visibility of light from a light emitting part and a microphone device are provided.
The windscreen 20 according to the present invention is a windscreen attached to a microphone 10 including a sound collecting part 111 and 114 configured to collect sound, and a light emitting display part 116 configured to indicate an operation state of the sound collecting part. The windscreen includes a windscreen body 21 that covers the sound collecting part, and a fixing member 22 that fixes the windscreen body to the microphone. The windscreen body includes an insertion hole 21 h in which the sound collecting part is disposed. The fixing member includes a light guide part 221 that is disposed outside the insertion hole. The light guide part guides light from the light emitting part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A windscreen attached to a microphone comprising a sound collecting part configured to collect sound and a light emitting part configured to indicate an operation state of the sound collecting part, the windscreen comprising:
a windscreen body that covers the sound collecting part; and
a fixing member that fixes the windscreen body to the microphone, wherein
the windscreen body includes an insertion hole in which the sound collecting part is disposed,
the fixing member includes a light guide part that is disposed outside the insertion hole, and
the light guide part that guides light from the light emitting part.

2. The windscreen according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide part covers the light emitting part.

3. The windscreen according to claim 2 , wherein a length of the light guide part in a longitudinal direction of the windscreen body is longer than a length of the light emitting part in a longitudinal direction of the microphone.

4. The windscreen according to claim 2 , wherein the light guide part has a ring shape.

5. The windscreen according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide part includes an outer peripheral surface that is continuous with the outer peripheral surface of the windscreen body in the longitudinal direction of the windscreen body.

6. The windscreen according to claim 5 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the windscreen body is inclined toward an opening side of the insertion hole from a bottom part side of the insertion hole in the longitudinal direction of the windscreen body.

7. The windscreen according to claim 5 , wherein the light from the light emitting part is radiated from the outer peripheral surface and a lower surface of the light guide part to the outside of the light guide part.

8. The windscreen according to claim 1 , wherein
the fixing member includes a positioning part that is disposed within the insertion hole, and
the positioning part positions the light guide part to the light emitting part.

9. The windscreen according to claim 8 , wherein the positioning part includes a fitting part that fits into a fitting groove disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the microphone.

10. The windscreen according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member is attachable to and detachable from the microphone.

11. A microphone device comprising:
a sound collecting part configured to collect sound;
a light emitting part configured to indicate an operation state of the sound collecting part; and
a windscreen that covers the sound collecting part and the light emitting part, wherein
the windscreen is a windscreen according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Audio Technica Kk

Inventors

• Yoshino Satoshi

Classifications

• H04R1/028

  associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles · CPC title

• H04R1/08

  Mouthpieces; {Microphones;} Attachments therefor · CPC title

• B60R11/0247 Primary

  for microphones or earphones · CPC title

• H04R2499/13

  Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles · CPC title

• G08B5/36

  using visible light sources · CPC title