Patents Examined by Julie X Dang
  • Patent number: 11882408
    Abstract: An earpiece for a hearing device, includes: an earpiece housing comprising an ear canal portion and an outer ear portion, the ear canal portion extending along an ear canal axis for positioning in an ear canal of a user, the ear canal portion having a first end; a first microphone for detecting ambient sound via a first input port in the earpiece housing; a second microphone; and a receiver for providing an audio output signal to the ear canal when the earpiece is inserted in an ear of the user; wherein the first microphone is arranged at a first distance from the first input port, wherein the first distance is at least 2 mm when measured parallel to a main plane having a main plane normal parallel to a main axis, the main axis forming a first main angle that is less than 30 degrees with the ear canal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Erik Alan Lindberg
  • Patent number: 11877118
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a magnetic system within a case for an electronic accessory. The case may include a housing portion and a lid coupled to the housing portion. Within the housing portion may be a housing magnet. The housing magnet may be oriented such that the magnetic field of the housing magnet is oriented transverse to a longitudinal axis of the case. The housing magnet may have a size and strength to magnetically couple the electronic accessory within a cavity of the housing. A hinge magnet may be located along an axis of rotation of the lid with respect to the housing. The hinge magnet and housing magnet may magnetically interact to form a bistable magnetic hinge. Thus, the one housing magnet may be large enough and have a strong enough magnetic field to perform various functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Macomber, Troy Edwards, Melissa Zucker, Peter Michael Cazalet, Kevin Kurtz, Yao Ding
  • Patent number: 11871203
    Abstract: A method for controlling a loudspeaker having an electromechanical force transducer and a diaphragm by: Providing a non-linear electromechanical model configured to apply one or more desired conditions to a loudspeaker input digital audio signal, i.e. to an analogic input signal converted in a digital input signal; Providing an inverse non-linear electromechanical model of the transducer configured to receive a signal processed by the non-linear model and to linearize at least one mechanical and/or electrical and/or electromechanical non-linearity of the transducer; Converting the digital output signal of the electromechanical model into an analog signal for the transducer, So that the output signal comprises an input voltage signal for the transducer and at least the second non-linear model is a digital wave filter (hereinafter referred to as Wave Digital Filters, WDF) to provide a directly computable function in the discrete-time domain to get the input voltage signal for the transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ELETTROMEDIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Bernardini, Lucio Bianchi, Pietro Pantaleone, Augusto Sarti
  • Patent number: 11871175
    Abstract: An earbud cover is implemented that secures to an earbud and protects at least the earbud's exterior surface from external damage. The earbud cover includes an upper body portion that conforms to the shape of the earbud's bulky body, a mid-section that conforms to the shape of the earbud's thinner body, and a bottom portion underneath a bottom surface of the earbud. While the upper body portion, mid-section, and bottom portion have been used to describe the earbud, other characterizations of the earbud's design are also possible. The earbud includes a cutout/opening corresponding to the earbud's I/O interface, such as its speaker or microphone. While a single cutout/opening is shown in the pictures, multiple openings may be utilized depending on the specific earbud. The bottom portion of the earbud also includes a hole that may be used to carry around the covers more easily, such as on a keychain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Jini Peang
  • Patent number: 11832050
    Abstract: Aspects are disclosed of an apparatus comprising an assemblage of beads. The assemblage includes a plurality of beads formed from a zeolite and a polymeric binder. At least one bead in the plurality of beads has a shape including a base shape having a continuous exterior formed of a first dome portion and a second dome portion, the first and second dome portions being joined together to form a spheroid with a polar axis, a polar dimension along the polar axis, and a transverse dimension normal to the polar axis, and an indentation formed in one of the first and second domed portions, the indentation having a depth and extending toward a center of the base shape along and in the direction of the polar axis and a width in the direction normal to the polar axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Juergen Sauer, Andrey Gavryushin
  • Patent number: 11805366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional electromagnetic transducer including: a housing providing with an accommodation space; a speaker received in the accommodation space, the speaker including: a first vibration system with a voice diaphragm, and a first magnetic circuit system fixed to the housing driving the voice diaphragm to vibrate along a first direction and generate sounds; a vibrator received in the accommodation space driving the multifunctional electromagnetic transducer to vibrate along a second direction, the vibrator including: a second vibration system with a vibration diaphragm, and a second magnetic circuit system flexible suspending on the housing driving the voice diaphragm to vibrate; wherein the voice diaphragm, the voice diaphragm and a housing enclosed a rear chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Xiao, Ronglin Linghu
  • Patent number: 11805369
