Patents by Inventor Andrew Pierce

Andrew Pierce 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).

  • Patent number: 10645478
    Abstract: An earbud headphone includes a housing and an acoustic driver disposed within the housing between a front chamber and a rear chamber. The front chamber is defined between a front surface of the acoustic driver and a front wall of the housing, and the rear chamber is defined between a rear surface of the acoustic driver and a rear wall of the housing. The headphone further includes a sound guide tube configured to guide acoustic energy from the rear chamber to an ear canal of a user of the earbud headphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Skullcandy, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: 10462560
    Abstract: A driver assembly comprises a housing structure, a magnet assembly within the housing structure, and opposing spring structures coupled to the housing structure at different vertical positions than one another. The magnet assembly comprises a permanent magnet, a plate structure underlying the permanent magnet, a voice coil circumscribing the permanent magnet and the plate structure, and a yoke structure at least partially surrounding the permanent magnet, the plate structure, and the voice coil. The opposing spring structures are configured to impede horizontal movement of the permanent magnet, the plate structure, and the yoke structure while permitting vertical movement thereof. A headphone and a method of forming a headphone are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SkullCandy, Inc.
    Inventors: John Timothy, Branden Sheffield, Randall J. Hull, Sam Noertker, Gregory R. Woolston, Andrew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20190215603
    Abstract: A driver assembly comprises a housing structure, a magnet assembly within the housing structure, and opposing spring structures coupled to the housing structure at different vertical positions than one another. The magnet assembly comprises a permanent magnet, a plate structure underlying the permanent magnet, a voice coil circumscribing the permanent magnet and the plate structure, and a yoke structure at least partially surrounding the permanent magnet, the plate structure, and the voice coil. The opposing spring structures are configured to impede horizontal movement of the permanent magnet, the plate structure, and the yoke structure while permitting vertical movement thereof. A headphone and a method of forming a headphone are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: John Timothy, Branden Sheffield, Randall J. Hull, Sam Noertker, Gregory R. Woolston, Andrew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20190182576
    Abstract: An earbud headphone includes a housing and an acoustic driver disposed within the housing between a front chamber and a rear chamber. The front chamber is defined between a front surface of the acoustic driver and a front wall of the housing, and the rear chamber is defined between a rear surface of the acoustic driver and a rear wall of the housing. The headphone further includes a sound guide tube configured to guide acoustic energy from the rear chamber to an ear canal of a user of the earbud headphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20190138997
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for digitally presenting a human resource competitive model for an organization. A computer system identifies organizational data for the organization, including business metrics. The computer system determines a most similar group among a set of flexible comparison groups in each of a set of comparator categories by applying a set of comparison models to the organizational data. The computer system identifies a metrics distribution for the flexible comparison group based on benchmark metrics for a subset of benchmark organizations that has been grouped into the flexible comparison group. The computer system compares the business metrics for the organization to the metrics distribution for the flexible comparison group to determine a human resource competitive model for the organization across a set of business functions. The computer system digitally presents the human resource competitive model for the organization across the set of business functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: James Haas, Kulsoom Abdullah, Manoj Oleti, Laura Maxwell, Marc Rind, Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: 9918843
    Abstract: A knee replacement system including a first tibial baseplate, a second tibial baseplate, and an intercondylar bridge member. Each one of the first and second tibial baseplates includes a bone engaging surface and a bearing engaging surface opposite to the bone engaging surface. Each one of the first and second tibial baseplates also includes a first baseplate coupling portion and a second baseplate coupling portion. The first baseplate coupling portion is configured to couple with the intercondylar bridge member for coupling the second tibial baseplate to the first tibial baseplate. The second baseplate coupling portion is configured to couple an insert to the first and second tibial baseplates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: 9736569
    Abstract: Retention members for an in-ear headphone include a base portion and a substantially straight flexible finger extending from the base portion. Absent external forces, the flexible finger includes a substantially straight longitudinal axis and a back surface extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion and having a plurality of recesses along a length of the back surface. The flexible finger is configured to, during use, bend into a curved shape for disposition under a user's antihelix. In-ear headphones include a shell defining a volume housing an audio driver, a nozzle extending from the shell configured for at least partial insertion into an ear canal, and a flexible retention member coupled to the shell, the flexible finger including a substantially straight longitudinal axis, a back surface, and a concave front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Skullcandy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Kelly, David George Vogt, Jr., Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: 9668043
    Abstract: An elastomeric component for use with an earbud headphone and for positioning within an auditory canal of an ear includes a distal end configured for insertion within an external portion of the auditory canal and an at least substantially hollow stem region extending proximally from the distal end. The hollow stem may include at least one connection feature configured to interface with another component of an earbud headphone to removably retain the elastomeric component thereon. The elastomeric component may also include an outer portion extending proximally from the distal end and at least substantially surrounding at least a portion of the stem region. The outer portion may include an outer surface having an at least substantially circular cross-sectional shape in a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the elastomeric component. Earbud headphones may include such elastomeric components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Skullcandy, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Paschel, Andrew Pierce, Joshua B. Poulsen
