Patents by Inventor Joseph Jankovsky
Joseph Jankovsky 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).
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Publication number: 20240141711Abstract: In one aspect, a system includes a movable barrier operator configured to open and close a movable barrier; at least one ultra-wideband device associated with the movable barrier operator and electrically configured to receive ultra-wideband radio frequency signals; and a processor operatively connected to the at least one ultra-wideband device and configured to use the ultra-wideband radio signals to determine a status of the movable barrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Casparus Cate, Michael Joseph Davies, Benjamin David Hunt, Thomas Jason Jankovsky, Paul Anthony Kuzich, Michael Joseph Phillips, Maged Riad
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Patent number: 10057701Abstract: A method for manufacturing a loudspeaker includes creating a dual-layered fabric having an acoustic resistance by attaching a first fabric having a first acoustic resistance to a second fabric having a second acoustic resistance lower than the first acoustic resistance. The method further includes applying a coating material to a first portion of the dual-layered fabric. The coating material forms a pattern on the first portion of the dual-layered fabric that changes the acoustic resistance of the dual-layered fabric along at least one of: a length and radius of the dual-layered fabric.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Joseph A. Coffey, Jr., Brendan J. Finnegan
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Patent number: 9883282Abstract: An omni-directional acoustic deflector includes an acoustically reflective body that has a truncated conical shape which includes a substantially conical outer surface that is configured to be disposed adjacent an acoustically radiating surface (e.g., a diaphragm) of an acoustic driver thereby to define an acoustic radiation path therebetween. The acoustically reflective body is profiled such that a cross-sectional area of the acoustic radiation path increases monotonically with respect to radial distance from a motion axis of the acoustic driver.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Bulent Goksel, Wontak Kim, Joseph Jankovsky
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Patent number: 9813794Abstract: An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning in an ear canal of a wearer, and configured to have a distal end farther into the ear canal than a proximal end. The earbud body includes a cavity and an opening to the cavity. The in-ear headphone further comprises a transducer in the opening to the cavity, a portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening; a microphone at the distal end of the earbud body; an earbud tip on the earbud body and complying with a surface of the earbud body; and an acoustically resistive mesh structure at a distal end of the earbud tip. The mesh structure covers the microphone and the portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Lei Cheng, Ellen I. Searl, Joseph Jankovsky
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Patent number: 9716936Abstract: An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning in an ear canal of a wearer, and configured to have a distal end farther into the ear canal than a proximal end. The earbud body includes a cavity and an opening to the cavity. The in-ear headphone further comprises a transducer in the opening to the cavity, a portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening; a microphone at the distal end of the earbud body; an earbud tip on the earbud body and complying with a surface of the earbud body; and an acoustically resistive mesh structure at a distal end of the earbud tip. The mesh structure covers the microphone and the portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Lei Cheng, Ellen I. Searl, Joseph Jankovsky
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Publication number: 20170188128Abstract: An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning in an ear canal of a wearer, and configured to have a distal end farther into the ear canal than a proximal end. The earbud body includes a cavity and an opening to the cavity. The in-ear headphone further comprises a transducer in the opening to the cavity, a portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening; a microphone at the distal end of the earbud body; an earbud tip on the earbud body and complying with a surface of the earbud body; and an acoustically resistive mesh structure at a distal end of the earbud tip. The mesh structure covers the microphone and the portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Lei Cheng, Ellen I. Searl, Joseph Jankovsky
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Publication number: 20170155994Abstract: An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning in an ear canal of a wearer, and configured to have a distal end farther into the ear canal than a proximal end. The earbud body includes a cavity and an opening to the cavity. The in-ear headphone further comprises a transducer in the opening to the cavity, a portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening; a microphone at the distal end of the earbud body; an earbud tip on the earbud body and complying with a surface of the earbud body; and an acoustically resistive mesh structure at a distal end of the earbud tip. The mesh structure covers the microphone and the portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Lei Cheng, Ellen I. Searl, Joseph Jankovsky
