Patents Examined by Ryan Robinson
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Patent number: 11290822Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high-pitched loudspeaker, which widens the starting frequency of the high-pitched loudspeaker, and the high-pitched loudspeaker has a smoother intermediate frequency curve and less distortion. A high-pitched loudspeaker comprises a magnetic circuit system, a voice coil, and a diaphragm connected to the voice coil, wherein a first cavity is formed between the magnetic circuit system and the voice coil and the diaphragm, the high-pitched loudspeaker further comprises a back cover, the magnetic circuit system is arranged between the diaphragm and the back cover, and a second cavity is formed between the back cover and the magnetic circuit system, a through-hole is opened on the magnetic circuit system which communicates the first cavity and the second cavity to constitute an air gap cavity of the high-pitched loudspeaker.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SUZHOU SONAVOX ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Peng Gao, Guoqiang Chai, Jie Chen, Yuping Xie, Jianming Zhou
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Patent number: 11290794Abstract: The present application discloses a sounding device including a base, and a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system fixed on the base. The vibration system includes a first diaphragm held on the base, and a voice coil of driving the first diaphragm to make a sound through vibration. The magnetic circuit system has a yoke and a magnetic body part fixed on the yoke. The yoke includes a main body arranged opposite to and apart from the base, and a turnup part fixed to the base. The magnetic circuit system further includes a breathable isolator attached to the turnup part and covering the through hole. Compared with the related art, the sounding device disclosed by the present application can prevent magnets from being separated from the yoke in a dropping experiment.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Kaihua Shen
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Patent number: 11284200Abstract: A transducer includes a hollow housing, and a piezoelectric sheet which is disposed on a first portion of an inner wall of the housing, and a block which is disposed on a second portion of the inner wall of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Tsuchihashi, Tomoya Miyata
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Patent number: 11265507Abstract: A terminal device includes: a housing; an audio output module; and a driving module, connected to the audio output module to drive the audio output module to move between a first position and a second position. The first position is located inside the housing, and the second position is located outside the housing. When the audio output module is in an audio output state, the audio output module is driven to move to the second position. When the audio output module exits the audio output state, the audio output module is driven to move to the first position.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaoshuang Li, Shiwei Lu, Zhengrong Lv, Zhaoqian Xu
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Patent number: 11259109Abstract: An in-ear earphone includes an earphone housing, a speaker assembly fixed onto the earphone housing, and an electric energy portion electrically connected to the speaker assembly, a sound emitting tube and an ear tip, where one end of the sound emitting tube is fixed onto the earphone housing, where the sound emitting tube has a first through hole; and the ear tip is fixedly connected to the other end of the sound emitting tube, a cross-section of the ear tip is oval-shaped, the ear tip has a first end and a second end that face to each other, the ear tip has a stepped hole penetrating through the first end and the second end, a part of the sound emitting tube is located in a large-diameter section of the stepped hole, and a small-diameter section of the stepped hole is in communication with the first through hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiaoping Cao, Zhenhua Liu, Yun Feng
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Patent number: 11259125Abstract: A MEMS microphone includes a substrate presenting a vibration area, a supporting area surrounding the vibration area and a peripheral area surrounding the supporting area, the substrate defining a cavity formed in the vibration area, a lower back plate being disposed over the substrate to cover the cavity and having a plurality of lower acoustic holes, a diaphragm being disposed over the lower back plate, the diaphragm being spaced apart from the lower back plate and configured to generate a displacement thereof in response to an applied acoustic pressure, an upper back plate being disposed over the diaphragm, the upper back plate being spaced apart from the diaphragm and having a plurality of upper acoustic holes, and an intermediate anchor being in contact with an upper surface of the lower back plate in the supporting area, the intermediate anchor being configured to support the diaphragm to space the diaphragm from the lower back plate, and to provide elasticity for the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: DB HITEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Han Choon Lee, Hyeok In Kwon, Jong Won Sun, Dong Chun Park, Ye Eun Na
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Patent number: 11252515Abstract: A binaural hearing system comprises a first and second hearing aids. The hearing aids each comprises antenna and transceiver circuitry allowing the exchange of audio signals between them. At least one of the hearing aids comprises primary and secondary adaptive 2-channel beamformers each providing a spatially filtered signal based on first and second beamformer-input signals. The primary and secondary 2-channel beamformers are coupled in a cascaded structure. In an embodiment, the spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of user's own voice. In an embodiment, the spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of a target signal in the environment. In an embodiment, the inputs to the secondary 2-channel beamformer may be beamformed signals from the first and second hearing aids respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Eleni Koutrouli, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen, Jan M. De Haan
