Patents Examined by Sunita A Joshi
  • Patent number: 11882423
    Abstract: A multi-input-driving loudspeaker, including: a frame; a cone arranged on the frame; a main input-driving mechanism; and a plurality of secondary input-driving mechanisms; wherein the main input-driving mechanism is arranged between the plurality of secondary input-driving mechanisms; the main input-driving mechanism includes a main voice coil, a T-yoke, and a front panel and a first magnetic steel sleeved on the T-yoke, a main voice coil mounting hole is provided in the middle of the cone, an upper end portion of the main voice coil is connected to the main voice coil mounting hole; each of the secondary input-driving mechanisms includes a secondary voice coil and a secondary magnetic circuit assembly formed with a secondary magnetic gap, a plurality of secondary voice coil mounting holes are correspondingly provided on the cone, an upper end portion of each secondary voice coil is connected to a corresponding secondary voice coil mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU RUSHENG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianming Zhou
  • Patent number: 11877112
    Abstract: An in-ear listening device having a device housing including a speaker housing and an elongated tube protruding away from the speaker housing, an audio port formed through the speaker housing, a speaker disposed in the speaker housing and aligned to emit sound through the audio port, a microphone port formed through the elongated tube, a microphone disposed in the elongated tube and operatively coupled to receive sound through the microphone port, a rechargeable battery and a wireless antenna disposed within the device housing, wireless circuitry coupled to the wireless antenna and configured to input and output radio frequency signals for wireless communications, a user-interface touch control disposed on the device housing and operable to control a function of the earbud, and battery charging circuitry coupled to the rechargeable battery and positioned within the device housing and operable to charge the rechargeable battery when coupled to receive power from an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: M. Evans Hankey, Emery A. Sanford, Christopher D. Prest, Way Chet Lim
  • Patent number: 11871202
    Abstract: An actuator module includes a base plate extending in a plane, a voice coil connected to the base plate, and a magnet assembly that includes a back side facing the base plate and a front side facing away from the base plate. The magnet assembly includes a base layer and sidewalls defining a cup and an inner element including a center magnet mounted within the cup. The sidewalls include a first and second pair of sidewalls. The actuator module includes a rigid frame attached to the base plate, the rigid frame including four stubs. The actuator module also includes a plurality of springs suspending the magnet assembly relative to the frame and base plate, the plurality of springs including a first spring attached to the frame at a first pair of the four stubs and a second spring attached to the frame at a second pair of the four stubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Neil John Harris, Timothy A. Gladwin, Rajiv Bernard Gomes, Anthony King, Jason David Walker
  • Patent number: 11863934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a MEMS microphone, including a substrate and a capacitive structure. The capacitive structure includes a back plate and a vibration diaphragm. The vibration diaphragm includes a main body and a plurality of supporting structures for supporting the main body. Each supporting structure includes a supporting beam and two spring structures. Each spring structure includes at least two beam arms extending along the extension direction of the peripheral edge of the main body, and the beam arm closest to the main body is spaced apart from the main body. The sensitivity of the MEMS microphone in the present invention is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bei Tong, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11863933
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a MEMS sound transducer, and control circuitry. The control circuitry includes a supply signal provider for providing a high-level supply signal and read-out circuitry for receiving an output signal from the MEMS sound transducer, and a switching arrangement for selectively connecting the MEMS sound transducer to the supply signal provider, and for selectively connecting the MEMS sound transducer to the read-out circuitry based on a control signal. The control circuitry provides the control signal having an ultrasonic actuation pattern to the switching arrangement during a first condition TX of the control signal, wherein the ultrasonic actuation pattern of the control signal triggers the switching arrangement for alternately coupling the high-level supply signal to the MEMS sound transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Niccoló De Milleri, Christian Bretthauer, Alessandro Caspani, Alessandra Fusco
  • Patent number: 11863940
    Abstract: A device including a prosthesis configured with a sound capture system and configured to evoke a hearing percept based on a captured sound captured by the sound capture system, wherein at least a portion of the prosthesis is configured to attach to a head of a recipient such that sound is captured by the sound capture system externally of the recipient at a location below an ear canal of a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Marcus Vardfjäll, Henrik Fyrlund, Kristian Asnes, Clas Johansson
  • Patent number: 11856382
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer that includes a housing, a diaphragm, a spider, a motor, and a drop ring. The motor includes a backplate, a frontplate, a magnet, and a voice coil. The drop ring connects the diaphragm to the spider at a circumference of the spider. The drop ring extends parallel with respect to a central axis of the housing. The circumference of the spider is spaced away from the motor and connects to the diaphragm at a resonant node of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Kelvin Francis Griffiths, Timothy Erin Sandrik
