Patents by Inventor Knud-Erik Lauridsen

Knud-Erik Lauridsen 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: 11706560
    Abstract: A headphone device comprising active noise cancellation means (ANC) having a feedback (FB) signal path, a feed forward (FF) signal path and a sidetone signal path, where the headphone is provided with a control member (1, 11) that can be displaced or rotated between opposite positions, where the control member (1, 11) is configured such that the gain of the FF signal path and the gain of the sidetone signal path are controllable by the control member (1, 11) in such manner that when the control member (1, 11) is at one extreme position, the gain of the FF signal path is maximum and the gain of the sidetone signal path is minimum and when the control member (1,11) is at the opposite extreme position, the gain of the FF signal path is minimum and the gain of the sidetone signal path is maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventors: Knud-Erik Lauridsen, John Hammer Madsen
  • Patent number: 11627402
    Abstract: A headphone device comprising a speaker housing and an ear-cushion, the speaker housing comprising a speaker housing side portion and the ear-cushion comprising an ear cushion side portion, where the speaker housing side portion and the ear cushion side portion respectively are configured for releasable connection, wherein said speaker housing side portion comprises a plurality of first permanent magnets provided at respective first locations on or in the speaker housing side portion; said ear cushion side portion comprises a plurality of second permanent magnets provided at respective second locations on or in the ear cushion side portion; where said first locations respectively correspond substantially to one of said second locations; where for each pair of said first and second permanent magnets, the magnetic field of a first permanent magnet, is opposite to the magnetic field of the corresponding second permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventors: Knud-Erik Lauridsen, Bernardus L Verbraak
  • Publication number: 20220182750
    Abstract: A headphone device comprising active noise cancellation means (ANC) having a feedback (FB) signal path, a feed forward (FF) signal path and a sidetone signal path, where the headphone is provided with a control member (1, 11) that can be displaced or rotated between opposite positions, where the control member (1, 11) is configured such that the gain of the FF signal path and the gain of the sidetone signal path are controllable by the control member (1, 11) in such manner that when the control member (1, 11) is at one extreme position, the gain of the FF signal path is maximum and the gain of the sidetone signal path is minimum and when the control member (1,11) is at the opposite extreme position, the gain of the FF signal path is minimum and the gain of the sidetone signal path is maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Knud-Erik Lauridsen, John Hammer Madsen
  • Publication number: 20220038805
    Abstract: A headphone device comprising a speaker housing and an ear-cushion, the speaker housing comprising a speaker housing side portion and the ear-cushion comprising an ear cushion side portion, where the speaker housing side portion and the ear cushion side portion respectively are configured for releasable connection, wherein said speaker housing side portion comprises a plurality of first permanent magnets provided at respective first locations on or in the speaker housing side portion; said ear cushion side portion comprises a plurality of second permanent magnets provided at respective second locations on or in the ear cushion side portion; where said first locations respectively correspond substantially to one of said second locations; where for each pair of said first and second permanent magnets, the magnetic field of a first permanent magnet, is opposite to the magnetic field of the corresponding second permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Knud-Erik Lauridsen, Bernardus L. Verbraak