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Patent number: 9635452Abstract: An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning in an ear canal of a wearer, and configured to have a distal end farther into the ear canal than a proximal end. The earbud body includes a cavity and an opening to the cavity. The in-ear headphone further comprises a transducer in the opening to the cavity, a portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening; a microphone at the distal end of the earbud body; an earbud tip on the earbud body and complying with a surface of the earbud body; and an acoustically resistive mesh structure at a distal end of the earbud tip. The mesh structure covers the microphone and the portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Lei Cheng, Ellen I. Searl, Joseph Jankovsky
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Publication number: 20170041701Abstract: An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning in an ear canal of a wearer, and configured to have a distal end farther into the ear canal than a proximal end. The earbud body includes a cavity and an opening to the cavity. The in-ear headphone further comprises a transducer in the opening to the cavity, a portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening; a microphone at the distal end of the earbud body; an earbud tip on the earbud body and complying with a surface of the earbud body; and an acoustically resistive mesh structure at a distal end of the earbud tip. The mesh structure covers the microphone and the portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Lei Cheng, Ellen I. Searl, Joseph Jankovsky
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Publication number: 20160337748Abstract: An omni-directional acoustic deflector includes an acoustically reflective body that has a truncated conical shape which includes a substantially conical outer surface that is configured to be disposed adjacent an acoustically radiating surface (e.g., a diaphragm) of an acoustic driver thereby to define an acoustic radiation path therebetween. The acoustically reflective body is profiled such that a cross-sectional area of the acoustic radiation path increases monotonically with respect to radial distance from a motion axis of the acoustic driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Bulent Goksel, Wontak Kim, Joseph Jankovsky
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Publication number: 20160295318Abstract: A directional acoustic device that has an acoustic source or an acoustic receiver, and a conduit to which the acoustic source or acoustic receiver is acoustically coupled and within which acoustic energy travels in a propagation direction from the acoustic source or to the acoustic receiver, the conduit having finite extent at which the conduit structure ends. The conduit has a radiating portion that has a radiating surface with leak openings that define controlled leaks through which acoustic energy radiated from the source into the conduit can leak to the outside environment or through which acoustic energy in the outside environment can leak into the conduit. The only path for acoustic energy in the conduit to reach the external environment or acoustic energy in the external environment to enter the conduit is through the controlled leaks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Christopher B. Ickler, Joseph A. Coffey, JR.
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Publication number: 20160295337Abstract: A method for manufacturing a loudspeaker includes creating a dual-layered fabric having an acoustic resistance by attaching a first fabric having a first acoustic resistance to a second fabric having a second acoustic resistance lower than the first acoustic resistance. The method further includes applying a coating material to a first portion of the dual-layered fabric. The coating material forms a pattern on the first portion of the dual-layered fabric that changes the acoustic resistance of the dual-layered fabric along at least one of: a length and radius of the dual-layered fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Joseph A. Coffey, JR., Brendan J. Finnegan
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Patent number: 9451355Abstract: A directional acoustic device that has an acoustic source or an acoustic receiver, and a conduit to which the acoustic source or acoustic receiver is acoustically coupled and within which acoustic energy travels in a propagation direction from the acoustic source or to the acoustic receiver, the conduit having finite extent at which the conduit structure ends. The conduit has a radiating portion that has a radiating surface with leak openings that define controlled leaks through which acoustic energy radiated from the source into the conduit can leak to the outside environment or through which acoustic energy in the outside environment can leak into the conduit. The only path for acoustic energy in the conduit to reach the external environment or acoustic energy in the external environment to enter the conduit is through the controlled leaks.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Christopher B. Ickler, Joseph A. Coffey, Jr.
