Patents by Inventor Andrew M. Hulva

Andrew M. Hulva 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).

  • Display System Having An Audio Output Device
    Publication number: 20240031716
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Neal D. Evans, James W. VanDyke, Andrew M. Hulva, Robert D. Silfvast, Christopher T. Eubank
  • Display system having an audio output device
    Patent number: 11805347
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Neal D. Evans, James W. VanDyke, Andrew M. Hulva, Robert D. Silfvast, Christopher T. Eubank
  • Display System Having An Audio Output Device
    Publication number: 20210076120
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Neal D. Evans, James W. VanDyke, Andrew M. Hulva, Robert D. Silfvast, Christopher T. Eubank
  • Display system having an audio output device
    Patent number: 10848846
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Neal D. Evans, James W. VanDyke, Andrew M. Hulva, Robert D. Silfvast, Christopher T. Eubank
  • Force cancelling transducer
    Patent number: 10631096
    Abstract: A transducer assembly having a frame; a dual diaphragm and voice coil assembly suspended from the frame, the dual diaphragm and voice coil assembly having a first diaphragm and a first voice coil attached thereto and a second diaphragm and a second voice coil attached thereto, wherein the first voice coil and the second voice coil are between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, and the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm are operable to move in opposite directions along an axis of vibration; a magnet assembly positioned within the frame, the magnet assembly having a first magnet and a second magnet positioned between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm; and a rigid support member dimensioned to fixedly connect the magnet assembly to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jordi Antoni Garcia Selva, Andrew M Hulva, Anthony P Grazian, Matthew A Donarski, Onur I Ilkorur, Alexander V Salvatti
  • Display System Having An Audio Output Device
    Publication number: 20190387299
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Neal D. Evans, James W. VanDyke, Andrew M. Hulva, Robert D. Silfvast, Christopher T. Eubank