Patents by Inventor Michael J. Koss
Michael J. Koss 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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Patent number: 8818012Abstract: An adjustable, dual speaker element earphone. One of the speaker elements is sized to fit into the cavum concha of the listeners ear and the other element is not. A hinged joint may allow the larger speaker element may be rotated about a vertical axis of the hinged joint so that the larger speaker element can be rotated towards or away from the listener's ear. The speaker elements may be connected such that sounds produced by both speaker elements emanate from different respective sound openings defined in a surface of the smaller speaker element. Also, one or both of the speaker elements may be operably connected to a hanger bar that is sized and configured to rest on an upper portion of the listener's ear.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Ronaldo J. Santiago, James J. Potter, Mandy M. Johnson, Allan G. Mlodzikowski, Michael J. Koss
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Patent number: 8800705Abstract: A roll-out cab for off-road equipment includes an operator cab and a slide assembly. The slide assembly includes a slide base, a cab carriage and an actuation device. The slide base preferably includes a base plate, a pair of base rails and at least two base rollers. The cab carriage preferably includes a carriage plate, a pair of carriage rails, at least two carriage rollers and a plurality of isolation mounts. The pair of carriage rails are positioned to receive the at least two base rollers. The pair of base rails are positioned to receive the at least two carriage rollers. One end of the actuation device is retained by the base plate and the other end is retained by the carriage plate. The operator cab is attached to isolation mounts. The base plate is secured to a piece of off-road equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Barko Specialty Equipment, LLCInventors: Gary D. Riha, Michael J. Koss
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Publication number: 20140205130Abstract: An assembly for holding a personal speaker relative to a user's ear. A headband assembly can include a band, a sleeve attached to an end of the band, and an arm moveably secured to the sleeve. The sleeve can include a pair of laterally opposed detent channels, and the arm can include a pair of spring-loaded bearings. Each spring-loaded bearing can engage one of the laterally opposed detent channels. The headband assembly can be adjusted by moving the arm relative to the sleeve. An arm of the headband assembly can be pivotally secured to a yoke by a magnetic pivot arrangement. The magnetic pivot arrangement can include a groove, a protrusion, and magnetic elements. A yoke can be pivotally secured to a housing by housing pivot arrangement. The housing pivot arrangement can include a pin extending from the yoke and a collar retained in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Koss CorporationInventors: Nick S. Blair, Stephen Fiacchino, Michael J. Koss, Michael J. Koss, JR.
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Publication number: 20140205129Abstract: An assembly for holding a personal speaker relative to a user's ear. A headband assembly can include a band, a sleeve attached to an end of the band, and an arm moveably secured to the sleeve. The sleeve can include a pair of laterally opposed detent channels, and the arm can include a pair of spring-loaded bearings. Each spring-loaded bearing can engage one of the laterally opposed detent channels. The headband assembly can be adjusted by moving the arm relative to the sleeve. An arm of the headband assembly can be pivotally secured to a yoke by a magnetic pivot arrangement. The magnetic pivot arrangement can include a groove, a protrusion, and magnetic elements. A yoke can be pivotally secured to a housing by housing pivot arrangement. The housing pivot arrangement can include a pin extending from the yoke and a collar retained in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: KOSS CORPORATIONInventors: Nick S. Blair, Stephen Fiacchino, Michael J. Koss, Michael J. Koss, JR., Michael J. Pelland
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Publication number: 20140185856Abstract: A lanyard assembly for securing a portable electronic device relative to a user. The lanyard assembly can include an I/O device, an electrical conductor, and a multi-ended portion. A cord can extend from the multi-ended portion to the I/O device and can form a loop that can be positioned around a user's neck. The electrical conductor can extend through the cord. The multi-ended portion can include a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion. An electrical connector can extend from the first elongate portion and can be configured to electrically connect to a portable electronic device. A physical connector, such as a clip, can extend from the second elongate portion and can be configured to receive at least a portion of the portable electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: KOSS CORPORATIONInventors: Michael J. Koss, JR., Kegan McDaniel
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Patent number: 8737668Abstract: An assembly for holding a personal speaker relative to a user's ear. A headband assembly can include a band, a sleeve attached to an end of the band, and an arm moveably secured to the sleeve. The sleeve can include a pair of laterally opposed detent channels, and the arm can include a pair of spring-loaded bearings. Each spring-loaded bearing can engage one of the laterally opposed detent channels. The headband assembly can be adjusted by moving the arm relative to the sleeve. An arm of the headband assembly can be pivotally secured to a yoke by a magnetic pivot arrangement. The magnetic pivot arrangement can include a groove, a protrusion, and magnetic elements. A yoke can be pivotally secured to a housing by housing pivot arrangement. The housing pivot arrangement can include a pin extending from the yoke and a collar retained in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Nick S. Blair, Stephen Fiacchino, Michael J. Koss, Michael J. Koss, Jr.