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Patent number: 8953831Abstract: An acoustic horn. In one implementation, the horn includes at least four wall sections, defining a passageway. The cross-sectional area of the mouth is at least ten times the cross sectional area of the throat. The wall sections are dimensioned so that at least one wall section has a dimension at the throat at least ten times a dimension at the throat of a second wall section. In another implementation the cross-section at the mouth is elongated and is be bounded by a continuous curve defining a geometric figure having a major axis at least ten times a minor axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Sarah M. Heile, John H. Wendell
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Publication number: 20140093111Abstract: An acoustic horn. In one implementation, the horn includes at least four wall sections, defining a passageway. The cross-sectional area of the mouth is at least ten times the cross sectional area of the throat. The wall sections are dimensioned so that at least one wall section has a dimension at the throat at least ten times a dimension at the throat of a second wall section. In another implementation the cross-section at the mouth is elongated and is be bounded by a continuous curve defining a geometric figure having a major axis at least ten times a minor axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Sarah M. Heile, John H. Wendell
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Patent number: 8553894Abstract: An three-way audio system that uses directional arrays for radiating mid-frequency acoustic energy and passive directional devices to radiate the high frequencies. the system includes a left channel, a right channel, and a center channel. A crossover network separates the left channel and the right channel into low frequency content, midrange frequency content, and high frequency content. An omnidirectional acoustical device radiates acoustic energy corresponding to the low frequency content of the combined left channel, right channel and center channel. A first directional array, comprising signal processing circuitry and more than one acoustic driver, radiates acoustic energy corresponding to the midrange content of one of the left channel and right channel signal so that more acoustic energy corresponding to the midrange content of one of the left channel signal and the right channel signal is radiated laterally than in other directions.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: William Berardi, Michael Dublin, Eric S. Johanson, Joseph Jankovsky, Hilmar Lehnert, Michael W. Stark, Guy Torio
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Patent number: 8447055Abstract: An audio system for a television using a pipe type passive directional acoustic device mounted in a television cabinet. The slotted pipe type passive directional acoustic device includes a first acoustic driver, acoustically coupled to a pipe to radiate acoustic energy into the pipe. The first pipe includes an elongated opening along at least a portion of the length of the pipe. Acoustically resistive material is in the opening. Pressure waves are radiated to the environment through the opening. The pressure waves are characterized by a volume velocity. The pipe, the opening, and the acoustically resistive material are configured so that the volume velocity is substantially constant along the length of the pipe. The passive directional acoustic devices directionally radiate sound waves laterally from the television cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Eric S. Johanson, Richard Saffran
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Patent number: 8358798Abstract: An acoustic apparatus, including an acoustic driver, acoustically coupled to a pipe to radiate acoustic energy into the pipe. The pipe includes an elongated opening along at least a portion of the length of the pipe through which acoustic energy is radiated to the environment. The radiating is characterized by a volume velocity. The pipe and the opening are configured so that the volume velocity is substantially constant along the length of the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Inventors: Christopher B. Ickler, Joseph Jankovsky, Eric S. Johanson, Richard Saffran
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Patent number: RE46811Abstract: An audio system for a television using a pipe type passive directional acoustic device mounted in a television cabinet. The slotted pipe type passive directional acoustic device includes a first acoustic driver, acoustically coupled to a pipe to radiate acoustic energy into the pipe. The first pipe includes an elongated opening along at least a portion of the length of the pipe. Acoustically resistive material is in the opening. Pressure waves are radiated to the environment through the opening. The pressure waves are characterized by a volume velocity. The pipe, the opening, and the acoustically resistive material are configured so that the volume velocity is substantially constant along the length of the pipe. The passive directional acoustic devices directionally radiate sound waves laterally from the television cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Eric S. Johanson, Richard Saffran
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Patent number: RE48233Abstract: An audio system for a television using a pipe type passive directional acoustic device mounted in a television cabinet. The slotted pipe type passive directional acoustic device includes a first acoustic driver, acoustically coupled to a pipe to radiate acoustic energy into the pipe. The first pipe includes an elongated opening along at least a portion of the length of the pipe. Acoustically resistive material is in the opening. Pressure waves are radiated to the environment through the opening. The pressure waves are characterized by a volume velocity. The pipe, the opening, and the acoustically resistive material are configured so that the volume velocity is substantially constant along the length of the pipe. The passive directional acoustic devices directionally radiate sound waves laterally from the television cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph Jankovsky, Eric S. Johanson, Richard Saffran