Patents Examined by Amir H Etesam
  • Patent number: 11665463
    Abstract: Various aspects include wearable audio devices and related systems. In particular implementations, a wearable audio device includes: a base having: an acoustic transducer; a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer; and terminals for connecting a power source; and a first cap including: an antenna; and a battery including terminals for connecting with the terminals in the base, where the first cap is removably coupled to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell Joseph Silva, Joel Henry Miller, Louis Gwo-chung Chen, Naganagouda Patil, Kendra Jean Winn, Maureen Margaret Brenner
  • Patent number: 11665494
    Abstract: One of the main objects of the present invention is to provide a bone conduction microphone with simplified structure and easier manufacturing process. To achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention provides a bone conduction microphone, including: a housing; a circuit board opposite to the housing; and a vibration assembly locating between the housing and the circuit board. The vibration assembly includes a vibration membrane made of high temperature resistant dustproof breathable material, a weight fixed to the vibration membrane, and a first cavity formed between the vibration membrane and the circuit board. The bone conduction microphone further includes a pressure assembly locating between the vibration assembly and the circuit board for detecting a pressure change generated in the first cavity and converting the pressure change into an electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tingting Hong, Xing Yu, Xingfu Chen
  • Patent number: 11659341
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11659321
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for a high-frequency waveguide that improves the performance of large-scale surround sound and immersive audio environments. A horn waveguide is configured to be asymmetric about one of a vertical axis and horizontal axis of the waveguide to form an asymmetric horn waveguide. A spherical enclosure surrounds the asymmetric horn waveguide to form a horn speaker, and a three-axis mounting system is configured to fix the horn speaker to one of a wall or ceiling surface of the venue, wherein the mounting system facilitates rotating the horn speaker to a location that provides maximum coverage of the venue within the passband of the asymmetric horn waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Garth Norman Showalter, Mario Di Cola, John Michael Gott, Patrick Ross Spurlock, Gregory Lynn Carney, Bryce Joseph Gott
  • Patent number: 11653151
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speaker device. The speaker device may include a core housing, a circuit housing, an ear hook, and a housing sheath. The circuit housing may be configured to accommodate a control circuit or a battery. The control circuit or the battery may be configured to drive an earphone core to vibrate to generate a sound. The core housing may be configured to accommodate the earphone core. The core housing may include a housing front panel facing a human body and a housing rear panel opposite to the housing front panel. The earphone core may be configured to cause the housing front panel and the housing rear panel to vibrate. Vibration of the housing front panel may have a first phase, and vibration of the housing rear panel may have a second phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chaowu Li, Yongjian Li, Yueqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11653136
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speaker device including a core housing. The core housing may accommodate an earphone core. An absolute value of a difference between a first phase of a vibration of a housing panel of the core housing caused by the earphone core and a second phase of the housing back of the core housing caused by the earphone core may be less than 60 degrees when a frequency of each of the vibration of the housing panel and the vibration of the housing back is between 2000 Hz and 3000 Hz. A button may be disposed at a button hole on the circuit housing, and move relative to the button hole to generate a control signal for a control circuit to cause the earphone core to vibrate to generate a sound. An elastic pad may be disposed between the button and the button hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chaowu Li, Zhuyang Jiang, Fen You
  • Patent number: 11653160
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a support configured to be worn on a head of a recipient and to hold at least one device next to the recipient's skull. The at least one device provides information to the recipient. The support is configured to generate a force that presses against the head and to actively adjust the force while the support is worn by the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Per Hillström, Kristian Gunnar Asnes
  • Patent number: 11647346
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a hearing aid device. The hearing aid device may comprise at least one sound transmitter configured to collect a sound signal and convert the sound signal into an electrical signal, a signal processing circuit configured to generate a control signal by processing the electrical signal, at least one vibration loudspeaker configured to convert the control signal into a vibration signal, and a housing structure configured to accommodate at least one of the at least one sound transmitter, the signal processing circuit, or the at least one vibration loudspeaker, wherein the control signal may include an original signal and an air-conducted sound leakage signal generated from the at least one vibration loudspeaker, and a difference between the air-conducted sound leakage signal received by the at least one sound transmitter and the original signal may not be larger than ?33 dB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junjiang Fu, Huifang Tang
  • Patent number: 11641538
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speaker device including a circuit housing, an ear hook, a rear hook, and a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly may include a headphone core and a housing for accommodating the headphone core, the housing may include a housing panel facing a human body and a housing back opposite to the housing panel, and the headphone core may cause the housing panel and the housing back to vibrate. An absolute value of a difference between a first phase of a vibration of the housing panel and a second phase of a vibration of the housing back may be less than 60 degrees when a frequency of each of the vibration of the housing panel and the vibration of the housing back is between 2000 Hz and 3000 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Yongjian Li, Wenbing Zhou, Jinbo Zheng, Zhuyang Jiang, Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao