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Patent number: 8655420Abstract: An earphone set that comprises a paired set of earphones to be worn simultaneously by a user is disclosed. Each earphone in the paired set comprises at least one acoustic transducer for producing sound to be heard by the user. At least one of the earphones in the pair set comprises a transceiver circuit and at least one button. The transceiver circuit is for wirelessly receiving and transmitting signals via a wireless network. The at least one button is accessible to the user at an exterior of the at least one earphone. Upon activation of the at least one button by the user, an indication for a song played by the pair of earphones is caused to be transmitted wirelessly, by the transceiver circuit via the wireless network, to a remote server connected to the Internet. The song played by the pair of earphones may be streamed from a digital audio content server connected to the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Michael J. Koss
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Patent number: 8571544Abstract: A system comprising a wireless network adapter and a pair of earphone. The wireless network adapter is external to a digital audio player and configured to connect to the digital audio player via an audio jack of the digital audio player. The wireless network adapter is for encoding analog audio received from the digital audio player into digital format and wirelessly transmitting the digitally-formatted audio. The pair of earphones is in direct wireless communication with the wireless network adapter and are configured to be worn simultaneously by a user. Each earphone in the pair of earphones comprises: (i) a transceiver that is for receiving the digitally-formatted audio from the wireless network adapter via the wireless network, and converting the digitally-formatted audio received via the wireless network to analog audio signals; and (ii) at least one acoustic transducer connected to the transceiver, wherein the at least one acoustic transducer is for outputting the analog audio signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Michael J. Koss, Michael Sagan, Steven Reckamp, Gregory J. Hallingstad, Jeffrey K. Bovee, Morgan J. Lowery
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Publication number: 20130039510Abstract: A system comprising a wireless earphone set and a client computing device, both of which are communicable with a host server via the Internet. The host server stores configuration parameters for the wireless earphone set that are transmittable to the wireless earphone set via the Internet, and that are configurable by an authenticated user of the client computing device via the host server to generate updated configuration parameters for the wireless earphone set. The updated configuration parameters for the wireless earphone set are transmitted by the host server to the wireless earphone set via the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Michael J. Koss, Gregory J. Hallingstad, Morgan J. Lowery
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Patent number: 8340338Abstract: This disclosure relates to an adjustable ear insert, such as an earbud style earphone, that may be inserted in a user's ear canal in a compact configuration and adjusted by a user to expand and fit snugly against the ear canal.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Allan Mlodzikowski, Iain Roberts, George Aye, Jerry O'Leary, Michael J. Koss, Martin Thaler, Michael J. Pelland
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Publication number: 20120318594Abstract: A roll-out cab for off-road equipment includes an operator cab and a slide assembly. The slide assembly includes a slide base, a cab carriage and an actuation device. The slide base preferably includes a base plate, a pair of base rails and at least two base rollers. The cab carriage preferably includes a carriage plate, a pair of carriage rails, at least two carriage rollers and a plurality of isolation mounts. The pair of carriage rails are positioned to receive the at least two base rollers. The pair of base rails are positioned to receive the at least two carriage rollers. One end of the actuation device is retained by the base plate and the other end is retained by the carriage plate. The operator cab is attached to isolation mounts. The base plate is secured to a piece of off-road equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Gary D. Riha, Michael J. Koss
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Publication number: 20120213381Abstract: A system comprising a wireless network adapter and a pair of earphone. The wireless network adapter is external to a digital audio player and configured to connect to the digital audio player via an audio jack of the digital audio player. The wireless network adapter is for encoding analog audio received from the digital audio player into digital format and wirelessly transmitting the digitally-formatted audio. The pair of earphones is in direct wireless communication with the wireless network adapter and are configured to be worn simultaneously by a user. Each earphone in the pair of earphones comprises: (i) a transceiver that is for receiving the digitally-formatted audio from the wireless network adapter via the wireless network, and converting the digitally-formatted audio received via the wireless network to analog audio signals; and (ii) at least one acoustic transducer connected to the transceiver, wherein the at least one acoustic transducer is for outputting the analog audio signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Michael J. Koss, Michael Sagan, Steven R. Reckamp, Gregory J. Hallingstad, Jeffrey K. Bovee, Morgan J. Lowery
