Patents Examined by Julie X Dang
  • Patent number: 11979708
    Abstract: A linear movement bistable electromagnetic switch, comprising a coil (1), a magnetic rotor (2) movably disposed in an inner hole of the coil (1), a shell (3) which wraps an outer side surface of the coil (1), and an insulating layer (4) disposed between the coil (1) and the shell (3). The magnetic rotor (2) is able to move under the effect of a magnetic field generated after the coil is energized; one end of the magnetic rotor (2) extends out of the coil (1) and is connected to a blocking piece (211) for opening/closing a loudspeaker leakage hole. The magnetic rotor is able to be extended or retracted by changing the direction of current in the coil so as to drive the blocking piece to block or open the leakage hole, such that the call distortion condition can be improved and the high-frequency sound effect will not be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Chuandong Magnetic Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Feng, Tao Yan, Tianbao Yan
  • Patent number: 11979727
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an earphone module having a speaker capable of reproducing both high- and low-pitched sounds. In an earphone module according to the present invention, two coils and terminal members configured to be electrically connected to the two coils are provided, the two coils and the terminal members are assembled by electrically connecting the two coils and the terminal members to each other, and then the terminal members are connected to an external input circuit through the exposure window of a housing. Accordingly, the manufacturing operation is facilitated and the defect rate is reduced, so that the mass productivity is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CRESYN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Bae Lee, Ji Sang Jeon, Jong Man Kim
  • Patent number: 11974094
    Abstract: A MEMS microphone is provided, comprising a substrate having a back cavity, and a plate capacitor structure arranged on the substrate, the plate capacitor structure being formed by a vibration diaphragm, a backplate and a support portion; wherein a pressure relief device is provided in the vibration diaphragm, a pressure maintaining channel is formed between the vibration diaphragm and the backplate; and the pressure relief device in the vibration diaphragm constitutes an inlet of the pressure maintaining channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Goertek, Inc.
    Inventors: Junkai Zhan, Jun Li, Mengjin Cai
  • Patent number: 11972749
    Abstract: A wearable sound device includes a venting device including a film structure and an actuator and a driving circuit configured to be controlled by a controller and to drive the actuator, such that the film structure is controlled to form a vent or to seal the vent. The controller is coupled to a sensing device configured to generate a sensing result and determine whether to seal the vent according to the sensing result. The film structure partitions a space within the wearable sound device into a first volume and a second volume. The first volume is connected to or to be connected to an ear canal of a wearable sound device user. The second volume is connected to or to be connected to an ambient of the wearable sound device. The first volume and the second volume are connected via the vent when the vent is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: xMEMS Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: James Wargnier, Michael David Housholder, Yanchen Lu, JengYaw Jiang
  • Patent number: 11968508
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer includes a diaphragm, a tubular first sliding component which surrounds an outer peripheral portion of the diaphragm, a ring-shaped second sliding component which is attached to an outer rim of the diaphragm and slides against an inner peripheral surface of the first sliding component, and a first low-friction membrane interposed between the inner peripheral surface of the first sliding component and an outer peripheral surface of the second sliding component. The first low-friction membrane includes: a swollen body which includes a first polymer chain and a plurality of second polymer chains which branch from the first polymer chain as side chains; and a grease which permeates the second polymer chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 11962987
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic circuit of a loudspeaker and a loudspeaker, which can improve the non-linearity of magnetic permeability, thereby reducing the distortion of the loudspeaker. A magnetic circuit comprises a T-yoke with a base and a columnar portion protruding upward from the base, a magnetic steel arranged on the base, and a front sheet arranged on the magnetic steel, wherein the magnetic steel and the front sheet are arranged around a periphery of the columnar portion, and a short-circuit ring is arranged on an inner side of the magnetic steel and/or the front sheet. A first short-circuit ring is provided between the inner wall of the magnetic steel and the outer wall of the columnar portion, and a second short-circuit ring is provided on the inner wall of the front sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Suzhou Sonavox Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuewu Shen, Shenggang Tao, Bo Gu, Xiaoqing Wang, Guoqiang Chai
  • Patent number: 11962972
