Patents Examined by Sean H Nguyen
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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Patent number: 11895452Abstract: The present invention provides a bone conduction microphone including a housing and a circuit board connected with the housing. The circuit board has an acoustic channel. The microphone further includes a vibration assembly forming a first conduction cavity and a second conduction cavity. The vibration assembly includes a vibration member and a frame. The frame, the vibration member and the circuit board form a first conduction cavity. The frame, the vibration member and the circuit board form a second conduction cavity. The vibration of the vibration member is conducted to one side of the vibration diaphragm, and is also conducted to the other side of the vibration diaphragm. Compared with the related art, the bone conduction microphone of the present invention can effectively improve the sensitivity and the signal to noise ratio.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhenkui Meng, Tingting Hong, Kai Wang
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Patent number: 11889250Abstract: A loudspeaker arrangement for a seat within a motor vehicle utilizes one or more localized sound output ports for low frequency sound reproduction. A housing, such as an enclosure, substantially surrounds a loudspeaker. One or more audio transmission line channels acoustically interconnect the interior of the enclosure to one or more sound output ports. The enclosure is situated below, behind, or in some fixed location around or within a vehicle seat. The sound outputs ports are situated at or near a headrest such that the output ports are located substantially less than a wavelength of sound at the highest operating frequency from either ear of the seat's occupant. The acoustic response and resonances of a 1) rear enclosure, 2) a front vented enclosure, 3) a loudspeaker, and 4) an audio transmission path from the enclosure to one or more output ports are used to provide localized low frequency sound reproduction.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North AmericaInventor: Mark William Ziemba
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Patent number: 11889283Abstract: A system includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, and the second membrane comprises a plurality of openings, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, and a plurality of electrodes in the sealed low pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
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Patent number: 11882392Abstract: A sound output device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first housing; a second housing; a substrate; a light emitting unit; and a sound output unit, in which the second housing is connected with the first housing, the substrate is disposed inside the first housing or the second housing, the sound output unit is connected with the substrate, the light emitting unit is connected with the substrate, and the second housing selectively transmits light emitted by the light emitting unit based on a wavelength thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: IRTRONIX, INC.Inventors: Danny Oh, Chien Nguyen
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Patent number: 11882399Abstract: A height channel speaker with an integrated acoustic reflector to reflect sound off of a ceiling down to a listener. The acoustic reflector compensates for thin transducers by creating a virtual image of the real sound source outside the speaker enclosure. The focal point of the acoustic reflector is controlled by modifying the curvature of the reflector surface. The transducer is mounted on an inclined plane to radiate sound in a rear-upward inclined direction. The acoustic reflector is mounted on the same inclined plane so that the radiant axis of the transducer is directly incident on the acoustic reflector surface. The sound is projected towards the ceiling in a forward, upward-inclined direction to reflect off the ceiling and down to the listener. The speaker can be acoustically occluded from the listener by a panel to which the speaker is attached.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventor: Lakshmikanth Tipparaju
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Patent number: 11863926Abstract: A headset kit includes at least one Bluetooth earphone, a charging base used for charging each Bluetooth earphone, and an upper cover connected with the charging base. Supporting grooves used for supporting a first side of the each Bluetooth earphone are formed in the charging base, and through holes used for a second side of the each Bluetooth earphone to extend into are formed in the upper cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Yibai Science & Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changming Guo, Hongchao Zhou
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Patent number: 11856347Abstract: A speaker stand has a base, an upright, and one or more quick release speaker couplers. The base has a plurality of arms, anchors, and optional removable stability plates. The upright has a lower vertical riser defining a first vertical riser longitudinal axis, an upper vertical riser parallel with and axially offset from the first vertical riser longitudinal axis, and an angled intermediate riser connecting the lower and upper vertical risers together. The quick release speaker coupler suspends a loudspeaker enclosure bracket to the upper vertical riser even when not clamped thereto, while providing three displaced axes of rotation for the loudspeaker enclosure, two that are parallel to the lower vertical riser longitudinal axis and one angularly offset thereto, and at least one axis of reciprocation. The radial offset of the loudspeaker from the upper vertical riser centers the mass of the loudspeaker enclosure with the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: David M. Roberts