Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Pare

Christopher A. Pare 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: 20240106303
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electric motor cooling. The cooling system, in one example, includes a sealing ring coupled to or formed in a stator and including a flange that axially extends outward from an axial side of the stator. The cooling system further includes a first sealing sleeve with a first sealing interface that is formed between the sealing sleeve and a motor housing and a second sealing interface that is formed between the sealing sleeve and the flange, where a cavity is formed between the sealing sleeve and the sealing ring in which a stator end winding is at least partially immersed in a coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew K. PASCHALL, Samuel Wesley COX, Carl TRUDEL, Alexandre PARE, Steven VANHEE, Luke MILLER, Christopher M. COOK
  • Patent number: 11917351
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher A. Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George E. P. Chute
  • Patent number: 11849271
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Publication number: 20220174388
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher A. Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George E.P. Chute
  • Patent number: 11303984
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Publication number: 20220086552
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Publication number: 20200280783
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Publication number: 20200213743
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic driver includes a diaphragm formed of a compliant material, a bobbin configured to hold a winding of an electrical conductor and a housing having a housing axis that is substantially coaxial with the bobbin. The diaphragm is fixed to one end of the housing and a stiffening element is fixed to an inner region of a surface of the diaphragm. A motion of the bobbin along a bobbin axis generates a movement of the inner region of the diaphragm to thereby generate an acoustic signal that propagates from the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Brock N. Jacobites, Marek Kawka, Thomas Landemaine, Nicholas John Joseph, Andrew D. Munro, Adam Sears, Prateek Nath, Christopher A. Pare
  • Patent number: 10674244
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Patent number: 10638232
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic driver includes a diaphragm formed of a compliant material, a bobbin configured to hold a winding of an electrical conductor and a housing having a housing axis that is substantially coaxial with the bobbin. The diaphragm is fixed to one end of the housing and has a substantially planar shape when the diaphragm is at rest. A stiffening element is fixed to an inner region of a surface of the diaphragm. A motion of the bobbin along a bobbin axis generates a movement of the inner region of the diaphragm to thereby generate an acoustic signal that propagates from the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Sears, Christopher A. Pare, Brock N. Jacobites, Andrew D. Munro, Thomas Landemaine, Nicholas John Joseph, Marek Kawka, Prateek Nath
  • Patent number: 10567897
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer comprises a sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis; a diaphragm coupled to the sleeve at a first end of the sleeve; a subassembly in the sleeve; and an alignment element extending from the subassembly in a direction substantially away from the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher A. Pare, David W. Beverly
  • Publication number: 20190261077
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Patent number: 10154347
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Brian M. Lucas, Weidong Zhu, Binu K. Oommen, Brock N. Jacobites, Thomas A. Froeschle, Joseph A. Stabile, Christopher A. Pare, Wit Bushko
  • Publication number: 20180242093
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer comprises a sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis; a diaphragm coupled to the sleeve at a first end of the sleeve; a subassembly in the sleeve; and an alignment element extending from the subassembly in a direction substantially away from the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher A. Pare, David W. Beverly
  • Publication number: 20180192199
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic driver includes a diaphragm formed of a compliant material, a bobbin configured to hold a winding of an electrical conductor and a housing having a housing axis that is substantially coaxial with the bobbin. The diaphragm is fixed to one end of the housing and has a substantially planar shape when the diaphragm is at rest. A stiffening element is fixed to an inner region of a surface of the diaphragm. A motion of the bobbin along a bobbin axis generates a movement of the inner region of the diaphragm to thereby generate an acoustic signal that propagates from the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Sears, Christopher A. Pare, Brock N. Jacobites, Andrew D. Munro, Thomas Landemaine, Nicholas John Joseph, Marek Kawka, Prateek Nath
  • Patent number: 9986355
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer comprises a sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis; a diaphragm coupled to the sleeve at a first end of the sleeve; a subassembly in the sleeve; and an alignment element extending from the subassembly in a direction substantially away from the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher A. Pare, David W. Beverly
  • Patent number: 9942662
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic driver includes a diaphragm formed of a compliant material, a bobbin configured to hold a winding of an electrical conductor and a housing having a housing axis that is substantially coaxial with the bobbin. The diaphragm is fixed to one end of the housing and has a substantially planar shape when the diaphragm is at rest. A stiffening element is fixed to an inner region of a surface of the diaphragm. A motion of the bobbin along a bobbin axis generates a movement of the inner region of the diaphragm to thereby generate an acoustic signal that propagates from the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Sears, Christopher A. Pare, Brock Jacobites, Andrew D. Munro, Thomas Landemaine, Nicholas John Joseph, Marek Kawka, Prateek Nath
  • Publication number: 20170359665
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer comprises a sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis; a diaphragm coupled to the sleeve at a first end of the sleeve; a subassembly in the sleeve; and an alignment element extending from the subassembly in a direction substantially away from the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher A. Pare, David W. Beverly
  • Publication number: 20170359655
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic driver includes a diaphragm formed of a compliant material, a bobbin configured to hold a winding of an electrical conductor and a housing having a housing axis that is substantially coaxial with the bobbin. The diaphragm is fixed to one end of the housing and has a substantially planar shape when the diaphragm is at rest. A stiffening element is fixed to an inner region of a surface of the diaphragm. A motion of the bobbin along a bobbin axis generates a movement of the inner region of the diaphragm to thereby generate an acoustic signal that propagates from the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Adam Sears, Christopher A. Pare, Brock Jacobites, Andrew D. Munro, Thomas Landemaine, Nicholas John Joseph, Marek Kawka, Prateek Nath
  • Patent number: D922983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Fustino, Eric M. Wallace, Andrew D. Dominijanni, George E. P. Chute, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher A. Pare, Paul T. Bender