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Patent number: 11252520Abstract: In a subcutaneous microphone used in medical devices, a structure is introduced that constrains the motion of the diaphragm during normal operation of the microphone. In one embodiment, a raised portion, such as a pole or pillar is placed in the chamber at the middle of the diaphragm. The raised portion may contact one or both of the bottom surface of the chamber and the underside of the membrane, and generally acts to reduce the amount of deflection experienced by the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Koen Erik Van den Heuvel, Patrik Kennes
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Patent number: 11240581Abstract: In an earpiece 10 of the present invention, mainly, a plug section 15 is fitted into a sound channel space 13A of a central tube section 13, and the plug section 15 is formed with a sound channel long hole 15B penetrating in a longitudinal direction thereof and sound channel short holes 15G penetrating in lateral directions thereof. With this structure, a very small part of sound transmitted from a stem section 12 is directly transmitted to the eardrum through an aperture 15A, but most of the sound transmitted from the stem section 12 is directly transmitted via an internal space 20 to the eardrum. Then, the user perceives the sound having detoured as indirect sound that comes from the front of himself/herself with a time difference, and thereby can feel out-of-head sound localization and sound spread, thereby experiencing a sense of direction from the front and realistic sensation.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Inventor: Hideaki Sampei
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Patent number: 11240588Abstract: Provided is an ear-hole open type sound reproducing apparatus which can obtain good sound quality over a wide band while adopting a bone conduction system. A first equalizer 303 removes a high range component which is difficult to be reproduced by a vibration speaker 301 and is hard to be conveyed by bone conduction. Then, the vibration speaker 301 outputs the sound over a low range to a middle range by bone conduction sound. By equalizing processing of the first equalizer 303, it is also possible to reduce sound leakage of the high range. On the other hand, a second equalizer 304 removes components over the low range to the middle range. Then, an air conduction speaker 302 outputs high quality sound of the high range component by air conduction sound.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masataka Ozawa, Kazuhiro Sekine, Jo Kamada
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Patent number: 11239681Abstract: A charging kit for inductively charging a rechargeable hearing instrument having an inductive coil, includes: a base unit having a first cavity; and an adapter configured to be received by the first cavity, wherein the adapter comprises a second cavity configured to receive the rechargeable hearing instrument; wherein the base unit is configured to determine a characteristic of the inductive coil of the hearing instrument; wherein the base unit is configured to provide a current by the base unit based at least in part on the determined characteristic of the inductive coil; and wherein the base unit is configured to inductively charge the rechargeable hearing instrument.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: GN HEARING A/SInventors: Jan Johansen, Søren Christian Ell
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Patent number: 11234067Abstract: A headphone structure includes a front housing, a rear housing combined to the front housing, a mesh cover, a sound-producing unit disposed within the front housing, and an elastic earbud. The front housing includes a protruding post portion, a sound channel formed on a front end surface of the protruding post portion, a slit formed on the protruding post portion, and a bearing flange formed on an inner surface of the sound channel to load the mesh cover. One distal end of the slit is connected to the inner surface of the sound channel, and one part of the protruding post portion is arranged between the front end surface of the protruding post portion and the distal end of the slit. The elastic earbud is elastically sleeved on the protruding post portion, so an elongated air vent is formed by the elastic earbud and the slit.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: EASTECH (HUIZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Chao-Hui Liang, Man-Ji Gu
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Patent number: 11234066Abstract: Disclosed is an earphone including a housing, a speaker unit accommodated in the housing, and a printed circuit board (PCB) accommodated in the housing, disposed below the speaker unit, and configured to provide an electrical signal to the speaker unit. Here, the speaker unit includes a first diaphragm, a first voice coil fixed to the first diaphragm, at least one magnet disposed below the first diaphragm, a frame which accommodates the first diaphragm, the first voice coil, and the magnet, and a substrate which receives and transmits an electrical signal from the PCB to the first voice coil. The substrate is disposed on an upper side of the speaker unit. The earphone further includes a connection pin.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: ALMUS CORP.Inventors: Ju Heon Ko, Byung Il Min, Yun Uk Ha, Jeong Kwon Park, Yeong Jae Lee
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Patent number: 11223906Abstract: An acoustic receiver includes a cover made from an electrically non-conductive material configured to cover an open end of a housing portion of the acoustic receiver. The cover has an inner surface and an outer surface. A motor is disposed on the inner surface, while electrical contacts are disposed on the outer surface. The motor is connected to the electrical contacts on the outer surface. Various electrical components, such as integrated circuits and sensors, are disposed on the outer surface. In one embodiment, the cover is a printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLCInventor: Yahui Zhang
