Patents by Inventor Wouter Bruins

Wouter Bruins 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).

  • Armature and a transducer comprising the armature
    Patent number: 11438700
    Abstract: An armature having a U-shaped element having a first leg portion and a second leg portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion has a first leg and a second leg and a central portion connected to the legs, such as an E-shaped portion, where the first leg portion is connected to the central portion. A transducer can include such armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Rasmus Voss, Wouter Herman Broeze, Wouter Bruins, Koen van Gilst
  • Balanced armature receiver with bi-stable balanced armature
    Patent number: 10986449
    Abstract: A balanced armature receiver is disclosed that includes a housing and an armature assembly within the housing. The armature assembly includes a first armature portion and a second armature portion. The first armature portion and the second armature portion are operated such that the second armature portion is substantially unstable relative to the first armature portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
    Inventors: Aart Zeger van Halteren, Paul Christiaan van Hal, Hamidreza Taghavi, Andreas Tiefenau, Wouter Bruins
  • Diaphragm, a sound generator, a hearing device and a method
    Patent number: 10820104
    Abstract: A diaphragm with a hinge portion and a drive portion and a plurality of oblong frame portions between the hinge portion and drive portion. The oblong frame portions are able to vibrate independently of each other and may have different resonance frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Michele Colloca, Wouter Bruins, Wouter Herman Broeze, Arno W. Koenderink
  • Magnet assembly
    Patent number: 10699833
    Abstract: The present invention provides a receiver comprising a housing, an armature, and a magnet assembly, where the armature and the magnet assembly are arranged in the housing. The magnet assembly comprises a magnet and a magnet shell. The magnet shell forms an inner space in which the magnet is provided, and where at least a part of the armature extends in the inner space. The magnet shell comprises at least two shell parts forming an inner surface encircling the inner space, where each of the shell parts comprises a first and a second end face. The first end face of a first shell part abuts one of the first and second end faces of an adjacent shell part, and the second end face of the first shell part abuts one of the first and second ends faces of an adjacent shell part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Camiel Eugène Groffen, Wouter Bruins, Caspar Titus Bolsman, Gerardus Johannes Franciscus Theodorus van der Beek, Jan Hijman
  • BALANCED ARMATURE RECEIVER WITH BI-STABLE BALANCED ARMATURE
    Publication number: 20200186932
    Abstract: A balanced armature receiver is disclosed that includes a housing and an armature assembly within the housing. The armature assembly includes a first armature portion and a second armature portion. The first armature portion and the second armature portion are operated such that the second armature portion is substantially unstable relative to the first armature portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Aart Zeger Van Halteren, Paul Christiaan Van Hal, Hamidreza Taghavi, Andreas Tiefenau, Wouter Bruins
  • ARMATURE AND A TRANSDUCER COMPRISING THE ARMATURE
    Publication number: 20200084548
    Abstract: An armature having a U-shaped element having a first leg portion and a second leg portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion has a first leg and a second leg and a central portion connected to the legs, such as an E-shaped portion, where the first leg portion is connected to the central portion. A transducer can include such armature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Rasmus Voss, Wouter Herman Broeze, Wouter Bruins, Koen van Gilst
  • Balanced armature receiver with bi-stable balanced armature
    Patent number: 10582303
    Abstract: A balanced armature receiver is disclosed that includes a housing and an armature assembly within the housing. The armature assembly includes a first armature portion and a second armature portion. The first armature portion and the second armature portion are operated such that the second armature portion is substantially unstable relative to the first armature portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
    Inventors: Aart Zeger van Halteren, Paul Christiaan van Hal, Hamidreza Taghavi, Andreas Tiefenau, Wouter Bruins
  • Armature and a transducer comprising the armature
    Patent number: 10516947
    Abstract: An E-shaped armature including a central, flat, elongate element for extending through the coil and magnet assembly of a transducer. The armature has two flaring sheets at one end for attachment to the transducer housing outside of a plane of the flat element and for facilitating the bending of the armature. A transducer may include the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Rasmus Voss, Wouter Herman Broeze, Wouter Bruins, Koen van Gilst
  • DIAPHRAGM, A SOUND GENERATOR, A HEARING DEVICE AND A METHOD
    Publication number: 20190069091
    Abstract: A diaphragm with a hinge portion and a drive portion and a plurality of oblong frame portions between the hinge portion and drive portion. The oblong frame portions are able to vibrate independently of each other and may have different resonance frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Wouter Bruins, Michele Colloca, Wouter Herman Broeze, Arno W. Koenderink
  • Magnet Assembly
    Publication number: 20180182524
    Abstract: The present invention provides a receiver comprising a housing, an armature, and a magnet assembly, where the armature and the magnet assembly are arranged in the housing. The magnet assembly comprises a magnet and a magnet shell. The magnet shell forms an inner space in which the magnet is provided, and where at least a part of the armature extends in the inner space. The magnet shell comprises at least two shell parts forming an inner surface encircling the inner space, where each of the shell parts comprises a first and a second end face. The first end face of a first shell part abuts one of the first and second end faces of an adjacent shell part, and the second end face of the first shell part abuts one of the first and second ends faces of an adjacent shell part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Camiel Eugène Groffen, Wouter Bruins, Caspar Titus Bolsman, Gerardus Johannes Franciscus Theodorus Van der Beek, Jan Hijman
  • ARMATURE AND A TRANSDUCER COMPRISING THE ARMATURE
    Publication number: 20180176691
    Abstract: An E-shaped armature including a central, flat, elongate element for extending through the coil and magnet assembly of a transducer. The armature has two flaring sheets at one end for attachment to the transducer housing outside of a plane of the flat element and for facilitating the bending of the armature. A transducer may include the armature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Rasmus Voss, Wouter Herman Broeze, Wouter Bruins, Koen van Gilst
  • BALANCED ARMATURE RECEIVER WITH BI-STABLE BALANCED ARMATURE
    Publication number: 20170164115
    Abstract: A balanced armature receiver is disclosed that includes a housing and an armature assembly within the housing. The armature assembly includes a first armature portion and a second armature portion. The first armature portion and the second armature portion are operated such that the second armature portion is substantially unstable relative to the first armature portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Aart Zeger van Halteren, Paul Christiaan van Hal, Hamidreza Taghavi, Andreas Tiefenau, Wouter Bruins
  • Joiner for a receiver assembly
    Patent number: 9584898
    Abstract: A multiple receiver assembly comprising at least a first spout-less receiver comprising a sound output opening; and a joiner. The joiner comprises a mounting plate portion having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the mounting plate further defining a mounting plane; first engagement means for engaging the first spout-less receiver at the first surface; and a spout portion comprising at least one sound channel extending through the spout portion. The sound output opening is aligned with one of the at least one sound channels when the spout-less receiver engages the first engagement means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Bruins, Aart Zeger van Halteren
  • Joiner For A Receiver Assembly
    Publication number: 20150264468
    Abstract: A multiple receiver assembly comprising at least a first spout-less receiver comprising a sound output opening; and a joiner. The joiner comprises a mounting plate portion having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the mounting plate further defining a mounting plane; first engagement means for engaging the first spout-less receiver at the first surface; and a spout portion comprising at least one sound channel extending through the spout portion. The sound output opening is aligned with one of the at least one sound channels when the spout-less receiver engages the first engagement means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Wouter Bruins, Aart Zeger van Halteren