  • Publication number: 20160309250
    Abstract: Retention members for an in-ear headphone include a base portion and a substantially straight flexible finger extending from the base portion. Absent external forces, the flexible finger includes a substantially straight longitudinal axis and a back surface extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion and having a plurality of recesses along a length of the back surface. The flexible finger is configured to, during use, bend into a curved shape for disposition under a user's antihelix. In-ear headphones include a shell defining a volume housing an audio driver, a nozzle extending from the shell configured for at least partial insertion into an ear canal, and a flexible retention member coupled to the shell, the flexible finger including a substantially straight longitudinal axis, a back surface, and a concave front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Peter M. Kelly, David George Vogt, JR., Andrew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20160237162
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind the extracellular domain of the HER3 receptor and inhibit various HER3 receptor related functions via ligand-dependent and/or ligand-independent mechanisms. Also provided are compositions with increased half-life, as well as compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with HER3 mediated signal transduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: MedImmune, LLC
    Inventors: Partha S. Chowdhury, David Tice, Zhan Xiao, Philipp Steiner, Krista Kinneer, Marlon Rebelatto, Andrew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20160014498
    Abstract: An elastomeric component for use with an earbud headphone and for positioning within an auditory canal of an ear includes a distal end configured for insertion within an external portion of the auditory canal and an at least substantially hollow stem region extending proximally from the distal end. The hollow stem may include at least one connection feature configured to interface with another component of an earbud headphone to removably retain the elastomeric component thereon. The elastomeric component may also include an outer portion extending proximally from the distal end and at least substantially surrounding at least a portion of the stem region. The outer portion may include an outer surface having an at least substantially circular cross-sectional shape in a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the elastomeric component. Earbud headphones may include such elastomeric components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Sam Paschel, Andrew Pierce, Joshua B. Poulsen
  • Publication number: 20150216669
    Abstract: A knee replacement system including a first tibial baseplate, a second tibial baseplate, and an intercondylar bridge member. Each one of the first and second tibial baseplates includes a bone engaging surface and a bearing engaging surface opposite to the bone engaging surface. Each one of the first and second tibial baseplates also includes a first baseplate coupling portion and a second baseplate coupling portion. The first baseplate coupling portion is configured to couple with the intercondylar bridge member for coupling the second tibial baseplate to the first tibial baseplate. The second baseplate coupling portion is configured to couple an insert to the first and second tibial baseplates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Publication number: 20130060344
    Abstract: A femoral component for a knee joint prosthesis. The femoral component can comprise a polymer body having first and second condylar portions interconnected by an intercondylar anterior portion. A first reinforcement member can be secured to the first condylar portion. A second reinforcement member can be secured to the second condylar portion. The reinforcement members can comprise a material selected from the group consisting of a metal alloy, a ceramic material, and a thermoplastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventor: Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: 6057839
    Abstract: A visualization tool for creating graphic displays of trace data produced by a parallel computer program execution monitoring system. The visualization tool contains a display monitor, possible input devices, a mass storage device, and a computer system. Trace data is converted into data structures and later pixel maps to ultimately generate processing activity diagrams for each processor in the computer system. If more than one processor is present, more than one processing activity diagram can be generated and simultaneously displayed on the same screen in form of strip graphs and for certain indicated time intervals. An average processor utilization diagram is then calculated and plotted on every processor activity diagram for comparison purposes. Browsing through these strip graphs all at the same time while comparing them against the average utilization graph will allow a user to easily redistribute workload if necessary and/or locate problem situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Mohan Advani, Michael Justin Byron, Steven Robert Hansell, Todd Ming Chun Li, John Paul Marino, Rajendra Datta Panda, James Andrew Pierce, Ko-Yang Wang, Dennis George Weinel, Robert Spencer Welch
  • Patent number: 5862381
    Abstract: A visualization tool for creating graphic displays of trace data produced by a parallel computer program execution monitoring system. The visualization tool contains a display monitor, possible input devices, a mass storage device, and a computer system. Trace data is converted into data structures and later pixel maps to ultimately generate processing activity diagrams for each processor in the computer system. If more than one processor is present, more than one processing activity diagram can be generated and simultaneously displayed on the same screen in form of strip graphs and for certain indicated time intervals. An average processor utilization diagram is then calculated and plotted on every processor activity diagram for comparison purposes. Browsing through these strip graphs all at the same time while comparing them against the average utilization graph will allow a user to easily redistribute workload if necessary and/or locate problem situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Mohan Advani, Michael Justin Byron, Steven Robert Hansell, Todd Ming Chun Li, John Paul Marino, Rajendra Datta Panda, James Andrew Pierce, Ko-Yang Wang, Dennis George Weinel, Robert Spencer Welch
  • Patent number: D768599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Skullcandy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Kelly, Andrew Pierce, David George Vogt, Jr.
  • Patent number: D780714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Skullcandy, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Vogt, Jr., Peter M. Kelly, Andrew Pierce
  • Patent number: D808923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Skullcandy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Kelly, Andrew Pierce, David G. Vogt, Jr.
  • Patent number: D812587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Skullcandy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Kelly, Andrew Pierce, David G. Vogt, Jr.