Patents Assigned to SoundBite Corporation
  • Electromechanical sound generator for a fishing lure
    Patent number: 6108963
    Abstract: A device which functions to influence, either by attracting or repelling marine life includes a mechanism structured and arranged to shuttle a slug, i.e. an iron ball or other element having magnetic properties, between first and second positions in a manner which creates sound audible to marine life, such as fish, which it is desired to attract or repel. In one embodiment, an iron ball is shuttled between an electromagnet and a permanent magnet attached to an acoustic amplification plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: SoundBite Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lucas, Thomas J. Barron
  • Fishing lure
    Patent number: 6108962
    Abstract: A device which functions to influence, either by attracting or repelling, fish includes a first housing containing a pulse train generator and a second housing containing a transducer. The transducer produces fish-influencing action in response to pulses emitted by the pulse train generator. The first and second housings are mechanically integrated into an operating system, and the pulse train generator and the transducer are electronically integrated into that system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: SoundBite Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas J. Barron
  • Fishing lure
    Patent number: 6047492
    Abstract: A fishing lure has a battery-powered oscillator circuit positioned within a water-resistant container module that is removably inserted into a selected body module that is balanced to insure proper lure action even as fish-attracting sounds and motions are generated from the container module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: SoundBite Corporation
    Inventors: Teddie G. Watson, Jeffrey L. Orth