Patents by Inventor Benjamin Eisenberg Zelnick

Benjamin Eisenberg Zelnick 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).

  • Headphone pivot joint
    Patent number: 10334352
    Abstract: An earcup to headband joint for headphones, wherein the headphones comprise an electrical cable that extends from the headband into the earcup. The earcup to headband joint includes joint structure that couples the earcup to the headband and that is constructed and arranged to provide for earcup translation along a vertical axis and rotation about the vertical axis, and at least one friction element in the earcup and in contact with at least one of the joint structure and the cable. The friction element is constructed and arranged to provide forces that resist rotational motion of the earcup about the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Bennett Daley, Benjamin Eisenberg Zelnick
  • Headphone Pivot Joint
    Publication number: 20190104356
    Abstract: An earcup to headband joint for headphones, wherein the headphones comprise an electrical cable that extends from the headband into the earcup. The earcup to headband joint includes joint structure that couples the earcup to the headband and that is constructed and arranged to provide for earcup translation along a vertical axis and rotation about the vertical axis, and at least one friction element in the earcup and in contact with at least one of the joint structure and the cable. The friction element is constructed and arranged to provide forces that resist rotational motion of the earcup about the vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Bennett Daley, Benjamin Eisenberg Zelnick