Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Huep

Wolfgang Huep 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: 8666102
    Abstract: A hearing system includes at least one earpiece having a shell, an elongate retention element attached to the shell, and an insert unit. The shell has a sound tube portion carrying a soft tip for insertion into the user's ear canal, an outwardly oriented interface portion for detachably receiving the insert unit, and an engagement portion between the sound tube portion and the interface portion for engaging with the tragus/antitragus region of the ear, wherein the material and the dimensions of the retention element are such that the retention element can engage the user's concha by manual deformation by the user, and wherein the insert unit is a filter unit with at least one sound attenuation filter, or is an active electronic unit with at least a loudspeaker, and with an external electronic unit, which is worn on the user's body below the user's neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Henning Bruckhoff, Wolfgang Huep, Juergen Brinkmann, Peter Boschung
  • Patent number: 8483418
    Abstract: A system for picking-up a user's voice, having an earpiece (10) that has a shell (12) and is to be worn at least partly in the user's ear canal (18), an elongate C-shaped bow-like retention element (14) attached to the shell for retaining the shell within the user's ear (18, 66, 68) and an ear microphone (16) oriented acoustically inwardly towards the user's ear canal for picking-up the user's voice. The material and the dimensions of the retention element are selected such that the retention element can be brought into engagement with the user's concha (68) by manual plastic deformation by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Rainer Platz, Wolfgang Huep
  • Publication number: 20120063622
    Abstract: A hearing system includes at least one earpiece having a shell, an elongate retention element attached to the shell, and an insert unit. The shell has a sound tube portion carrying a soft tip for insertion into the user's ear canal, an outwardly oriented interface portion for detachably receiving the insert unit, and an engagement portion between the sound tube portion and the interface portion for engaging with the tragus/antitragus region of the ear, wherein the material and the dimensions of the retention element are such that the retention element can engage the user's concha by manual deformation by the user, and wherein the insert unit is a filter unit with at least one sound attenuation filter, or is an active electronic unit with at least a loudspeaker, and with an external electronic unit, which is worn on the user's body below the user's neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: PHONAK AG
    Inventors: Henning Bruckhoff, Wolfgang Huep, Juergen Brinkmann, Peter Boschung
  • Publication number: 20110243358
    Abstract: A system for picking-up a user's voice, having an earpiece (10) that has a shell (12) and is to be worn at least partly in the user's ear canal (18), an elongate C-shaped bow-like retention element (14) attached to the shell for retaining the shell within the user's ear (18, 66, 68) and an ear microphone (16) oriented acoustically inwardly towards the user's ear canal for picking-up the user's voice. The material and the dimensions of the retention element are selected such that the retention element can be brought into engagement with the user's concha (68) by manual plastic deformation by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: PHONAK AG
    Inventors: Rainer Platz, Wolfgang Huep
  • Patent number: 6266628
    Abstract: A surveying system has a sighting device and a position measuring unit. The position measuring unit includes an inertial measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Wolfgang Huep, Ernst Michelbacher