    Abstract: A sounding device includes a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system includes a diaphragm, a voice coil, and elastic support assemblies. The voice coil is inserted into a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit system for driving the diaphragm to vibrate and produce sound. The elastic support assemblies are fixed to the frame and spaced apart from the diaphragm. The elastic support assemblies include elastic pieces. The elastic pieces include first fixed arms fixed to the frame, second fixed arms spaced apart from the first fixed arms and supporting the voice coil, first elastic arms connecting the first fixed arms with the second fixed arms, and second elastic arms connecting the first elastic arms with the second fixed arms. Compared with the related art, the sounding device has long service life and high reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Xiao, Ronglin Linghu
  • Patent number: 11778384
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic circuit assembly of a bone conduction speaker. The magnetic circuit assembly may generate a first magnetic field. The magnetic circuit assembly may include a first magnetic element, and the first magnetic element may generate a second magnetic field. The magnetic circuit may further include a first magnetic guide element and at least one second magnetic element. The at least one second magnetic element may be configured to surround the first magnetic element and a magnetic gap may be configured between the second magnetic element and the first magnetic element. A magnetic field strength of the first magnetic field within the magnetic gap may exceed a magnetic field strength of the second magnetic field within the magnetic gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Patent number: 11770655
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a sounding device including a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system includes a diaphragm, and a voice coil. The magnetic circuit system includes a yoke, a magnet assembly, and a magnetic gap. The yoke includes a bottom wall, a side wall in an annular shape extending from an edge of the bottom wall toward the diaphragm, and a flange extending from an end of the side wall close to the diaphragm toward the frame. An end of the flange away from the side wall is fixed to the frame. Compared with the related art, the sounding device disclosed by the present disclosure has a better reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Song, Xin Jin, Zhiwei Zhong
  • Patent number: 11770654
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides speaker device. speaker device includes frame, vibration unit fixed to frame and magnetic circuit unit driving vibration unit to vibrate and produce sound, where magnetic circuit unit is provided with magnetic gap; vibration unit includes diaphragm fixed to frame, holder fixed to diaphragm by injection molding and voice coil inserted in magnetic gap and connected to holder; holder includes bottom wall that is fixed to diaphragm and provided with pair of long edges and pair of short edges, and pair of side walls bending and extending from outer peripheries of short edges of bottom wall to magnetic circuit unit; side walls each are provided with chamfered portions on sides close to long edges. Present disclosure solves problem of deformation of holder molded in mold, thereby improving evenness of holder after molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping Liang, Bin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11765516
    Abstract: Provided is a sounding device, including frame and vibration system and magnetic circuit unit fixed to the frame. The vibration system includes diaphragm, voice coil driving the diaphragm to vibrate and sound, holder fixed to diaphragm, and auxiliary diaphragm spaced from diaphragm. The holder includes holder main body, first connection portion formed from holder main body to magnetic circuit unit and second connection portion spaced from first connection portion. The voice coil is fixed to second connection portion. One end of the auxiliary diaphragm is fixed to frame. One end of first connection portion away from holder main body bends and extends away from second connection portion to form flange. One end of auxiliary diaphragm away from frame is fixed to flange. The sounding device may reduce accuracy deviation and hidden dangers of gluing failure caused by rear assembling of the auxiliary diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Xiao, Ronglin Linghu, Tong Zhang, Chenliang Kong
  • Patent number: 11765511
    Abstract: Provided is a speaker, including: a connector and a magnetic circuit unit and a vibration system that are fixed to the connector. The vibration system includes a first diaphragm fixed to the connector and a voice coil driving the first diaphragm to vibrate and sound. The magnetic circuit unit includes a magnet assembly providing driving force to the voice coil and a mounting member fixing the magnet assembly. A bending portion is formed by bending from an edge of the mounting member toward the first diaphragm, and the bending portion is fixedly connected to the connector. With this structure, the first diaphragm is fixedly connected to the mounting member, so as to strengthen the overall strength of the speaker and prevent the deformation of the speaker in its vibrating direction, thereby improving the quality of the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiwei Tao, Xin Jin
  • Patent number: 11765513
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dual magnetic circuits structure and a sound device, the dual magnetic circuits structure includes a shell and an inner magnetic assembly, the shell is made of a magnetically permeable material, the inner magnetic assembly is arranged in the shell and includes a first inner magnetic element and a second inner magnetic element, a first magnetic gap, a second magnetic gap, an outer diameter of the second inner magnetic element is greater than that of the first inner magnetic element. Therefore, compared to the existing dual magnetic circuits structure, the dual magnetic circuits structure provided by the present invention has the advantage that the thickness of the whole dual magnetic path structure can be effectively reduced while ensuring that the vibration spaces and winding heights of the first voice coil and the second voice coil are not changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiujian Liu
