Mounting Or Support Patents (Class 381/361)
  • Patent number: 8213660
    Abstract: A shielded microphone, and method for shielding a microphone, are provided for use in a communications device having a circuit board and a microphone, especially where the device also has an antenna in close proximity to the microphone. The microphone is provided in an electromagnetic shield (e.g. formed as a shielding can) and a resilient separator (e.g. o-ring or disk) is provided over the shield. The device housing is stacked over the separator and shield, while the latter are stacked over the circuit board so that the separator and shield, with microphone there under, are sandwiched between the housing and the circuit board. By this sandwiching the separator is loaded onto the shield to drive the shield directly against the circuit board to make an electrical ground connection therewith, the microphone also being electrically connected to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Robert W. Phillips
  • Patent number: 8213647
    Abstract: An electroacoustic device includes a rear body portion containing electronic circuits, being so dimensioned and shaped as to be carried by a human user behind the user's ear and having an upper end portion and a frontal body portion with an upper end portion connected to the upper end portion of the rear body portion. The device may include an electroacoustic speaker transducer connected to the frontal body portion and arrangeable in a sound transmitting relationship to the user's ear canal when the device is carried by the human user. The speaker transducer may be rotatable about an axis which is arranged on a plane that is substantially parallel to the side of the head of the user when the device is carried by the human user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Casper van der Bilt, Gerjo Sampimon, Angelique Hofstede, Hedzer van der Kamp
  • Publication number: 20120148083
    Abstract: A System and method to provide a cost-effective implementation of a microphone package, very good microphone performance being achieved even with a high degree of miniaturization. A microphone package includes a MEMS microphone component having a microphone diaphragm, and a housing having a housing base and a housing cover, the housing enclosing the back-side volume of the microphone component, and an acoustic access channel to the microphone diaphragm being provided in the housing which is closed off with respect to the back-side volume and which connects at least one sound opening in the housing to one side of the microphone diaphragm. An interposer is mounted inside the housing which defines the acoustic access channel to the microphone diaphragm in that the interposer is coupled to the sound opening in the housing, and has at least one exit opening above which the microphone component together with the microphone diaphragm is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Michael KNAUSS, Scott NAUGLE, Andy DOLLER, Eric OCHS
  • Patent number: 8199954
    Abstract: The use of sound signals from sounds collected by four non-directional sound collectors facilitates calculation for generating surround sound signals, for example, when multi-channel surround sound signals are generated, and prevents the size of the entire apparatus from increasing. Surround sound signals are generated from sound signals of sounds collected by a microphone unit composed of a first sound collector, a second sound collector disposed posterior to the first sound collector, a third sound collector, and a fourth sound collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Ikeda, Hideyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8189842
    Abstract: A handheld microphone includes a hollow cylindrical housing with a portion of a cylindrical shock mount device positioned within the top end thereof. The shock mount device incorporates an isolation band such that only the isolation band contacts the inner surface of the housing, thus dampening the external noises transmitted to the dynamic element of the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Heil Sound, Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Heil
  • Publication number: 20120128191
    Abstract: Provided is a portable terminal including a microphone hole formed to perforate from an outer wall of a housing to an inner wall of the housing, a duct groove extending from an inner side of the housing and being open on a top surface thereof, a microphone holder coupled with the top surface of the duct groove, and a microphone coupled with the microphone holder, in which a duct connected to the microphone hole is formed by coupling the microphone holder with the duct groove, and the microphone is connected with the microphone hole through the duct. The duck is formed by coupling the duct groove formed in the housing of the terminal with the microphone holder coupled with the microphone, thereby smoothly delivering input sound such as user's voice to the microphone and contributing to the slimness of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jee-Young JUNG, Sung-Min JANG, Hoon NAMKOONG
  • Patent number: 8184844
    Abstract: A microphone mounter includes a first fixture attached to an upper opening of a mounting hole formed in an installation place, and a second fixture attached to a lower opening of the mounting hole. A microphone is installed in the mounting hole via the first and second fixtures. The first fixture includes a flange part having a diameter larger than a diameter of the upper opening and provided with an insertion hole, a sleeve projecting from a lower surface of the flange part, and an anchor part integrally formed at an end of the sleeve opposite to the flange part. The anchor part has an outer peripheral surface adapted to touch an inner peripheral surface of the mounting hole and an inner peripheral surface adapted to touch an outer peripheral surface of the microphone. The outer peripheral surface projects outwardly from the end of the sleeve to the mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventor: Takashi Murata
