Patents Examined by Sean H Nguyen
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Patent number: 11962982Abstract: A vibration exciter for an electronic product comprises a first vibration assembly comprising a first casing (101) and a magnetic circuit assembly below thereof; a second vibration assembly comprising a second casing (105) and at least two groups of coils (102) above thereof and on two sides of the magnetic circuit assembly; the magnetic circuit assembly comprises a central magnet (103b) and at least two side magnets (103a, 103b) in a vibration direction, the magnetizing directions of the two side magnets are parallel to an axial direction of the coils, directions of magnetic poles are opposite; the central magnet comprises at least two groups of magnets (103b, 1032b) in a direction perpendicular to the vibration direction, the magnetizing directions of the at least two groups of magnets are parallel to the vibration direction the directions of the magnetic poles are opposite. The electronic product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: GOERTEK INC.Inventors: Dezhang Shi, Yongqiang Wang, Dongsheng Mao, Yueguang Zhu
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Patent number: 11962970Abstract: A waveguide housing for a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly includes first and second drivers coupled to the waveguide housing where the first driver generates a midrange sound signal and the second driver emits a high-frequency sound signal. The waveguide housing includes a first plurality of sound channels configured to receive the midrange sound signal from the first driver such that the midrange sound signal travels through the first plurality of sound channels and is emitted from the waveguide housing by a first plurality of openings in the waveguide housing. The waveguide housing also includes a second plurality of sound channels configured to receive the high-frequency sound signal from the second driver such that the high-frequency sound signal travels through the second plurality of sound channels and is emitted from the waveguide housing by a second plurality of openings in the waveguide housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: QSC, LLCInventors: Jerome Halley, Chris Smolen
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Patent number: 11960147Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a loudspeaker. The loudspeaker may include a loudspeaker mechanism, a fixing mechanism, and a connector. The loudspeaker mechanism may be configured to generate a vibration signal and transmit the vibration signal to the human body. The fixing mechanism may be configured to support and maintain the position of the loudspeaker mechanism. The connector may be configured to connect the loudspeaker mechanism with the fixing mechanism. The loudspeaker mechanism may at least include a first fixed position and a second fixed position. The first fixed position may be a fixed position of the loudspeaker when the loudspeaker is in a non-working state. The second fixed position may be a fixed position of the loudspeaker when the loudspeaker is in a working state. The connector may be configured to switch the loudspeaker mechanism between the first fixed position and the second fixed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Yueqiang Wang, Haofeng Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yongjian Li, Qian Chen
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Patent number: 11956608Abstract: A device, system, and a method for adjusting audio parameters for a user are disclosed. The method comprises performing a hearing test of the user. The hearing test comprises playing an audio and capturing an auditory response of the user towards the audio. A hearing profile of the user is generated based on one or more results of the hearing test. A playing speed of the audio is adjusted based on the hearing profile, thereby adjusting the audio parameters for the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventor: Leigh M. Rothschild
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Patent number: 11956600Abstract: Devices and methods to reduce ear wax clogging of acoustic ports, hearing aid systems, and feedback reduction systems are provided. A conformal hearing aid includes a hearing aid body, where the hearing aid body houses a microphone and a receiver, where the microphone is positioned within the hearing aid body to measure acoustic signals from an ambient environment, and where the receiver is positioned within the hearing aid body to emit acoustic signals toward a tympanic membrane of a user; an expandable element, where the expandable element is operatively connected to the hearing aid body, and where the expandable element is configured to encompass a circumferential portion of the hearing aid body when expanded; and an inflation management system, where the inflation management system is configured to expand the expandable element when actuated.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: The Diablo Canyon Collective LLCInventor: John P. Keady
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Patent number: 11950051Abstract: A piezoelectric speaker (10) includes: a piezoelectric film (35); a fixing face (17) for fixing the piezoelectric film (35) to a support; and an interposed layer (40) disposed between the piezoelectric film (35) and the fixing face (17). The interposed layer (40) has a holding degree of 5×108 N/m3 or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Komoto, Tomoaki Hishiki, Kohei Oto, Saori Yamamoto, Yuka Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 11950035Abstract: A sound generating apparatus for vehicles may include a sound generating device to be covered by a vehicle interior material of a vehicle. The sound generating device may be configured to vibrate the vehicle interior material. A vehicle including the sound generating apparatus for vehicles may include a vehicle interior material, covering a vehicle structure, and at least one sound generating apparatus disposed at the vehicle interior material. The vehicle interior material may vibrate according to a vibration of the sound generating apparatus to output a sound.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungtae Lee, KwanHo Park, YeongRak Choi, Sungsu Ham, Joongsup Han