    Abstract: To enhance a sound image localization effect and to ensure a good viewing state in which an image or video and audio have a sense of unity. Provided is a display in which an image is displayed in a display surface, a rear cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a first speaker disposed between the display and the rear cover, and a second speaker disposed between the display and the rear cover and positioned higher than the first speaker. The second speaker outputs audio according to operation of a piezoelectric element, and has a higher audio output band than the first speaker. This enables a user to feel as if the audio is being output from the display being viewed, which enhances the sound image localization effect and ensures a good viewing state in which an image or video and audio have a sense of unity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Sakata, Tetsuya Shiroishi, Shigemi Oguchi, Kazumasa Okamoto, Ryosuke Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11956595
    Abstract: A micro electro-mechanical film speaker device is provided. A signal input terminal of a signal amplifier circuit is connected to an external input circuit. A second output terminal of the signal amplifier circuit is connected to a negative terminal of a micro electro-mechanical film speaker. A first terminal of a first high-pass filter is connected to a first output terminal of the signal amplifier circuit. A second terminal of the first high-pass filter is connected to a positive terminal of the micro electro-mechanical film speaker. A first terminal of a second high-pass filter is connected to a feedback terminal of the signal amplifier circuit. A second terminal of the second high-pass filter is connected to the positive terminal of the micro electro-mechanical film speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming-Hung Chang
  • Patent number: 11955993
    Abstract: An audio activity detector device is disclosed. The audio activity detector device comprises a closed loop feedback regulating circuit that supplies an input signal representative of a time-varying voltage signal to a quantizer circuit, wherein the quantizer circuit, as a function of the input signal, converts the input signal to a quantizer discrete-time signal; a first circuit that, as a function of the discrete-time signal, determines a key quantizer statistic value for the quantizer discrete-time signal; and a second circuit that, as a function of the key quantizer statistic value, determines a signal statistic value for the input signal and a gain control value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INVENSENSE, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Perrott
  • Patent number: 11950075
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a sounding device including a frame, a magnetic circuit system with a magnetic part and a vibration system. The vibration system includes a diaphragm fixed to the frame, a voice coil driving the diaphragm to vibrate and arranged around the magnetic part, and a metal shrapnel with conductive function. One end of the metal shrapnel is fixed to the frame and electrically connected to an external circuit, and the other end of the metal shrapnel is fixed to the voice coil and electrically connected to the lead wire of the voice coil. The metal shrapnel restrains a movement of the voice coil in a direction perpendicular to a vibration direction of the diaphragm. Compared with the related art, the sounding device disclosed by the present disclosure can reduce the number of elements to simplify the product structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Zhang, Wei Liu, Xudong Yan
  • Patent number: 11943585
    Abstract: An air-pulse generating device includes a film structure including a flap pair. The film structure is actuated to perform a common mode movement, so as to form an amplitude-modulated ultrasonic air pressure variation with an ultrasonic carrier frequency. The film structure is actuated to perform a differential mode movement, so as to form an opening at a rate synchronous with the ultrasonic carrier frequency. The air-pulse generating device produces a plurality of air pulses according to the amplitude-modulated ultrasonic air pressure variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: xMEMS Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jemm Yue Liang, Jye Ren, Eldwin Jiaqiang Ng
  • Patent number: 11930327
    Abstract: A hearing aid assembly includes a receiver speaker enclosed within a receiver housing. The receiver housing defines a circuitous receiver acoustic channel, wherein the receiver channel defines an open side along at least a portion of the receiver channel. The receiver channel also defines a pass-through passage extending from a first side of the receiver housing to a second side of the receiver housing, wherein the pass-through passage is partially defined by the wall defining a receiver opening. The hearing aid assembly also includes an earbud configured to fit over at least a portion of the receiver housing and partially cover the open side of the receiver channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney A. Higgins, Brian Thomas Dahl
  • Patent number: 11930338
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, and a sound generating device on a rear surface of the display panel. The sound generating device includes a bobbin, and a protection member on the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YeongRak Choi, KwanHo Park, Sungtae Lee
  • Patent number: 11930315
    Abstract: Disclosed is an open earphone, comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook may include a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion may be hung between the auricle of a user and the head of the user, the second portion may extend toward a front outer side of the auricle and connect the sound production component, and the sound production component may be located close to the ear canal but not block the opening of the ear canal; wherein the sound production component and the auricle may have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively, a centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction, a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be within a range of 0.25-0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Peigeng Tong, Guolin Xie, Yongjian Li, Jiang Xu, Tao Zhao, Duoduo Wu, Ao Ji, Xin Qi
