Patents Examined by Sunita Joshi
  • Patent number: 11758331
    Abstract: A balanced vibration system including a magnetic circuit unit, a vibration unit and a casing. The magnetic circuit unit and the vibration unit are inside the casing. The vibration unit includes a balanced iron core and a vibrating diaphragm; the balanced iron core is movably connected with the casing, the vibrating diaphragm is fixed on the casing, and the balanced iron core drives the vibrating diaphragm; the magnetic circuit unit includes a magnetic circuit coil and magnet groups, the magnetic circuit coil is sleeved on the balanced iron core, and the two magnet groups are respectively located at ends of the balanced iron core along an axial direction; each magnet group includes magnets which are arranged oppositely at both sides of the balanced iron core; when the magnetic circuit coil is ON, magnetic field forces applied by the two magnet groups to the balanced iron core are same in direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Guochang Pan
  • Patent number: 11758338
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for authentication and encryption key exchange with an ALD for hearing device applications. A method includes receiving an acoustic input at a microphone of a hearing device, and receiving a wireless signal over a wireless link from an assistive listening device (ALD) at an antenna of the hearing device, the wireless signal including digital audio information. The acoustic input is compared to the digital audio information using a processor of the hearing device. Upon determining that the acoustic input and the digital audio information are correlated at a threshold level, the processor is used to create and distribute an encryption key to the ALD to secure the wireless link. The ALD may include a processor for correlating the input and the information, and for creating and distributing the encryption key, in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Gregory John Haubrich
  • Patent number: 11758333
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides multi-functional sound producing apparatus, including housing defining receiving cavity and sound producing device. The sound producing device includes vibration system and magnetic circuit unit driving vibration system to vibrate along first direction. The magnetic circuit unit includes main magnet assembly and auxiliary magnet. The apparatus further includes motor device which includes elastic member fixedly connected to housing, weight connected to elastic member, magnet component fixed to weight and vibrating along second direction with weight, and driving member fixed to bottom wall to drive magnet component to vibrate. Two groups of magnet component and driving member are provided, each of two opposite sides of main magnet assembly is provided with one group of magnet component and driving member, and second direction is perpendicular to first direction. The present disclosure has advantages of simple assembly, more saved overall space, low costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingzhi Huang, Yao Wang, Lubin Mao, Dong Lu
  • Patent number: 11751652
    Abstract: An outer case for covering a handheld electronic device or handheld electronic device case includes a base, a lid, and a collar. The lid is pivotably attached to the base. The collar is attached to the base and is moveable away from the lid such that the lid rotates away from the base during movement of the collar away from the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLC
    Inventors: Monica Elizabeth Wright, Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Vo, Christopher William Ledesma, Bryan Hynecek, Lauren O' Brien, Scott Hunter Goard
  • Patent number: 11758330
    Abstract: The device includes a case, a flat membrane, a drive for acoustic vibrations of the transverse acoustic wave. The case is made in the form of a support frame, and a sound-emitting flat rectangular membrane is fixed to the frame. The membrane is made in the form of a honeycomb layer, a surface layer glued to the honeycomb structure from both sides, and a stabilizing impregnating composition covering the surface layers. The acoustic vibrations drive is made in the form of an acoustic vibration exciter, including ferrite parts of the magnetic circuit. The acoustic vibration exciter is attached with one of its ends to the flat membrane within a special line passing along the plane of the rectangular membrane, emerging from any top of the rectangular membrane, and ending at a point on the opposite top of the membrane's horizontal side located at a distance of ? of the membrane's opposite side from the top horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Danilo Herger
  • Patent number: 11758313
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a circuit board, a protective assembly, and a protective film. The protective assembly providing a cavity is arranged on one side of the circuit board. The protective assembly includes a first protective unit and a second protective unit. A third through hole communicating with the cavity is defined in the first protective unit. A supporting surface is defined on the second protective unit facing the third through hole. A projection of the third through hole is overlapped with a projection of the supporting surface along the first direction. The protective film is coupled to the protective assembly and arranged in the cavity to divide the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity. The above-mentioned electronic device resists deformation of the protective film by setting the second protective unit between the circuit board and the protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Ming Hung, Sheng-Hsiung Tsai, Pei-Shuang Huang
  • Patent number: 11750983
    Abstract: A microphone assembly includes a substrate and a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) die. The substrate comprises a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer comprises a layer of solder mask material spanning across at least a portion of the substrate and one or more standoffs formed of the solder mask material. The one or more standoffs and the layer of solder mask material comprising a single, contiguous structure. The MEMS die is disposed on the one or more standoffs and is coupled to the substrate via a bonding material. The bonding material forms an acoustic seal between the substrate and the MEMS die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Tony K. Lim, Norman Dennis Talag
