Patents by Inventor Kurt R. Stiehl

Kurt R. Stiehl 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).

  • VENTED IN-THE-EAR HEADPHONE
    Publication number: 20120207337
    Abstract: A vented tip for in-the-ear headphones has a core portion to be mounted to a sound output tube of an in-the-ear earphone and a flange portion extending outward from and surrounding the core portion. The vented tip has a) an outer portion formed in the flange portion that is to be in contact with, and thereby form a seal with, a user's ear canal, and b) an inner portion spaced inwards from the outer portion to thereby not form the seal with the user's ear canal. The inner portion has a calibrated perforation or hole formed therein. Other embodiments that may help reduce bone conduction effects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Victor M. Tiscareno, Kurt R. Stiehl
  • Vented in-the-ear headphone
    Patent number: 8189846
    Abstract: A vented tip for in-the-ear headphones has a core portion to be mounted to a sound output tube of an in-the-ear earphone and a flange portion extending outward from and surrounding the core portion. The vented tip has a) an outer portion formed in the flange portion that is to be in contact with, and thereby form a seal with, a user's ear canal, and b) an inner portion spaced inwards from the outer portion to thereby not form the seal with the user's ear canal. The inner portion has a calibrated perforation or hole formed therein. Other embodiments that may help reduce bone conduction effects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Victor M. Tiscareno, Kurt R. Stiehl
  • ACTUATED SELF UNPLUGGING SURGICAL SUCKER WAND
    Publication number: 20110112515
    Abstract: A suction wand for use during a surgical operation involving cutting of bone which yields bone debris, the wand comprising a suction conduit, a suction tip, a filter screen for retaining bone debris, and a carbon dioxide gas conduit for directing gas toward the suction tip to expel debris from the filter screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: James B. Stiehl, Kurt R. Stiehl
  • VENTED IN-THE-EAR HEADPHONE
    Publication number: 20100061580
    Abstract: A vented tip for in-the-ear headphones has a core portion to be mounted to a sound output tube of an in-the-ear earphone and a flange portion extending outward from and surrounding the core portion. The vented tip has a) an outer portion formed in the flange portion that is to be in contact with, and thereby form a seal with, a user's ear canal, and b) an inner portion spaced inwards from the outer portion to thereby not form the seal with the user's ear canal. The inner portion has a calibrated perforation or hole formed therein. Other embodiments that may help reduce bone conduction effects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Victor M. Tiscareno, Kurt R. Stiehl