Patents by Inventor Clayton J. Pipkin

Clayton J. Pipkin 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: 12348926
    Abstract: An audio device includes one or more earcups, at least one of the earcups including a boom connector port, a connection detector connected to the boom connector port and configured to detect a connection state at the boom connector port, one or more first microphones positioned in the one or more earcups, audio processing circuitry, and a microphone switch controller connected to the connection detector and configured to connect audio processing circuitry to one of the one or more first microphones or the boom connector port based on the detected connection state of the boom connector port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: New Audio LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wilson, Clayton J. Pipkin, Marten Wallby, Zachary Hellman, Jonathan Levine
  • Publication number: 20240298101
    Abstract: A wireless earpiece having no venting port extending from the interior of the earpiece housing to external to the housing on the side of the housing towards the earpiece wearer's ear. The earpiece has a housing defining a front cavity and a back cavity, the front cavity proximate a wearer's ear when the earpiece is positioned in the wearer's ear during use and the back cavity away from the wearer's ear when the earpiece is positioned in the wearer's ear. The earpiece has an audio output nozzle extending from the front cavity configured to extend at least partially within the wearer's ear. In some designs, the earpiece has no vent extending through the housing toward the wearer's ear when the earpiece is positioned in the wearer's ear, but may have a vent extending through the housing away from the wearer's ear when the earpiece is positioned in the wearer's ear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Li-Wen Hsieh, Peng-Fei Yu, Jonathan Levine, Clayton J. Pipkin, Zachary James Coakley-Hellman
  • Publication number: 20240147126
    Abstract: An audio device includes one or more earcups, at least one of the earcups including a boom connector port, a connection detector connected to the boom connector port and configured to detect a connection state at the boom connector port, one or more first microphones positioned in the one or more earcups, audio processing circuitry, and a microphone switch controller connected to the connection detector and configured to connect audio processing circuitry to one of the one or more first microphones or the boom connector port based on the detected connection state of the boom connector port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wilson, Clayton J. Pipkin, Marten Wallby, Zachary Hellman, Jonathan Levine
  • Patent number: 11700474
    Abstract: An audio device includes one or more earcups, at least one of the earcups including a boom connector port, a connection detector connected to the boom connector port and configured to detect a connection state at the boom connector port, one or more first microphones positioned in the one or more earcups, audio processing circuitry, and a microphone switch controller connected to the connection detector and configured to connect audio processing circuitry to one of the one or more first microphones or the boom connector port based on the detected connection state of the boom connector port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: New Audio LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wilson, Clayton J. Pipkin, Marten Wallby, Zachary Hellman, Jonathan Levine
  • Publication number: 20220417639
    Abstract: An audio device includes one or more earcups, at least one of the earcups including a boom connector port, a connection detector connected to the boom connector port and configured to detect a connection state at the boom connector port, one or more first microphones positioned in the one or more earcups, audio processing circuitry, and a microphone switch controller connected to the connection detector and configured to connect audio processing circuitry to one of the one or more first microphones or the boom connector port based on the detected connection state of the boom connector port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wilson, Clayton J. Pipkin, Marten Wallby, Zachary Hellman, Jonathan Levine
  • Publication number: 20220095027
    Abstract: A wireless communication adapter device includes an enclosure and a communication device base. The communication device base includes a first switch and a wireless communication transceiver. The communication device base is inserted into the enclosure so that the communication device base can move along an axis within the enclosure from a first base position and a second base position. Such movement actuates the first switch against the enclosure to initiate one or more communication operations of the wireless communication transceiver in the communication device base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Levine, Thomas C. Wilson, Marshall Plummer, Clayton J. Pipkin, Zachary James Hellman
  • Patent number: 11284179
    Abstract: A wireless communication adapter device includes an enclosure and a communication device base. The communication device base includes a first switch and a wireless communication transceiver. The communication device base is inserted into the enclosure so that the communication device base can move along an axis within the enclosure from a first base position and a second base position. Such movement actuates the first switch against the enclosure to initiate one or more communication operations of the wireless communication transceiver in the communication device base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: New Audio LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Levine, Thomas C. Wilson, Marshall Plummer, Clayton J. Pipkin, Zachary James Hellman
  • Patent number: D989051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: New Audio LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Levine, Thomas C. Wilson, Marshall Plummer, Clayton J. Pipkin, Zachary James Hellman
  • Patent number: D991235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: New Audio LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Levine, Thomas C. Wilson, Marshall Plummer, Clayton J. Pipkin, Zachary James Hellman
  • Patent number: D1000416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: New Audio LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wilson, Clayton J. Pipkin, Marten Wallby, Zachary Hellman, Jonathan Levine
  • Patent number: D1030703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: New Audio LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wilson, Clayton J. Pipkin, Marten Wallby, Zachary Hellman, Jonathan Levine