  • Patent number: 8180088
    Abstract: An elevatable microphone support for an audio or videoconferencing system, including: a hoisting mechanism, which includes a base section and a top/crown section, wherein the base section includes a first circular member and a second circular member, the first circular member and the second circular member are concentric with each other, and the first circular member is freely rotatable with respect to the second circular member or the second circular member is freely rotatable with respect to the first circular member, the top/crown section includes a third circular member, and the base and the top/crown section are joined by two or more pairs of links, a first half of said two or more pairs of links are connected to said first circular member, and a second half of said two or more pairs of said links are connected to said second circular member, and all said two or more pairs of links are connected to said third circular member, by revolving joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Christian Moengen
  • Patent number: 8180087
    Abstract: A microphone comprises a three-pin socket, a first USB socket and a USB adapter. The first USB socket is fixed within the three-pin socket. The three-pin socket comprises an inserted block and three pins. The three pins are fixed on the inserted block. The first USB socket is embedded in the inserted block. The USB adapter comprises a USB plug which matches the first USB socket and a second USB socket which has a different dimension from the first USB socket. The USB plug and the second USB socket are connected electrically. The microphone can be normally used at all occasions. The dimension of the finished product is reduced so as to save a very large space. The microphone can be electrically connected with a USB data line with a USB plug having a different dimension from the first USB socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Ying Jui Wu
  • Patent number: 8170258
    Abstract: A bass drum microphone device for securing a microphone inside a bass drum comprising a first support bar, a second support bar, and a cross support bar, and the bars connect to form an H-shaped structure. Attached to the cross support bar is a microphone attachment component for attaching a microphone to the bass drum microphone device. The microphone can be placed at various locations within the base drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Paul D. Wells
  • Patent number: 8170256
    Abstract: A microphone assembly for desktop communication systems utilizes a directional microphones in a desktop conferencing system without exposing the microphone to unfavorable mechanical or acoustic influence. The microphones is built into the front portion of the base of the system, in a mechanically controlled and robust way. The microphone assembly maximizes microphone sensitivity in the direction of a near end user while simultaneously minimizing microphone sensitivity in the direction of the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gisle Enstad, Tore Gravermoen, Johan Ludvig Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20120099752
    Abstract: A boundary microphone is provided to effectively reduce noises caused by external electromagnetic waves by providing electrostatic shielding, including on the portion of lead wires from a microphone unit to a circuit board. The boundary microphone has a base plate, a cover, a circuit board, and a microphone unit mounted in the opening with a metallic holder. A shield pattern for electrostatically shielding inside of the recess with the base plate is formed on the circuit board. The holder is configured to include a cylindrical section into which a rear end side of the microphone unit is fitted, and a D-cut section in which a part of a circumferential surface and a base surface of a cylinder with a base integral with the cylindrical section are cut away in parallel to a board surface of the circuit board, and the lead wire is routed within the D-cut section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Akino
  • Publication number: 20120099753
    Abstract: A microphone has a membrane (20) mounted to vibrate in response to pressure fluctuations, a backplate (30) facing the membrane and being more rigid than the membrane, and circuitry (95) for sensing the vibrations relative to the backplate, the backplate being prestressed and having a geometry such that a response of the backplate to structure borne vibration matches a corresponding response of the membrane. This can help reduce or minimize relative movement between these surfaces caused by structure borne vibration and hence improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the microphone. The geometry can be a hub and spoke arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: KNOWLES ELECTRONICS ASIA PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Casper van der Avoort, Andreas Bernardus Maria Jansman, Geert Langereis, Twan van Lippen, Hilco Suy
  • Publication number: 20120087530
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a microphone coupler and coupler system for a communication device. The microphone coupler comprises a conduit having an internal channel therein, a distal end, a proximal end, a first opening in the distal end connecting to the internal channel and a second opening in the proximal end connecting to the internal channel, the conduit being attachable to a printed circuit board of the communication device over an opening in the printed circuit board with the second opening mating to the opening and with the distal end of the coupler extending towards an end of the printed circuit board. The coupler has a microphone having a port that is mounted on the printed circuit board and the port is aligned with the opening in the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Larry Hawker, Ilan Rashish, Robert Phillips, Robert Lowles