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Publication number: 20120155689Abstract: This disclosure relates to an adjustable ear insert, such as an earbud style earphone, that may be inserted in a user's ear canal in a compact configuration and adjusted by a user to expand and fit snugly against the ear canal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2008Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Allan Milodzikowski, Lain Roberts, Georg Aye, Jerry O'Leary, Michael J. Koss, Martin Thaler, Michael Pelland
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Patent number: 8190203Abstract: A wireless earphone that comprises a transceiver circuit for receiving streaming audio from a data source over a local ad hoc wireless network. When the data source and the earphone are out of range, they transition automatically to an infrastructure wireless network. If there is no common infrastructure wireless network for both the data source and the speakerphone set, the earphone connects to a host server via an available wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Michael J. Koss, Michael Sagan, Steven R. Reckamp, Gregory J. Hallingstad, Jeffrey K. Bovee, Morgan J. Lowery
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Publication number: 20120087534Abstract: An adjustable, dual speaker element earphone. One of the speaker elements is sized to fit into the cavum concha of the listeners ear and the other element (is not. A hinged joint may allow the larger speaker element may be rotated about a vertical axis of the hinged joint so that the larger speaker element can be rotated towards or away from the listener's ear. The speaker elements may be connected such that sounds produced by both speaker elements emanate from different respective sound openings defined in a surface of the smaller speaker element. Also, one or both of the speaker elements may be operably connected to a hanger bar that is sized and configured to rest on an upper portion of the listener's ear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Ronaldo J. Santiago, James J. Potter, Mandy M. Johnson, Allan Mlodzikowski, Michael J. Koss
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Patent number: 8103040Abstract: An adjustable, dual speaker element earphone. One of the speaker elements is sized to fit into the cavum concha of the listener's ear and the other element (is not. A hinged joint may allow the larger speaker element may be rotated about a vertical axis of the hinged joint so that the larger speaker element can be rotated towards or away from the listener's ear. The speaker elements may be connected such that sounds produced by both speaker elements emanate from different respective sound openings defined in a surface of the smaller speaker element. Also, one or both of the speaker elements may be operably connected to a hanger bar that is sized and configured to rest on an upper portion of the listener's ear.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Ronaldo J. Santiago, James J. Potter, Mandy M. Johnson, Allan G. Mlodzikowski, Michael J. Koss
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Publication number: 20110103609Abstract: A wireless earphone that comprises a transceiver circuit for receiving streaming audio from a data source over a local ad hoc wireless network. When the data source and the earphone are out of range, they transition automatically to an infrastructure wireless network. If there is no common infrastructure wireless network for both the data source and the speakerphone set, the earphone connects to a host server via an available wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Michael J. Koss, Michael Sagan, Steven R. Reckamp, Gregory J. Hallingstad, Jeffrey K. Bovee, Morgan J. Lowery
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Publication number: 20110103636Abstract: An adjustable, dual speaker element earphone. One of the speaker elements is sized to fit into the cavum concha of the listener's ear and the other element (is not. A hinged joint may allow the larger speaker element may be rotated about a vertical axis of the hinged joint so that the larger speaker element can be rotated towards or away from the listener's ear. The speaker elements may be connected such that sounds produced by both speaker elements emanate from different respective sound openings defined in a surface of the smaller speaker element. Also, one or both of the speaker elements may be operably connected to a hanger bar that is sized and configured to rest on an upper portion of the listener's ear.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Pelland, Ronaldo J. Santiago, James J. Potter, Mandy M. Johnson, Allan G. Mlodzikowski, Michael J. Koss
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Patent number: D633482Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Koss, Jerry O'Leary, Iain Roberts, Martin Thaler, George Aye
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Patent number: D687417Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Koss CorporationInventors: Michael J. Koss, Michael J. Pelland, Nick S. Blair, Glenn T. Walters