  • Patent number: 11638107
    Abstract: A hearing device and related methods are disclosed. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising a wall, a microphone inlet comprising a through-going opening, a microphone arranged within the housing for receiving audio via the microphone inlet, a first filter device comprising a first filter material, the first filter device being arranged at the microphone, and a second filter device substantially having the shape of a torus or a hollow cylinder and comprising a second filter material, the second filter device being arranged at the wall, wherein the first filter device is arranged between the microphone and the second filter device, and wherein the through-going opening comprises an outer recess in an outer surface of the wall, wherein the second filter device is arranged in the outer recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Andreas Tiefenau, Timea Denisa Merca, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Patent number: 11638105
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11632619
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker apparatus may include an ear hook, a core housing, and a circuit housing. The ear hook may include a first plug end and a second plug end. The ear hook may be surrounded by a protective sleeve. The protective sleeve may be made of an elastic waterproof material. The core housing may be used for accommodating an earphone core. The core housing may be fixed to the first plug end and elastically abutted against the protective sleeve. The circuit housing may be used for accommodating a control circuit or a battery. The circuit housing may be fixed to the second plug end. The control circuit or the battery may drive the earphone core to vibrate. The vibration of the earphone core may generate a driving force to drive a housing panel of the core housing to vibrate. The driving force may be not parallel to a normal line of the housing panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chaowu Li, Yongjian Li
  • Patent number: 11632636
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11632637
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11627403
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing device assembly comprising a behind-the-ear base unit and an in-the-ear transducer module, which communicate via a single wire interface and wherein the base unit is configured to take on a communication role in response to a signal asserted by the transducer module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Flemming Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11627416
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a device comprising a moving-coil speaker including a diaphragm to play low-frequency signals from an audio-signal source, and a piezoelectric transducer coupled to the diaphragm to play high-frequency signals from the audio-signal source. A coupler couples the diaphragm to a housing of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aneesh R. Kudekar, Onur I. Ilkorur, Pablo Seoane Vieites, Stuart M. Nevill
  • Patent number: 11627407
    Abstract: A speaker device includes a bass driver mounted in the internal space of an enclosure for generating a bass output. The bass driver has a central axis along which a piston area of the bass driver actuates oriented at an oblique angle relative to the bottom end of the enclosure to increase bass driver size and acoustic output and to reduce acoustic frequency distortion by providing a varying distance between the bass driver and the top and bottom ends of the enclosure. An elastomeric reflector-damper plate is spaced apart from the bass driver in the internal space in the enclosure. The reflector-damper plate radially disperses low to midrange audio frequencies of the bass output of the bass driver around the enclosure to further reduce acoustic frequency distortion. Electronic subsystems in the internal space coupled to the bass driver receive and process input audio signals to be rendered by the bass driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Lenbrook Industries Limited
    Inventors: Paul Barton, Matthew Simmonds, Gordon Van Kessel
  • Patent number: 11627402
    Abstract: A headphone device comprising a speaker housing and an ear-cushion, the speaker housing comprising a speaker housing side portion and the ear-cushion comprising an ear cushion side portion, where the speaker housing side portion and the ear cushion side portion respectively are configured for releasable connection, wherein said speaker housing side portion comprises a plurality of first permanent magnets provided at respective first locations on or in the speaker housing side portion; said ear cushion side portion comprises a plurality of second permanent magnets provided at respective second locations on or in the ear cushion side portion; where said first locations respectively correspond substantially to one of said second locations; where for each pair of said first and second permanent magnets, the magnetic field of a first permanent magnet, is opposite to the magnetic field of the corresponding second permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventors: Knud-Erik Lauridsen, Bernardus L Verbraak
  • Patent number: 11617047
    Abstract: A hearing system is disclosed comprising a support unit, and at least one abutment unit, wherein the support unit supports the at least one abutment unit. The at least one abutment unit has a contact surface. The support unit is configured to be placed at a user's head such that the contact surface of the at least one abutment unit contacts the user's head in an area surrounding one of the user's ears, in particular, in an area of one of the user's mastoid bones. The at least one abutment unit comprises a contact element, the contact element being configured to transmit vibrations generated by a vibration generating unit towards the contact surface. The contact element is made of a fiber-reinforced plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Oticon Medical A/S
    Inventors: Morten Brandt Karlsen, Adis Bjelosevic, David Ginty, Maja Thorning-Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11611836
    Abstract: A transcutaneous bone-anchored hearing aid device for a recipient patient is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Oticon Medical A/S
    Inventors: Erik Holgersson, Tomas Johansson