Patents by Inventor Gerjo Sampimon

Gerjo Sampimon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8295505
    Abstract: The invention relates to an earphone (1) with leakage control, which can be switched between states with and without leakage to adapt the earphone to different listening situations. The leakage of the earphone may be enabled and disabled automatically in dependence of the sound source and/or may be controlled manually by the user. The earphone is connectable to a device and comprises: a housing (2) substantially covering the external auditory meatus, and accommodating a loudspeaker element (3); the housing further comprising a channel (4) extending between an inner end (5) facing the external auditory meatus, and an outer end (6) facing the environment; and closure means (7) being switchable between a closed state in which said channel is substantially closed, and an open state in which said channel is admitting sound from the environment. The invention also relates to a device co-operating therewith, such as a mobile telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Erwin Weinans, Rene Hin, Johan Schreuder, Gerjo Sampimon
  • Patent number: 8213647
    Abstract: An electroacoustic device includes a rear body portion containing electronic circuits, being so dimensioned and shaped as to be carried by a human user behind the user's ear and having an upper end portion and a frontal body portion with an upper end portion connected to the upper end portion of the rear body portion. The device may include an electroacoustic speaker transducer connected to the frontal body portion and arrangeable in a sound transmitting relationship to the user's ear canal when the device is carried by the human user. The speaker transducer may be rotatable about an axis which is arranged on a plane that is substantially parallel to the side of the head of the user when the device is carried by the human user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Casper van der Bilt, Gerjo Sampimon, Angelique Hofstede, Hedzer van der Kamp
  • Publication number: 20080285786
    Abstract: An electroacoustic device includes a rear body portion containing electronic circuits, being so dimensioned and shaped as to be carried by a human user behind the user's ear and having an upper end portion and a frontal body portion with an upper end portion connected to the upper end portion of the rear body portion. The device may include an electroacoustic speaker transducer connected to the frontal body portion and arrangeable in a sound transmitting relationship to the user's ear canal when the device is carried by the human user. The speaker transducer may be rotatable about an axis which is arranged on a plane that is substantially parallel to the side of the head of the user when the device is carried by the human user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Casper van der Bilt, Gerjo Sampimon, Angelique Hofstede, Hedzer van der Kamp
  • Publication number: 20070177753
    Abstract: The invention relates to an earphone (1) with leakage control, which can be switched between states with and without leakage to adapt the earphone to different listening situations. The leakage of the earphone may be enabled and disabled automatically in dependence of the sound source and/or may be controlled manually by the user. The earphone is connectable to a device and comprises: a housing (2) substantially covering the external auditory meatus, and accommodating a loudspeaker element (3); the housing further comprising a channel (4) extending between an inner end (5) facing the external auditory meatus, and an outer end (6) facing the environment; and closure means (7) being switchable between a closed state in which said channel is substantially closed, and an open state in which said channel is admitting sound from the environment. The invention also relates to a device co-operating therewith, such as a mobile telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Erwin Weinans, Rene Hin, Johan Schreuder, Gerjo Sampimon