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Patent number: 11943580Abstract: A speaker device is disclosed. The speaker device includes a speaker enclosure structure including a speaker. The speaker is an electro-mechanical component, which in operation generates sound waves by deflection of a speaker membrane and in collaboration with the speaker enclosure structure. The speaker device further includes a speaker device housing. The speaker device housing is an outer shell of the speaker device and may accommodate additional electronic components required for operation of the speaker or for other purposes. The speaker enclosure structure is mechanically coupled to the speaker device housing. The speaker device further includes at least one coupling element, wherein the speaker enclosure structure is mechanically coupled to the speaker device housing by the at least one coupling element, the coupling element having a vibration damping structure configured to inhibit mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the coupling element.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: EPOS Group A/SInventors: Anders Røser Hansen, Jacob Stage
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Patent number: 11943596Abstract: The present invention provides an acoustic device including a frame, a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system includes a diaphragm, a voice coil, a voice coil holder connecting the diaphragm and the voice coil, and a support assembly connecting the frame and the voice coil holder. The voice coil holder comprises a first fixing portion extending toward a direction of the voice coil, a second fixing portion extending toward to the support assembly, and a first connecting portion connecting the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. The first fixing portion is mounted to the voice coil, and the second fixing portion is mounted to the support assembly. The first connecting portion provides with a reinforcing rib protruding and extending from the first fixing portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Weimin Chen, Kejia Liu
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Patent number: 11937052Abstract: A method for updating a user model and fitting agent for a hearing device system is disclosed, the hearing device system comprising a hearing device worn by a hearing device user, wherein the fitting agent comprises one or more processors configured to initialize a user model comprising a plurality of user preference functions and associated user response distributions, wherein each user preference function is associated with an environment; obtain environment data indicative of a present environment; obtain a test setting comprising a primary test setting and a secondary test setting for the hearing device; present the test setting to the hearing device user; obtain a user input of a preferred test setting indicative of a preference for either the primary test setting or the secondary test setting; and update the user model based on hearing device parameters of the preferred test setting and the environment data.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GN HEARING A/SInventors: Aalbert De Vries, Tanya Ignatenko, Kirill Kondrashov
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Patent number: 11937044Abstract: A sound emission control device comprises a plurality of guides. The guides each include an inlet connected to a branching portion that is configured to oppose a vibrating surface inside an acoustic device, an outlet communicated to the inlet, and a horn-shaped inner wall surrounding a space between the inlet and the outlet. The guides are configured to guide sound that is emitted from the vibrating surface and branched by the branching portion to the outlets that are configured to be communicated to sound emission holes that are provided in the acoustic device and face mutually different directions, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta Ioku, Masumi Adachi
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Patent number: 11930321Abstract: The present invention provides a micro-speaker device. The device has a movable diaphragm device comprising a thickness of material which has a first surface and a second surface opposite of the first surface. In an example, the device has a shaft device having a first end and a second end, where the first end coupled to the second surface. In an example, the device has an actuator device coupled to the second end and configured to drive the shaft device in a piston action to pull and push the movable diaphragm. The device has a housing enclosing the movable diaphragm device, the shaft device, and the actuator device. The device has a vented enclosure opposite of the movable diaphragm to allow air to move in and out of the one or more vent openings to generate a sound pressure signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Vibrant Microsystems Inc.Inventors: Steven Nasiri, Sanjay Bhandari, Ali Joseph Rastegar
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Patent number: 11919452Abstract: A soundboard panel assembly for a vehicle, including a mounting structure, a soundboard panel connected to the mounting structure, and an inertial-type acoustic transducer connected to the soundboard panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Inventor: Robert Katz