  • Patent number: 11856381
    Abstract: A vibration device includes: a glass diaphragm; an exciter which is fixed to the glass diaphragm and vibrates the glass diaphragm; an enclosing member which defines an internal space by enclosing a portion, including a fixing position of the exciter, of the glass diaphragm, one end portion of the glass diaphragm being exposed to outside the internal space through an opening of the internal space; and a shielding member for acoustic shielding between the opening and the glass diaphragm, the shielding member dividing the glass diaphragm into an excitation region located inside the internal space and a vibration region located outside the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Jun Akiyama, Kento Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11849275
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for reducing noise induced in one or more components in a hearing aid. The present disclosure provides methods for reducing noise induced in telecoils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jan M. De Haan, Andreas Thelander Bertelsen, Matias Tofteby Bach, Rasmus Glarborg Jensen, Franz Treue, Kåre Tais Christensen
  • Patent number: 11843912
    Abstract: An actuator module includes a baseplate extending in a plane, a voice coil connected to the baseplate, and a magnet assembly. The actuator module also includes a rigid frame attached to the baseplate, the rigid frame comprising four stubs. The actuator module further includes a pair of springs suspending the magnet assembly relative to the frame and baseplate so that the voice coil extends into the air gap, the pair of springs including a first and second spring each shaped as a loop defining an aperture sized to accommodate motion of the magnet assembly along a direction of the coil axis, the first spring being attached to the frame at a first pair of the four stubs, the second spring being attached to the frame at a second pair of the four stubs, and both being attached to separate portions of the magnet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason David Walker, Timothy A. Gladwin, Rajiv Bernard Gomes
  • Patent number: 11838725
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a MEMS microphone including a substrate with a back cavity, and an electric capacitance system arranged on the substrate. The electric capacitance system includes a back plate and a diaphragm opposite to the back plate. The back plate includes a body part, a fixing portion connected to the substrate, and a connecting portion connecting the body part and the fixing portion. The diaphragm is fixed to the substrate and located at a side of the back plate close to the substrate. The fixing portion includes a first surface away from the substrate, the first surface includes a first arc surface connected with the body part, the first arc surface protrudes toward a direction away from the substrate. Compared with the related art, MEMS microphone disclosed by the present disclosure has a better reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhengyu Shi, Zhuanzhuan Zhao, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11838735
    Abstract: Disclosed are a voice coil assembly and a loudspeaker, comprising a main voice coil and a connecting coil connected to the main voice coil, the main voice coil is connected to an external circuit, and comprises a first voice coil and a second voice coil, the first voice coil is formed by winding a conductive first wire with self-bonding coating, the second voice coil is formed by winding a second wire with self-bonding coating, the first voice coil and the second voice coil are positioned close to each other and bonded together, the first voice coil and the second voice coil are connected in series or in parallel, the connecting coil is formed by winding a third wire, and the density of the third wire is less than or equal to that of the first wire and the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yue Zhao, Xinglong Wang, Jianjian Wang
  • Patent number: 11832054
    Abstract: Sound-producing acoustic receivers are disclosed. The acoustic receiver includes a receiver housing with a first internal volume and a second internal volume, a first diaphragm separating the first internal volume into a first front volume and a first back volume such that the first front volume has a first sound outlet port, a second diaphragm separating the second internal volume into a second front volume and a second back volume such that the second front volume has a second sound outlet port, a motor disposed at least partially inside the housing such that the motor including an armature mechanically coupled to both the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, an acoustic seal between the first front volume and the second back volume such that the acoustic seal accommodates the mechanical coupling of the armature to one of the first diaphragm or the second diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Shehab Albahri, Yahui Zhang, Kalyan Nadella, Thomas Miller, Christopher Monti, Charles King, Jose Salazar
  • Patent number: 11825266
    Abstract: Microphones including a housing defining a cavity, a plurality of conductors positioned within the cavity, at least one dielectric bar positioned within the cavity, and a transducer diaphragm. The conductors are structured to move in response to pressure changes while the housing remains fixed. A first conductor generates first electrical signals responsive to the pressure changes resulting from changes in an atmospheric pressure. A second conductor generates second electrical signals responsive to the pressure changes resulting from acoustic activity. The dielectric bar is fixed with respect to the cavity and remains fixed under the pressure changes. The dielectric bar is adjacent to at least one of the conductors. In response to an applied pressure that is an atmospheric pressure and/or an acoustic pressure, the transducer diaphragm exerts a force on the housing and displaces at least a portion of conductors with respect to the dielectric bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Mohsin Nawaz, Shubham Shubham, David Schafer, Michael Pedersen, Claus Furst, Mohammad Shajaan, Jay Cech
