Patents by Inventor Binu K. Oommen
Binu K. Oommen 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).
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Patent number: 11924601Abstract: Various implementations include in-ear wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, the in-ear audio devices include an eartip with a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends defining a hollow passage to conduct acoustic energy, and a deformable outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end, where the deformable outer wall is functionally graded from the first end to the second end to comply with an entrance of an ear canal of a user. In additional implementations, the eartip includes a retaining structure, and at least one of the inner wall or the outer wall of the body, or the retaining structure, has an integral electronic component and/or an electronic component signal trace.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Binu K. Oommen, Kai Gao, Mark Richard Bergeron, Shawn Prevoir, Raymond O. England
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Publication number: 20240064451Abstract: Various implementations include in-ear wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, the in-ear audio devices include an eartip with a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends defining a hollow passage to conduct acoustic energy, and a deformable outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end, where the deformable outer wall is functionally graded from the first end to the second end to comply with an entrance of an ear canal of a user. In additional implementations, the eartip includes a retaining structure, and at least one of the inner wall or the outer wall of the body, or the retaining structure, has an integral electronic component and/or an electronic component signal trace.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Binu K. Oommen, Kai Gao, Mark Richard Bergeron, Shawn Prevoir, Raymond O. England
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Publication number: 20220070571Abstract: Various implementations include in-ear wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, the in-ear audio devices include an eartip with a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends defining a hollow passage to conduct acoustic energy, and a deformable outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end, where the deformable outer wall is functionally graded from the first end to the second end to comply with an entrance of an ear canal of a user. In additional implementations, the eartip includes a retaining structure, and at least one of the inner wall or the outer wall of the body, or the retaining structure, has an integral electronic component and/or an electronic component signal trace.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Binu K. Oommen, Kai Gao, Mark Richard Bergeron, Shawn Prevoir, Raymond O. England
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Patent number: 10154347Abstract: A loudspeaker includes an acoustic diaphragm, an oscillatory force source, a lever coupling the oscillatory force source to the acoustic diaphragm, and a pivot coupled to the lever such that the lever moves in an arcuate path about the pivot when the oscillatory force source applies a force to the lever. The pivot includes at least one torsion bushing. The at least one torsion bushing includes a first member, a second member coupled to the lever and movable relative to the first member, and an elastomeric member coupling the first member to the second member. Either the first member or the second member is coupled to and moves with the lever. An outer surface of the elastomeric member is coupled to the second member via mechanical compression.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Brian M. Lucas, Weidong Zhu, Binu K. Oommen, Brock N. Jacobites, Thomas A. Froeschle, Joseph A. Stabile, Christopher A. Pare, Wit Bushko
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Patent number: 10080092Abstract: A method of controlling a personal acoustic device includes generating a first electrical signal responsive to an acoustic signal incident at a microphone disposed at a location on an earpiece of the personal acoustic device such that the microphone is acoustically coupled to an environment external to the earpiece. A characteristic of a transfer function based on the first electrical signal and a second electrical signal provided to a speaker in the earpiece is determined. An operating state of the personal acoustic device is determined form the characteristic of the transfer function. The operating state include a state in which the earpiece is positioned in the vicinity of an ear of a user and a second state in which the earpiece is absent from the vicinity of the ear of the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Mihir D. Shetye, Binu K. Oommen, Dale McElhone
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Publication number: 20180124532Abstract: A method of controlling a personal acoustic device includes generating a first electrical signal responsive to an acoustic signal incident at a microphone disposed at a location on an earpiece of the personal acoustic device such that the microphone is acoustically coupled to an environment external to the earpiece. A characteristic of a transfer function based on the first electrical signal and a second electrical signal provided to a speaker in the earpiece is determined. An operating state of the personal acoustic device is determined form the characteristic of the transfer function. The operating state include a state in which the earpiece is positioned in the vicinity of an ear of a user and a second state in which the earpiece is absent from the vicinity of the ear of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Mihir D. Shetye, Binu K. Oommen, Dale McElhone
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Patent number: 9838812Abstract: A method of controlling a personal acoustic device includes generating a first electrical signal responsive to an acoustic signal incident at a microphone disposed on an earpiece of the personal acoustic device. A characteristic of a transfer function based on the first electrical signal and a second electrical signal provided to a speaker in the earpiece is determined. An operating state of the personal acoustic device is determined form the characteristic of the transfer function. The operating state include a state in which the earpiece is positioned in the vicinity of an ear of a user and a second state in which the earpiece is absent from the vicinity of the ear of the user. Examples of a microphone that may be used include feedback and feedforward microphones in an acoustic noise reduction circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Mihir D. Shetye, Binu K. Oommen, Dale McElhone
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Publication number: 20170118560Abstract: A loudspeaker includes an acoustic diaphragm, an oscillatory force source, a lever coupling the oscillatory force source to the acoustic diaphragm, and a pivot coupled to the lever such that the lever moves in an arcuate path about the pivot when the oscillatory force source applies a force to the lever. The pivot includes at least one torsion bushing. The at least one torsion bushing includes a first member, a second member coupled to the lever and movable relative to the first member, and an elastomeric member coupling the first member to the second member. Either the first member or the second member is coupled to and moves with the lever. An outer surface of the elastomeric member is coupled to the second member via mechanical compression.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Brian M. Lucas, Weidong Zhu, Binu K. Oommen, Brock N. Jacobites, Thomas A. Froeschle, Joseph A. Stabile, Christopher A. Pare, Wit Bushko
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Patent number: 8610318Abstract: A magnet carrier for a moving magnet actuator. The magnet carrier includes a single longitudinal beam extending in the direction of intended motion of magnet carrier and two pairs of transverse ribs, extending from opposite sides of the longitudinal beam. The longitudinal beam and the two pairs of transverse ribs are arranged to engage a pair of substantially planar magnets. The single longitudinal beam and the two pairs of transverse ribs each comprise a lip for engaging a chamfered edge of a pair of substantially planar magnets so that the lip opposes motion of the magnets in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the magnets. The longitudinal beam and the transverse ribs are adhered to the magnets by an adhesive with an elastic modulus of less than 5 MPa and a tensile strain of greater than 100%.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Binu K. Oommen, Richard Tucker Carlmark, Joseph A. Stabile
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Publication number: 20120248899Abstract: A magnet carrier for a moving magnet actuator. The magnet carrier includes a single longitudinal beam extending in the direction of intended motion of magnet carrier and two pairs of transverse ribs, extending from opposite sides of the longitudinal beam. The longitudinal beam and the two pairs of transverse ribs are arranged to engage a pair of substantially planar magnets. The single longitudinal beam and the two pairs of transverse ribs each comprise a lip for engaging a chamfered edge of a pair of substantially planar magnets so that the lip opposes motion of the magnets in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the magnets. The longitudinal beam and the transverse ribs are adhered to the magnets by an adhesive with an elastic modulus of less than 5 MPa and a tensile strain of greater than 100%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Binu K. Oommen, Richard Tucker Carlmark, Joseph A. Stabile
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Patent number: D947156Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Shawn J. Prevoir, Thomas J. Peters, Jr., Liam Kelly, Yang Liu, Andrew D. Dominijanni, Christopher Borradaile, Christian Trott, Binu K. Oommen