  • Patent number: 11930344
    Abstract: An audio device according to an embodiment set forth in the present document comprises: a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface that faces the first surface, and side surfaces that surround the space between the first surface and the second surface; a vibration element disposed on the first surface; a microphone which acquires sound generated by the vibration of an external object by the vibration element; a printed circuit board disposed inside the housing; a processor disposed on the printed circuit board; and a communication circuit which is electrically connected to the processor, and receives a first audio signal from an external electronic device, wherein the processor, when the vibration element is attached to an external object, generates a second audio signal such that the vibration element vibrates the external object, causes the microphone to acquire a third audio signal generated by the vibration of the external object, corrects the first audio signal on the basis of the deviation b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Oanjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11924596
    Abstract: A system and method for providing visual and acoustical signals that includes a light emitting display having light sources and a display surface, and perforations extending perpendicularly to the display surface and disposed between the light sources, at least one loudspeaker positioned behind the light emitting display. The perforations have a non-cylindrical shape. The openings on the side of the light sources occupies at least 5% of the area of the light emitting display for sound passing through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: José Ramón Menzinger, Ronny Van Belle, Daniel De Caster
  • Patent number: 11910138
    Abstract: A microphone assembly can include a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) transducer comprising a transducer substrate, a diaphragm oriented substantially parallel to the transducer substrate and spaced apart from the transducer substrate to form a gap, and a counter electrode coupled to the transducer substrate, the counter electrode positioned between the diaphragm and the transducer substrate. The MEMS transducer can generate a signal representative of a change in capacitance between the counter electrode and the diaphragm. A back volume of the MEMS transducer can be an enclosed volume positioned between the transducer substrate and the diaphragm. The microphone assembly can include an integrated circuit that receives the signal, wherein every point within the back volume is less than a thermal boundary layer thickness from a nearest solid surface at an upper limit of an audio frequency band that the integrated circuit is monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Vahid Naderyan, Michael Pedersen, Peter V. Loeppert
  • Patent number: 11892885
    Abstract: A portable information handling system glass ceramic housing has a cut out section at an opening and a speaker chamber cover disposed in the opening to integrate a speaker at a bottom front side of the housing. A speaker coil couples to the housing section to align with a speaker magnet coupled to the speaker chamber cover to generate audible sound in a speaker chamber defined when the housing section couples over the opening. A polymer material is disposed between the housing section and housing, and the housing section is cut out with an upward curve, so that audible sound is directed upwards from the housing and towards an end user of the information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Duck-Soo Choi, Peng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 11889248
    Abstract: The present invention provides a MEMS microphone, including: a base with a back cavity; and an electric capacitance system arranged on the base. The electric capacitance system includes a back plate, a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm opposite to the back plate and arranged on an upper and lower sides of the back plate. The MEMS microphone further includes an insulation layer isolating the base, the back plate, the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, and a sealing space formed between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm. The pressure in the sealing space is equal to an external pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenkui Meng, Zhengyan Liu
  • Patent number: 11884535
    Abstract: A package structure includes a first substrate and a first device disposed on the first substrate. The first device includes at least one anchor structure, a film structure anchored by the anchor structure and an actuator configured to control the film structure to form a first vent temporarily. The film structure partitions a space into a first volume to be connected to an ear canal and a second volume connected to an ambient of a wearable sound device. The ear canal and the ambient are connected via the first vent when the first vent is opened. The first vent is opened by controlling a first membrane portion and a second membrane portion of the film structure, such that a difference between a first displacement of the first membrane portion and a second displacement of the second membrane portion is larger than a thickness of the film structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: xMEMS Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jemm Yue Liang, Chiung C. Lo, Martin George Lim, Wen-Chien Chen, Michael David Housholder, David Hong