  • Patent number: 11750977
    Abstract: A basket assembly, an audio unit and an electronic device. The basket assembly is applied to an audio unit with a voice coil and includes a basket body. The basket body includes: a metal portion, a plastic portion coupled to the metal portion; and a conductive member embedded in the plastic portion and forming a first contact and a second contact exposed out of the plastic portion, the first contact is configured to be electrically coupled to the voice coil of the audio unit, the second contact is configured to be electrically coupled to a target circuit, and the target circuit includes an audio signal input circuit or an audio signal output circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Du, Zhuofei Ma
  • Patent number: 11743653
    Abstract: A micro-speaker for an information handling system includes a frame, a speaker cone, and a suspension structure. An outside edge of the suspension structure is affixed to the frame and an inside edge of the suspension structure is affixed to the cone. The suspension structure includes a first surround structure and a second surround structure. The first surround structure is affixed to the second surround structure. The first surround structure is configured to fill a gap between the frame and the speaker cone, and the second surround structure is configured to partially fill the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Paul Huang
  • Patent number: 11743663
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods and apparatus suitable for use with hearing devices. A vapor deposition process can be used to make a retention structure having a shape profile corresponding to a tissue surface, such as a retention structure having a shape profile corresponding to one or more of an eardrum, the eardrum annulus, or a skin of the ear canal. The retention structure can be resilient and may comprise an anatomically accurate shape profile corresponding to a portion of the ear, such that the resilient retention structure provides mechanical stability for an output transducer assembly placed in the ear for an extended time. The output transducer may couple to the eardrum with direct mechanical coupling or acoustic coupling when retained in the ear canal with the retention structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Earlens Corporation
    Inventors: Jake L. Olsen, David Chazan, Jonathan P. Fay, Micha Rosen, Sunil Puria
  • Patent number: 11736866
    Abstract: The present application relates to structures for supporting mechanical, electrical and/or electromechanical components, devices and/or systems and to methods of fabricating such structures. The application describes a primary die comprising an aperture extending through the die. The aperture is suitable for receiving a secondary die. A secondary die may be provided within the aperture of the primary die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Rkia Achehboune, Roberto Brioschi
  • Patent number: 11729555
    Abstract: An electrodynamic actuator (1a, 1b) is disclosed, which is designed to be connected to a plate like structure (2) and which comprises a coil arrangement (3a, 3b) with at least one voice coil (4a, 4b), a magnet system (5) with a movable magnetic circuit part (7, 7a . . . 7f) and a static magnetic circuit part (6a . . . 6F) and a spring arrangement (12) coupling the static magnetic circuit part (6a . . . 6F) to the movable magnetic circuit part (7, 7a . . . 7f) and allowing a relative movement between the same. Both the spring arrangement (12) and the magnet system (5) provide a total restoring force (FT) directed towards an idle position (P0) of the movable magnetic circuit part (7, 7a . . . 7f). A part of a total restoring force gradient (?FT/?z) caused by the magnet system (5) is at least 10% of the total restoring force gradient (?FT/?z) in said idle position (P0) of the movable magnetic circuit part (7, 7a . . . 7f).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Sound Solutions International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Franz Heidinger, Manuel Mefleh, Gustav Otto, Friedrich Reining, Michael Schoffmann
  • Patent number: 11724629
    Abstract: Various implementations include vehicle headrest configurations and related audio systems. In some cases, a headrest includes: a main body having a front surface to support a back of a user's head and a pair of acoustic channels each formed in part by a side wall having a front edge that is offset from the front surface, the main body having a portion configured to receive first and second transducers, where a transducer mount in each of the pair of acoustic channels for mounting respective ones of the first and second transducers, wherein a dimension (Dimension C) is defined by a rotation angle of the transducer mount relative to a centerline of the vehicle headrest, wherein Dimension C is approximately ?20 degrees to approximately zero degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradford Kyle Subat, Charles Terence Henry Oswald, Nicholas K. Lade
  • Patent number: 11722824
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound production device including a housing and a vibration assembly, the vibration assembly comprising a vibration diaphragm and a voice coil combined to one side of the vibration diaphragm; wherein the sound production device further comprises a system stabilization component connected with the voice coil; the system stabilization component is of a line-like structure formed by winding a metal wire, and comprises a first connection part connected to the voice coil, a deformation part, and a second connection part connected to the housing. By adopting the sound production device of this structure, the voice coil will not be polarized under the condition of large displacement, and the system stabilization component having a novel structure does not hinder the free vibration of the voice coil either.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Goertek, Inc.
    Inventor: Xiaodong Guo
  • Patent number: 11722827
    Abstract: A hearing device and a method for power supply management of a hearing device is provided, the hearing device comprising a processing unit; a main power source; a first power supply connected to the main power source unit; a magnetic induction unit configured for reception and transmission of wireless signals; wherein the hearing device is configured to deactivate the first power supply during reception of wireless signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Kim Fälling Andersen
  • Patent number: 11722808
    Abstract: Disclosed is a micro-filter comprising a substrate with a back cavity and a film layer provided on the substrate and suspended above the back cavity; the film layer has through holes distributed thereon, and is made of an amorphous metal film. Also disclosed is an acoustic device comprising the micro-filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Weifang Goertek Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yujing Lin
  • Patent number: 11716570
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a first lamination region and a second lamination region. In the first lamination region, a plurality of layers are laminated in a thickness direction of the speaker diaphragm. In the second lamination region, a plurality of layers different in number from the plurality of layers in the first lamination region are laminated. The second lamination region is different from first lamination region in average density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakashima, Tsunenori Sano
  • Patent number: 11716582
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a loudspeaker vibrating membrane with hard and elastic soft properties, comprising: (a) adhering a curable polymer to all areas on the outer surface of a base material; (b) drying the curable polymer to form a hard structure; (c) forming a loudspeaker vibrating membrane; and (d) separating the loudspeaker vibrating membrane from the base material. The method further comprises the following steps between steps (b) and (c) or steps (c) and (d), or after step (d): (e) adhering an elastic soft polymer to all or partial areas on the outer surface of the hard structure; and (f) drying the elastic soft polymer to form an elastic soft structure covering all or partial areas on the outer surface of the hard structure. In the present invention, the hardness and elastic coefficient of the loudspeaker vibrating membrane can be adjusted by the hard structure and the elastic soft structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Vincent Chen
  • Patent number: 11706561
    Abstract: A balanced armature receiver includes a gas permeable barrier located on a portion of the receiver defining a back volume to provide barometric relief. The barrier can be located in a wall portion or diaphragm of the receiver to vent the back volume to an exterior of the receiver directly, via a front volume, or via a nozzle. The gas permeable barrier is impermeable to liquid infiltration and can be configured to influence the low frequency response of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Brenno Varanda, Chris Monti, Steve Kearey, Donald Verghese Jacob, Tim Wickstrom, Jose Salazar, Alex Grossman, Matt Manley
  • Patent number: 11706570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dual-diaphragm moving-coil audio transducers for hearing devices. The transducer includes a magnetic circuit including an inner portion located between first and second coils coupled to corresponding diaphragms supported by a housing. An outer portion of the magnetic circuit is adjacent outer portions of the first and second coils. The transducer emits sound when the first diaphragm moves in a first direction and the second diaphragm moves in a second direction, opposite the first direction, in response to an electrical audio signal applied to the first and second coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Mohammadi, Christopher Lane Monti