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Patent number: 11924620Abstract: This disclosure provides a speaker and a terminal device. The speaker includes a speaker housing and a speaker body, where the speaker body is disposed in the speaker housing, the speaker body and the speaker housing form a speaker front cavity and a speaker rear cavity, the speaker housing is provided with a sound output channel, the sound output channel communicates with the speaker front cavity, the speaker rear cavity includes a first sub-cavity, the speaker housing includes a first spacer disposed in the first sub-cavity, the first spacer splits the first sub-cavity into a resonance tube and a resonance cavity, the resonance tube communicates with the resonance cavity, a first connecting hole is provided in a side wall of the speaker front cavity, and the speaker front cavity communicates with the resonance tube through the first connecting hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guozhu Jiang, Lifeng Long
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Patent number: 11924601Abstract: Various implementations include in-ear wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, the in-ear audio devices include an eartip with a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends defining a hollow passage to conduct acoustic energy, and a deformable outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end, where the deformable outer wall is functionally graded from the first end to the second end to comply with an entrance of an ear canal of a user. In additional implementations, the eartip includes a retaining structure, and at least one of the inner wall or the outer wall of the body, or the retaining structure, has an integral electronic component and/or an electronic component signal trace.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Binu K. Oommen, Kai Gao, Mark Richard Bergeron, Shawn Prevoir, Raymond O. England
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Patent number: 11917362Abstract: The present invention provides a speaker box including a housing with a sound hole and a speaker therein. The speaker includes a frame, a vibration system, a magnetic circuit system, and a covering shell. The vibration system includes a diaphragm dividing a receiving room of the housing into a front cavity communicating with the sound hole and a rear cavity, a voice coil assembly. The magnetic circuit system includes a yoke. The covering shell divides the rear cavity into a first rear cavity inside the speaker and a second rear cavity outside the speaker. The covering shell includes a bottom wall and a side wall. A recessing portion formed on the side wall, and the recessing portion communicates the first rear cavity with the second rear cavity.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huhu Yang, Wenli Wang, Zhaoyu Yin, Wei Wei
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Patent number: 11910166Abstract: An external component of a bone conduction device, including a vibrator and a platform configured to transfer vibrations from the vibrator to skin of the recipient, wherein the vibrator and platform are configured to quick connect and quick disconnect to and from, respectively, one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: David Nathan Morris, Marcus Andersson, Göran Björn, Kristian Gunnar Asnes, Carl Van Himbeeck
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Patent number: 11910140Abstract: A loudspeaker grille comprises a carrier element, which comprises a plurality of openings through a front surface, and a cover element to be attached to the front surface, which comprises a plurality of openings corresponding to the openings of the carrier element. The cover element is attached to the carrier front surface, wherein the cover element covers at least part of the front surface of the carrier element, and wherein the openings of the carrier element and the cover element are aligned with each other. The cover element is made of a flexible organic material, in particular a compound material with an organic outer surface layer, such as cork-leather.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GMBHInventors: Henrik H. Bladt, Ole Kruse Witschel
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Patent number: 11895460Abstract: An acoustic horn arranged to be fastened between a cabinet of a loudspeaker enclosure and an outer casing, the horn presenting a shape and/or dimensions that depend on the outer casing, the acoustic horn being arranged in such a manner that when the acoustic horn, the cabinet, and the outer casing are assembled together its inner face is in contact with the cabinet so that its inner edge surrounds a diaphragm of the loudspeaker and its outer face is in contact with the outer casing in such a manner that a hole set having at least one hole in the outer casing lies inside an area defined by its outer edge, the horn thus being arranged in such a manner that its inside peripheral surface guides sound produced by the loudspeaker towards the outside via the hole set having at least one hole in the outer casing.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SASInventors: Arnaud Ferreira, Dominique Susini, Gilles Bourgoin, Hugo Chusseau
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Patent number: 11894599Abstract: Integrated microphone and antennas include a microphone and an antenna. The microphone includes a housing and an acoustic transducer. The housing defines a cavity and includes a conductive layer. The acoustic transducer is positioned within the cavity and structured to generate an acoustic signal. The antenna is at least partially integrated with the microphone and structured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals. The antenna is structured to utilize the conductive layer of the housing as a radiating element.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLCInventors: Karan Jumani, Donald Yochem