  • Patent number: 8155365
    Abstract: In a gooseneck microphone in which a support pipe is capable of extending and contracting, and accordingly a microphone cord extension/contraction part is provided in an output module section, the microphone cord soldered part on a circuit board is prevented from being rubbed by the microphone cord extension/contraction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio Technica
    Inventor: Noriko Matsui
  • Patent number: 8150088
    Abstract: In a gooseneck condenser microphone that supports a condenser microphone unit via a support pipe, when the microphone is used by inserting a microphone cable through the support pipe in the state in which a shield covered wire having no skin is exposed throughout the entire length thereof, the movement of the microphone cable in the support pipe is restricted, by which the generation of noise caused by looseness contact of the shield covered wire with the inner wall of the support pipe is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Tecnica
    Inventors: Hiroshi Akino, Noriko Matsui
  • Patent number: 8150086
    Abstract: A voice sound input apparatus, adapted to be inputted a sound and output sound data, includes: a first microphone, related to a first sound hole; a second microphone, related to a second sound hole; a signal processing unit, configured to perform a signal processing; and a wireless transmission unit, configured to transmit the sound data based on an output signal of the signal processing unit, wherein a distance between the first sound hole and the second sound hole is a distance that a phase component of a sound strength ratio is lower than or equal to 0 dB, the sound strength ratio being a ratio between a strength of a sound component contained in differential sound pressure of sounds entered to the first sound hole and the second sound hole and a strength of sound pressure of the sound entered to the first sound hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Funai Electric Advanced Applied Technology Research Institute Inc., Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Inoda, Rikuo Takano, Toshimi Fukuoka, Ryusuke Horibe, Fuminori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8150087
    Abstract: There is provided a boundary microphone in which a microphone cover can be fixed to a base part without the use of an externally threaded screw for fixation. In the boundary microphone in which a condenser microphone unit 31 is housed in a microphone casing 1 including a flat base part 10 formed of a metallic magnetic material, the upper surface side of which is open, and a microphone cover 20 formed of a metallic magnetic material, which has many openings and covers the upper surface side of the base part 10, on either one of the base part 10 and the microphone cover 20, a permanent magnet 40 that magnetically attracts the other thereof is provided, and the microphone cover 20 is detachably fixed to the base part 10 by the permanent magnet 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventor: Hiroshi Akino
  • Publication number: 20120070009
    Abstract: A system for capturing high quality sound information from an impact includes a microphone stand and microphone array. The microphone stand is configured so that the microphone array arranged thereupon is focused on a single point so that ambient noise may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ishii, Takanobu Nishiura, Hiroyuki Mashimo, Yutaka Kabeshita, Nicholas A. Leech, Arthur Molinari
  • Patent number: 8135155
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a plurality of chambers, and a microphone array. The display includes a front cover and a rear cover affixed to the front cover. The plurality of chambers is formed on the rear cover. The microphone array includes a plurality of microphones disposed in the chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Fortemedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsi Lan, Li-Te Wu, Yu-De Tsai
  • Publication number: 20120046780
    Abstract: A microphone assembly for an electronic device is described. The microphone assembly can include a microphone, a microphone boot and a printed circuit board. The microphone boot can be a composite microphone boot that is formed from multiple materials. A hardness of the each of the materials used in the microphone boot can be selected to improve sealing integrity and reduce shock transmission. In one embodiment, the composite microphone boot can be formed using a double-shot injection molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Phillip M. Hobson, Adam Mittleman, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
  • Patent number: 8121332
    Abstract: A microphone mount for mounting a microphone adjacent a speaker housed in a cabinet is defined by an elongate body having gripping fingers on opposite ends. The body is extendable and an elastic cord housed in the body normally pulls the gripping fingers together so that the mount may be extended and retained on a cabinet. A microphone interface is attached to one end of the body, which allows the user to position the microphone in any desired position relative to the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Audix Corporation
    Inventor: Eric Johnson