  • Patent number: 11765512
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acoustic device including a frame, a magnetic circuit system and a vibration system. The magnetic circuit system includes a lower plate and a magnet assembly having a magnetic gap. The vibration system includes a diaphragm and a voice coil at least partially located in the magnetic gap. The frame includes a lower cover and a frame side wall. The vibration system is supported on the frame side wall. The lower plate includes a plate body spaced apart from the lower cover and a support wall bending and extending from the plate body toward the lower cover. The magnet assembly is supported and fixed on a surface of the plate body distal to the lower cover. The support wall abuts against and is fixed on the lower cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhang Ren, Zhiwei Zhong
  • Patent number: 11758335
    Abstract: An air-pulse generating device includes a membrane structure, a valve structure, and a cover structure. A chamber is formed between the membrane structure, the valve structure and the cover structure. An air wave vibrating at an operating frequency is formed within the chamber. The valve structure is configured to be actuated to perform an open-and-close movement to form at least one opening. The at least one opening connects air inside the chamber with air outside the chamber. The open-and-close movement is synchronous with the operating frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: xMEMS Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jemm Yue Liang, Wen-Chien Chen, Jye Ren
  • Patent number: 11750978
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound generator, including a bracket, a magnetic circuit system, a first vibration system, and a second vibration system. The bracket has a first opening and a second opening that face opposite directions. The magnetic circuit system is used for driving the first vibration system and the second vibration system to generate sound in different directions. The first vibration system includes a first voice coil, the second vibration system includes a second voice coil, and the magnetic circuit system includes a first magnet, a second magnet, and a third magnet. The first voice coil is sleeved on outer sides of the first magnet and the second magnet simultaneously, and the second voice coil is sleeved on outer sides of the second magnet and the third magnet simultaneously. In the present invention, the loudness of sound generated by the sound generator may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xudong Yan, Tao Shao, Xiaojiang Gu
  • Patent number: 11743659
    Abstract: An air-pulse generating device includes a membrane structure, a valve structure, and a cover structure. A chamber is formed between the membrane structure, the valve structure and the cover structure. An air wave vibrating at an operating frequency is formed within the chamber. The valve structure is configured to be actuated to perform an open-and-close movement to form at least one opening. The at least one opening connects air inside the chamber with air outside the chamber. The open-and-close movement is synchronous with the operating frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: xMEMS Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jemm Yue Liang, Wen-Chien Chen, Jye Ren
  • Patent number: 11736853
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes at least one acoustic transducer disposed such that, in a head-worn state, the at least one acoustic transducer is in an open-ear configuration in which an ear canal of a user of the acoustic device is unobstructed. The acoustic device also includes an array of two or more first microphones that captures audio preferentially from a first direction as compared to at least a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the audio captured using the array is processed and played back through the at least one acoustic transducer, and an active noise reduction (ANR) engine that includes one or more processing devices. The ANR engine is configured to generate a driver signal for the at least one acoustic transducer, the driver signal having phases that reduce effects of audio captured from at least the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Ankita D. Jain, Ryan C. Struzik, Dale McElhone, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11722823
    Abstract: Provided is a speaker, including a frame; a vibration unit fixed to the frame; and a magnetic circuit unit provided with a magnetic gap. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke and a magnet; the vibration unit includes a diaphragm and a voice coil; the diaphragm includes a dome and a suspension; the suspension includes an inner edge, an outer edge, a suspension portion, and an extension portion; the diaphragm includes a structural layer and a metal layer; the inner edge includes a first recess, and the extension portion includes a second recess; and the voice coil is electrically connected to the metal layer through the first recess, and the metal layer is electrically connected to an external circuit through the second recess. With this structure, an internal space of the speaker is saved, reducing material cost and improving reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huhu Yang
  • Patent number: 11683642
    Abstract: The present application discloses a sound-output device, a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The vibration speaker is coupled to the air-conducted speaker through a mechanical structure; and the bone-conducted sound wave is input to the air-conducted speaker at least in part as an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi