Patents by Inventor Andrea RUARO

Andrea RUARO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190074586
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal sidewalls and a display having conductive display structures. Printed circuits having corresponding ground traces may be coupled to the display for conveying data to and/or from the display. The conductive display structures may be separated from the metal sidewalls by a gap. A conductive interconnect may be coupled to the metal sidewalls and may extend across the gap to the conductive display structures. The conductive interconnect may be coupled to the ground traces on the printed circuits and/or may be shorted or capacitively coupled to the conductive display structures. When configured in this way, the metal sidewalls, the conductive display structures, and the conductive interconnect may define the edges of a slot antenna resonating element for a slot antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Andrea Ruaro, Carlo Di Nallo, Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima, Jayesh Nath, Mario Martinis, Mattia Pascolini, Zheyu Wang, Sameer Pandya
  • Publication number: 20180248634
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may include a housing with a dielectric rear wall. Wireless circuitry in the device may include an antenna formed on or over the rear wall. Matching circuitry may match the impedance of the antenna to the rest of the wireless circuitry. Processing circuitry may gather receive signal strength information and/or phase and magnitude information from radio-frequency signals received through the rear wall. The processing circuitry may track the position of the device and accumulate user statistics over time. The processing circuitry may determine whether changes in loading of the antenna through the dielectric rear housing wall have occurred based on the receive signal strength information, user statistics, and/or phase and magnitude information. If a change is detected, the processing circuitry may adjust the matching circuitry to mitigate any potential antenna detuning as a result of the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mattia Pascolini, Eduardo Jorge da Costa Bras Lima, Carlo Di Nallo, Andrea Ruaro, Mario Martinis, Zheyu Wang, Jayesh Nath
  • Patent number: 9966653
    Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. The electronic device may have a dielectric housing. A printed circuit board with electrical components may be mounted in the dielectric housing. Heat spreader structures may be used to dissipate heat from the electrical components. The heat spreader structures be configured to form antenna cavities. The antennas in the electronic device may be formed from the antenna cavities and may have antenna resonating elements formed on the printed circuit. An electrical component such as a light-emitting diode may be mounted in one of the antenna cavities. Each antenna element may be an inverted-F antenna resonating element with short and long arms. The short arm of each antenna resonating element may be formed from edge plated metal traces on an edge of the printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erin A. McAuliffe, James W. Jervis, Andrea Ruaro, Mattia Pascolini, Jerzy S. Guterman
  • Publication number: 20180090826
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal sidewalls and a dielectric rear wall. The metal sidewalls may form an antenna ground for an antenna. The antenna may include an antenna resonating element formed from conductive traces patterned directly onto an interior surface of the dielectric rear wall. The conductive traces may define a slot at the dielectric rear wall. A coil and a sensor may be mounted to the dielectric rear wall within the slot. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry may be coupled to the conductive traces and the antenna ground and may transmit and receive radio-frequency signals through the dielectric rear wall using the antenna. Wireless power receiver circuitry may use the coil to receive wireless power signals through the dielectric rear wall. The sensor may emit and/or receive light through a transparent window in the dielectric rear wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima, Andrea Ruaro, Carlo Di Nallo, Jayesh Nath, Mario Martinis, Zheyu Wang, Mattia Pascolini
  • Publication number: 20170150278
    Abstract: An in-the-ear hearing aid, the hearing aid having a first end and a second end, the hearing aid includes: a microphone configured to receive sound; a processing unit configured to provide a processed audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user; an output transducer for providing an acoustic output, wherein the microphone and the output transducer are coupled to the processing unit; an antenna that is closer to the first end than to the second end of the hearing aid; a wireless communication unit coupled to the antenna; and a polarization element configured for forming a polarization of the antenna, where the polarization element is between the first end and the second end of the hearing aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: GN ReSound A/S
    Inventor: Andrea RUARO
  • Patent number: 9609443
    Abstract: An in-the-ear hearing aid having a first end and a second end, includes: a microphone; a printed circuit board; a receiver; a battery having a first side and a second side, where the battery is located at the second end; one or more wireless communication units; a first antenna interconnected with one of the one or more wireless communication units, wherein the first antenna is located at the second end; and a second antenna located at the second end, wherein the second antenna is located closer to the second side of the battery than the first side; wherein the printed circuit board is located closer to the first side of the battery than the second side; and wherein the first antenna is fed from the printed circuit board, and comprises an antenna part that is located closer to the second side of the battery than the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Andrea Ruaro, Brian Jeppesen
  • Publication number: 20170062906
    Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. The electronic device may have a dielectric housing. A printed circuit board with electrical components may be mounted in the dielectric housing. Heat spreader structures may be used to dissipate heat from the electrical components. The heat spreader structures be configured to form antenna cavities. The antennas in the electronic device may be formed from the antenna cavities and may have antenna resonating elements formed on the printed circuit. An electrical component such as a light-emitting diode may be mounted in one of the antenna cavities. Each antenna element may be an inverted-F antenna resonating element with short and long arms. The short arm of each antenna resonating element may be formed from edge plated metal traces on an edge of the printed circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Erin A. McAuliffe, James W. Jervis, Andrea Ruaro, Mattia Pascolini, Jerzy S. Guterman
  • Publication number: 20170026762
    Abstract: An in-the-ear hearing aid having a first end and a second end, includes: a microphone; a printed circuit board; a receiver; a battery having a first side and a second side, where the battery is located at the second end; one or more wireless communication units; a first antenna interconnected with one of the one or more wireless communication units, wherein the first antenna is located at the second end; and a second antenna located at the second end, wherein the second antenna is located closer to the second side of the battery than the first side; wherein the printed circuit board is located closer to the first side of the battery than the second side; and wherein the first antenna is fed from the printed circuit board, and comprises an antenna part that is located closer to the second side of the battery than the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: GN ReSound A/S
    Inventors: Andrea RUARO, Brian JEPPESEN
  • Patent number: 9319808
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes: a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal; a signal processor for processing the first audio signal into a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user; a speaker connected to an output of the signal processor for converting the second audio signal into an output sound signal; a transceiver connected to the signal processor for wireless data communication; and an antenna for emission and reception of an electromagnetic field, the antenna coupled with the transceiver; wherein the signal processor, the transceiver, the antenna, and interconnecting transmission lines form a circuitry extending over an area of a support substrate, and wherein the hearing aid further comprises a resonant element within a near field of the circuitry to terminate and dissipate unwanted electromagnetic radiation from at least a part of the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: GN RESOUND A/S
    Inventor: Andrea Ruaro
  • Publication number: 20140140554
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes: a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal; a signal processor for processing the first audio signal into a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user; a speaker connected to an output of the signal processor for converting the second audio signal into an output sound signal; a transceiver connected to the signal processor for wireless data communication; and an antenna for emission and reception of an electromagnetic field, the antenna coupled with the transceiver; wherein the signal processor, the transceiver, the antenna, and interconnecting transmission lines form a circuitry extending over an area of a support substrate, and wherein the hearing aid further comprises a resonant element within a near field of the circuitry to terminate and dissipate unwanted electromagnetic radiation from at least a part of the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: Andrea RUARO