  • Patent number: 11825265
    Abstract: An electrostatic transducer, a diaphragm (2) therefor, and corresponding methods of manufacture are disclosed. The electrostatic FIG. 1 transducer is preferably for use in a motor vehicle. A composite laminated diaphragm (2) is manufactured by providing a first insulating layer (4), providing a conductive layer (6) on a surface of the first insulating layer (4), and bonding a second insulating layer (10) to the conductive layer (6) such that the second insulating layer (10) extends over the conductive layer (6). The first and second insulating layers (4, 10) each comprise a sheet of uncharged insulating material. The thickness of the composite laminated diaphragm (2) is less than 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WARWICK ACOUSTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Martin Lisle, Julian David Fordham, James Hedges, David Rhys Lewis
  • Patent number: 11825284
    Abstract: Provided is an acoustic diaphragm with required properties for a vibrating part and an edge part thereof. The acoustic diaphragm comprises a vibrating part 11 and an edge part 12 located at an outer periphery of the vibrating part, wherein the vibrating part comprises a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer (TLCP) having a certain composition; the edge part comprises a TLCP having a same composition as the TLCP of the vibrating part; and the vibrating part 11 and the edge part 12 have elastic moduli Ed and Ee measured by nanoindentation technique, respectively, which satisfy the following formula: Ed>Ee. For example, a ratio Ed/Ee of the elastic modulus Ed of the vibrating part 11 to the elastic modulus Ee of the edge part 12 may fall within a range of from 1.05 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sunamoto, Xianwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11818562
    Abstract: An actuator module includes a base plate extending in a plane, a voice coil connected to the base plate, and a magnet assembly that includes a back side facing the base plate and a front side facing away from the base plate. The magnet assembly includes a base layer and sidewalls defining a cup and an inner element including a center magnet mounted within the cup. The sidewalls include a first and second pair of sidewalls. The actuator module includes a rigid frame attached to the base plate, the rigid frame including four stubs. The actuator module also includes a plurality of springs suspending the magnet assembly relative to the frame and base plate, the plurality of springs including a first spring attached to the frame at a first pair of the four stubs and a second spring attached to the frame at a second pair of the four stubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Neil John Harris, Timothy A. Gladwin, Rajiv Bernard Gomes, Anthony King, Jason David Walker
  • Patent number: 11812211
    Abstract: A microphone includes a housing. The microphone includes a windscreen coupled with the housing. The windscreen and the housing define a central volume. The microphone includes an audio module within the central volume. The audio module includes a receiver capsule, a carrier unit coupled with the receiver capsule, and a counterweight coupled with the carrier unit. The microphone includes a suspension element that is coupled with the housing and carrier unit to suspend the audio module within the central volume. The suspension element includes an inner body that contacts the carrier unit. The suspension element includes first and second flanges extending outward from the inner body. The first and second flange are fixedly coupled with the housing. A cross-section of the first and second flange includes an arched region that extends at least partially to an inner wall of the housing. The arched regions are oriented in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Clayton Christopher Williamson, Tzyy-Woei Richard Sung, Adam Kirk Bennett, Matthew Fumio Yamamoto, Aron Michael Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 11805372
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a MEMS chip including a capacitance system and a substrate with a back cavity. The capacitance system includes a back plate and a membrane; the substrate is located on one side of the membrane away from the back plate, including a first surface opposite to the membrane, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an inner wall connecting the first surface and the second surface and enclosing the back cavity; the inner wall includes a first opening close to the membrane, having a first width along a first direction perpendicular with a vibration direction of the membrane, and a second opening away from the membrane, having a second width smaller than the first width along the first direction. The resonance frequency of the MEMS chip has been effectively improved and the SNR is simultaneously high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuanzhuan Zhao, Linlin Wang, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11805373
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a MEMS chip which includes a substrate, a back plate fixed on the substrate, and a membrane fixed on the substrate and located above the back plate. A sealed space is formed between the membrane and the back plate. A support pillar is received in the sealed space. Two ends of the support pillar along a vibration direction of the membrane are separately fixed on the membrane and the back plate. As a result, when decreasing the volume of the back cavity, the resonance frequency of the MEMS chip has been effectively improved and the SNR is simultaneously high. Furthermore, the support pillar can effectively improve the reliability and crack resistance of the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuanzhuan Zhao, Linlin Wang, Rui Zhang