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Patent number: 11212601Abstract: A sound transducer includes a substrate including a first surface, a second surface, and a cavity, a support structure disposed on the first surface and including an inner peripheral edge and a third surface, a fixing structure disposed on the third surface, a moving structure including an exterior peripheral edge and a fourth surface, a first set of comb fingers fixed to the inner peripheral edge, extending toward the moving structure, and being electrically isolated from the fixing structure and the moving structure, a second set of comb fingers fixed to the exterior peripheral edge, extending toward the support structure, and interdigitated with the first set of comb fingers, and an elastic connecting structure including a first connecting part connected to the fourth surface, a second connecting part connected to the fixing structure, and an elastic body; the moving structure is disposed above the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventor: Yannick Kervran
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Patent number: 11206470Abstract: An electronic speaker can include: a device housing that defines an interior housing cavity; an audio driver disposed within the interior housing cavity; and a foot assembly coupled to the device housing and operable to support the electronic speaker. The foot assembly can include: a foot assembly sidewall having an outer sidewall perimeter extending outwardly away from a central neck; a planar foot having an outer foot perimeter proximate the outer sidewall perimeter where an upper surface of the planar foot cooperates with an interior surface of the foot assembly sidewall to create an internal cavity within the foot assembly; a suspension system disposed within the foot assembly internal cavity and coupling the planar foot to the foot assembly sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Alexander R. Gould, Jason C. Della Rosa, Glenn K. Trainer, Craig M. Stanley, Junyi Yang, Yin Yuan, Yanchu Xu
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Patent number: 11206500Abstract: A bone conduction speaker is provided. The bone conduction speaker includes: a housing forming an exterior; a stator including a pole piece fitted to a bottom of the housing and a voice coil arranged to an outer circumference of the pole piece; a vibrator including a permanent magnet mounted concentrically with the pole piece and voice coil, with an air gap from the pole piece, a weight attached to the permanent magnet to increase a vibration force, and a yoke attached to the permanent magnet and weight; a flexible printed circuit board mounted on the bottom of the housing, part of which extends out of the housing, and configured to transmit a signal to the voice coil; and a bone conduction pad attached to an outer surface of the housing. The vibration of the vibrator is transmitted to a bone of a user through the housing and bone conduction pad.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: EM-TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheon Myeong Kim, Jae Hwa Lim, Jeong Ae Ha, Ji Young Lee, Byung Ho Jung, Sung Jin Hong
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Patent number: 11206492Abstract: The present invention discloses a screen sounding exciter and an electronic device. The screen sounding exciter includes a first magnetic circuit system, an electromagnetic driving system, and a second magnetic circuit system which are sequentially arranged along a vibrating direction of the display screen from top to bottom, and an elastic member, the electromagnetic driving system includes a first electromagnet, a second electromagnet, and a magnetic conductive shell isolating a bottom of the first electromagnet from a top of the second electromagnet; a top of the first electromagnet is spaced apart from a bottom of the first magnetic circuit system to form a first vibrating gap; a bottom of the second electromagnet is spaced apart from a top of the second magnetic circuit system to form a second vibrating gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Huan Ge, Lubin Mao
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Patent number: 11202143Abstract: A sound output assembly includes an enclosure, a speaker assembly disposed inside the enclosure, and a supporting member having at least a first end fixed to the enclosure such that the at least the first end of the supporting member and the enclosure are formed as one body. The speaker assembly includes an acoustic diaphragm configured to produce a sound by vibrating in accordance with a sound signal. The supporting member is configured to support the speaker assembly and to dampen vibration of the speaker assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Akiyoshi Sato
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Patent number: 11197655Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound probe including high-sensitive piezoelectric elements and a method of manufacturing an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements on a backing material arranged in an array along an arrangement direction. Each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements includes a laminate in which a first conductive part, a piezoelectric body part, and a second conductive part are laminated on a surface of the backing material in order. A plurality of acoustic matching part respectively arranged on the second conductive parts of the plurality of piezoelectric elements is provided. A plurality of third conductive parts acquired by respectively joining a part of the plurality of acoustic matching parts in an elevation direction to the second conductive parts of the plurality of piezoelectric elements is provided. A fourth conductive part that electrically connects the plurality of third conductive parts to each other is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Atsushi Osawa