  • Patent number: 8121331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface mount package for a silicon condenser microphone. The inventive package uses a limited number of components which simplifies manufacturing and lowers costs, and features a substrate which performs functions for which multiple components were traditionally required, including providing an interior surface on which the silicon condenser die is mechanically attached, providing an interior surface for making electrical connections between the die and the package, and providing an exterior surface for making electrical connections between package and a user's printed circuit board. In some embodiments, the acoustic port is located in the substrate directly under the silicon condenser die which decreases the thickness of the inventive package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Knowles Electronics LLC
    Inventor: Anthony D Minervini
  • Patent number: 8121333
    Abstract: The present invention is a suspension device comprising a frame and a means for holding a microphone. The means for holding a microphone is secured to the frame by two arms lying in a plane and the arms are shaped to allow movement of the means for holding a microphone in a direction transverse to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Rycote Microphone Windshields Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Woolf, Timothy George Henson
  • Patent number: 8116073
    Abstract: A display structure of a slip-cover-hinge electronic device, which includes a housing, a display module, two track modules and a flexible-printed-circuit module, is disclosed. The housing has an accommodated cavity formed with a bottom wall, two parallel slots formed respectively at two opposite ends of the bottom wall, and a passageway formed between the two slots and on the bottom wall. The display module is connected within the cavity. Each track module has a track disposed on the opposite ends of the bottom wall and a skid slidably arranged onto the corresponding tracks for gliding in corresponding slots. The flexible-printed-circuit module has at least a flexible-printed-circuit member, which includes an electrical connection portion and a resilient portion flexibly extending from the electrical connection portion. The resilient portion extends out of the passageway of the housing, and the resilient portion is partially self-overlapped to be capable of stretching outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Amtek System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Hung, Wang-Tsai Lee
  • Patent number: 8116500
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a speakerphone may comprise multiple (e.g., 16) microphones placed in a circular array around a central speaker. The microphones may be mounted vertically in the speakerphone with their respective diaphragms substantially parallel to the top surface of the speakerphone. The centrally mounted speaker may be coupled to a stiff internal speaker enclosure. The speaker enclosure may be made of a stiff, heavy material (e.g., a dense plastic) to prevent the speaker vibrations from excessively vibrating the speakerphone enclosure (which may affect the microphones). The speaker enclosure may also include a raised rim and ridges to increase its stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: LifeSize Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William V. Oxford, Kevin Patrick Kellar
  • Patent number: 8116499
    Abstract: A method of improving the “tight space” usefulness of a unidirectional microphone of the type having an otherwise screw-together headpiece and handle, includes the steps of: (a) fabricating an adapter having male- and female-threaded ends and a cavity of a specified volume that extends between these ends, and where each of these ends has a centerline and these intersect at a prescribed angle, (b) fabricating the adapter's cavity so that its volume is approximately equivalent to that of the volume of handle's acoustic chamber, and (c) connecting the adapter's male-threaded end to the handle and its female-threaded end to the headpiece in such a manner as to not appreciably change the frequency response characteristics of the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventors: John Grant, Antonino Correlli
  • Patent number: 8111862
    Abstract: An ear-hanging microphone comprising; a c-shaped hanger; a cable pole, whose first end connecting said hanger at a first end thereof; a flexible strap, whose two ends being twisted on said hanger, and the length of said flexible strap being shorter than the longest one of the diameters of said hanger; a microphone, which connecting said cable pole at a second end thereof; a stop block, which connecting said hanger at a second end thereof; a socket, which being embedded in said stop block, and said socket and said microphone being linked electrically; a pin, which being correspondingly inserted into said socket to realize electrical link; and an electrical cable, which being linked electrically with said pin. Because of the usage of the flexible strap, the usage period of the ear-hanging microphone is prolonged and the user feels more comfortable and convenienter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: Ying Jui Wu
  • Patent number: 8111855
    Abstract: A microphone assembly (10) using in a portable electronic device includes a fixing component (12) detachably fixed to a housing (30) of the portable electronic device, and a main microphone body (14) latched to the fixing component (12). The microphone assembly (10) may be conveniently detached and increases reliability of the housing (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai-Po Chan, Chao-Yuan Cheng, Chao-Kun Tseng
  • Publication number: 20120027241
    Abstract: A microphone mounting assembly (800A/800b) include one or more transducers (801) mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB) (805) where a spacer (803) is used having a channel (807) positioned on the PCB (805) for allowing acoustical energy to pass through the channel (807) to a port (809) in the PCB (805). A first cover (811) is positioned over the channel (807) for disrupting the direct encounter with airflow into the channel (807) while a top section (813) having a second cover (815) is further positioned adjacent to the first fabric cover (811) for preventing debris from obstructing the first fabric cover (811).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Robert R. Turnbull, Alan R. Watson, Michael A. Bryson
  • Patent number: 8103039
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microphone assembly comprising a housing, a microphone element within the housing, a base element, contacting elements, a removable element, and connecting means. The housing is configured such that it may be opened and re-closed. The base element is positioned inside the housing and comprises one or more first electrical conductors. The base element comprises one or more first conducting surface parts connected to one or more of the first conductors. The contacting elements facilitate electrical contact between one or more of the first conductors and one or more conductors positioned outside the housing. The removable element is positioned within the housing and comprises one or more second electrically conductive surface parts. The connecting means provides an easily breakable/removable electrical connection between a first surface part and a second surface part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Aart Zeger van Halteren, Paul Christiaan van Hal
  • Patent number: 8102015
    Abstract: A microphone package includes a carrier, a cap, an integrated circuit chip, and a microphone unit. The cap covers the carrier to form a storage space. The integrated circuit chip is disposed in the storage space. The microphone unit is disposed in the storage space and stacked on the integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fortemedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Chin Gong, Wei-Chan Hsu
  • Patent number: 8103038
    Abstract: In a boundary microphone, a high-frequency current caused by extraneous electromagnetic waves is prevented from flowing into a microphone case via a microphone cord that is drawn into the microphone case. A portion in which the microphone cord 31 consisting of a two-core shield covered wire is drawn into the microphone case 1 is made a shielding wire exposed part 310 formed by removing a skin 31d, and the shielding wire exposed part 310 is connected electrically to a base part 10 via an electrical connecting means 40 (preferably, a conductive cloth 41, and further preferably, the conductive cloth 41 that is formed into a washer shape having an insertion hole for the shielding wire exposed part 310 and is arranged so as to close a cord insertion hole 12), whereby the high-frequency current caused by extraneous electromagnetic waves is surely prevented from flowing into the microphone case 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Hiroshi Akino, Shioto Okita, Satoshi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20120014552
    Abstract: A grip of a microphone housing includes a cap coupling section formed with a first grip thread and a second grip thread that have opposite winding orientations and that are disposed respectively distal from and proximate to a distal grip end of the cap coupling section. A cap of the microphone housing includes a grip coupling section formed with a first cap thread and a second cap thread that are disposed respectively proximate to and distal From a distal cap end of the grip coupling section. The grip coupling section is configured to engage rotatably and coaxially the cap coupling section, the first cap thread is configured to bypass engagement with the second grip thread and to threadedly engage the first grip thread, and the second cap thread is configured to threadedly engage the second grip thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventor: Zore YANG
  • Publication number: 20120002832
    Abstract: There is provided a dynamic microphone in which vibration noise generated by the rolling of a microphone unit caused by a vibration component perpendicular to the principal axis direction of the microphone is reduced effectively. In the dynamic microphone including a microphone unit 110, an inner cylinder 120 having a back air chamber. in the structure thereof constituting a microphone body 10 together with the microphone unit 110, and a microphone casing 20 serving as an outer cylinder, in which a part of the inner cylinder 120 of the microphone body 10 is supported by a floating type vibration-proof structure using an elastic member 30, a weight 40 for causing the center of gravity O of the microphone body 10 to coincide with a supporting point S using the elastic member 30 is attached to the inner cylinder 120 so as to be preferably movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA
    Inventor: Shioto Okita
  • Patent number: 8090132
    Abstract: A wireless communication headset having both wired and wireless modes is provided. The wireless headset can include a headset connector assembly that can be coupled to a cable connector of a cable, which can in turn be connected to a telephone. When the wireless headset is coupled to the telephone, it can advantageously be operable to exchange audio information with the telephone through the cable, receive electrical power from the telephone through the cable, or both. In addition, the cable connector can advantageously be coupled to the wireless headset without obstructing airflow to a microphone that is located in the headset connector assembly, through use of apparatus of the invention located on the cable connector, such as an acoustic tunnel, a microphone-speaker pair, or a microphone that is coupled to control circuitry operable to disable the microphone of the headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John Tang, Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20110317862
    Abstract: A sound pickup apparatus, which can control directionality and has a simple structure, and in which a plurality of microphones can be provided so as to be floated by using the small number of parts, is provided. Three support columns 13A to 13C having the same length are provided upright on a top surface of a housing 11 of a sound pickup apparatus 1. The support columns 13A to 13C are equidistantly arranged away from a center position of the housing 11 and equally spaced 120 degrees apart from each other. A frame 4 having microphone frames 14A to 14C in which microphones are fitted is arranged above the top surface of the housing 11. In addition, the microphone frames 14A to 14C are coupled to the support columns 13A to 13C of the housing 11 by elastic rubbers 15A to 15C in a state where tensile stress passes the center of the housing 11 and is generated in an outward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hosoe, Yuichiro Suenaga, Satoshi Ukai, Ryo Oouchi
  • Patent number: 8081789
    Abstract: A microphone device according to the present invention comprises a plurality of microphones and a microphone holder for holding the microphones. The microphones include a first sound receiving part and a second sound receiving part. The microphone holder comprises a holder body, and the holder body includes a plurality of microphone engaging recesses facing in different directions from each other and to be removably in engagement with the plurality of microphones. These microphone engaging recesses are to be in engagement with the plurality of microphones with the first sound receiving part facing the outer side of the holder body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiho Suzuki, Hitoshi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8081791
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit supported by the frame, voice coil body provided movably in relation to a magnetic gap provided at the magnetic circuit, a diaphragm having an outer rim being joined via a first edge to the frame and an inner rim being joined to the voice coil body, and a damper located towards the magnetic circuit from the diaphragm. The damper has an inner rim joined to the voice coil body. The damper has an outer rim joined via a second edge to the frame. The second edge protrudes towards the diaphragm or in a direction opposite to the diaphragm. The damper includes a first protrusion protruding towards the diaphragm and a second protrusion protruding in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first protrusion protrudes. A protrusion out of the first and second protrusions is closest to the second edge among the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Funahashi
  • Patent number: 8077900
    Abstract: A microphone includes: a substrate including a tone hole and having a top surface on which a substrate electrode is provided; a converter provided on the top surface of the substrate and including a main body having a back space, a diaphragm provided at the bottom of the back space of the main body, and a converter electrode provided on a region of a bottom surface of the main body facing the substrate electrode; and a bump connecting the substrate electrode and the converter electrode to each other. The diaphragm vibrates in response to sound entering from the tone hole. The converter converts sound into a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Minamio, Yoshihiro Tomita, Koji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20110293128
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a package formed by overlapping a cover and a substrate one over the other. A microphone chip is mounted on a top surface of a recess of the cover, and a circuit element is mounted on an upper surface of a recess of the substrate, where the microphone chip is positioned perpendicularly on the upper side of the circuit element. The microphone chip is connected to a bonding pad arranged on the lower surface of the cover by a bonding wire, the circuit element is connected to a bonding pad arranged on the upper surface of the substrate by a bonding wire, and a cover side joining portion conducted to the bonding pad on the lower surface of the cover and a substrate side joining portion conducted t to the bonding pad on the upper surface of the substrate are joined by a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Kuratani, Tomofumi Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8068632
    Abstract: A conductive hanger plate having a flat external face and a conductive hanger knob are so provided as to be electrically isolated with each other at the same side of the external face of a non-conductive rear casing of a microphone casing. A conductive hanger hook hanging the microphone casing via the hanger knob is provided with a notch for catching the hanger knob. The hanger hook has a first elastic member which pushes the caught hanger knob in a direction toward a hanger face, and second elastic members which urges the hanger plate in a direction apart from the hanger face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Icom Incorporated
    Inventors: Keijirou Inaoka, Kazuya Syudou, Yasuhisa Aikawa
  • Patent number: 8059845
    Abstract: An in-ear stabilizer with a compression strut securely holds an in-ear communications device within the human ear. The in-ear stabilizer comprises an in-ear device housing which fits into the human ear and has a receiver and speaker. Attached to the in-ear device housing is a compression strut which extends, when in the human ear, across the crus of helix and fits securely under the antihelix in the upper concha of the ear. The housing of the in-ear device fits into the lower concha of the human ear. The compression strut exerts outward pressure when compressed, comfortably holding the in-ear device in place through pressure on the lower and upper concha of the human ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Joshua R. Bryant
  • Patent number: 8055005
    Abstract: A Bluetooth earphone and a lanyard structure thereof are provided. The Bluetooth earphone includes an earphone body and a lanyard structure. The lanyard structure includes a lanyard and a clip element. The lanyard is disposed on the clip element. The clip element includes two hooks gripping the earphone body for combining the lanyard structure with the earphone body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsin Liu, Chung-Chun Wu, Jui-Chi Liao
  • Publication number: 20110268307
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a microphone coupler system for a microphone mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) for a communication device. The system comprises a boot assembly to enclose the microphone and to direct acoustic signals to the microphone within the communication device, the boot assembly having a coupling section shaped to hold the microphone with the aperture facing upward from the PCB and an elongated section extending from the coupling section. In the system, an acoustic channel for the microphone is formed in part by the boot assembly when the boot assembly is mounted over the microphone. The system may further comprise a platform having an aperture, the platform for mounting on the PCB over the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Larry HAWKER, George Mankaruse, James Infanti
  • Patent number: 8050443
    Abstract: A microphone contains a capacitor in a capsule with a diaphragm serving as one of electrodes of the capacitor. The microphone is mounted on a mounting board when external terminals installed on an external surface of a circuit board which closes an opening of the capsule are connected face to face with connection terminals on the mounting board. A sound hole is formed in the circuit board and through-hole is formed in the mounting board, being placed in such a position as to avoid overlapping each other when the microphone is mounted. An enclosed space which communicates the through-hole and sound hole is formed when the external terminals are connected with the connection terminals on the mounting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Izuchi, Kazuo Ono, Kensuke Nakanishi, Kiyoshi Ota, Tsuyoshi Baba
  • Patent number: 8031885
    Abstract: A preamplifier arrangement for a drum microphone, in which drum the microphone is arranged inside the drum and wherein the microphone is connected to a preamplifier, characterized in that the preamplifier is secured to the side wall or bottom of the resonance chamber of the drum via a mounting arrangement comprising a threaded part, which is fastened to the preamplifier and fitted through a hole in the side wall or bottom, and a counterpart for it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: B-Band Oy
    Inventor: Heikki Raisanen
  • Patent number: 8031898
    Abstract: There is provided a dynamic microphone in which the output impedance does not increase and also the failure rate does not increase though using a microphone unit and a vibration detecting unit to reduce handling noise. In the dynamic microphone including a microphone unit 20 that includes a first diaphragm 24 and a first magnetic circuit 26 and delivers sound signals and a vibration detecting unit 30 that includes a second diaphragm 32 and a second magnetic circuit 33 and detects vibrations applied to a microphone case, whereby the output signal of the vibration detecting unit 30 being delivered as an opposite phase with respect to the output signal of the microphone unit 20, a field coil 41 excited by the output signal of the vibration detecting unit 30 is provided on the first magnetic circuit 26 side of the microphone unit 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventor: Hiroshi Akino
  • Patent number: 8031899
    Abstract: A microphone in which a core of an output transformer can be grounded without soldering and degradation of magnetic properties of the core can be prevented by preventing mechanical damage to the output transformer even if an impact force of the microphone is applied is obtained. A grounding pattern is formed in an output transformer mounting location of a circuit board incorporated in the microphone, a conductive fabric is put on the grounding pattern, a core of the output transformer is stacked and arranged on the conductive fabric, and the core of the output transformer is grounded through the conductive fabric. A second conductive fabric that covers the output transformer and is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of a microphone case may be provided and the microphone case may be grounded by bringing the second conductive fabric into contact with the core of the output transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventor: Hiroshi Akino
  • Patent number: 8023679
    Abstract: A wireless earphone with an indicating light includes a cover, a hanger connected to the cover, a housing, a microphone, an indicating light and a PCB. An outer hole is opened in the cover. The housing is accepted in the cover. An inner hole is opened in the housing and corresponding to the outer hole. The microphone and the indicating light are arranged in the housing and connect to the PCB, the indicating light protrudes into the inner hole. An escutcheon is arranged between the outer hole and the inner hole to resist dust into the inner hole. The light from the indicating light is delivered via the inner hole and the outer hole to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Liang Liu