Patents by Inventor Engbert Wilmink

Engbert Wilmink 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: 6950529
    Abstract: Microphone/amplifier system in which the microphone comprises a case with an inlet opening, a diaphragm and a backplate, and the amplifier is arranged in the case and is coupled to the diaphragm/backplate system. In the case, the diaphragm forms a first partition between a first compartment containing the inlet opening to the surroundings and a second compartment accommodating the amplifier. According to the invention, the second compartment is divided by a second partition into a first and second subcompartment, while an opening of a predetermined volume is provided in the second partition, this volume having a magnitude such that air in the first subcompartment can be caused to vibrate only with sound vibrations of low frequencies. Through this feature, the frequency characteristic of the system can be influenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Sonionmicrotronic Nederland B.V.
    Inventor: Engbert Wilmink
  • Publication number: 20050111688
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for manufacturing an electroacoustic transducer for, for instance, a hearing aid, with a diaphragm arranged in a housing. The diaphragm is attached onto a film or punched from a sheet of material, such that along the circumferential edge of the diaphragm, a free strip of film or a strip of material remains present, in a capillary space between the circumferential edge of the film and the inner wall of the housing, or in a capillary space between the diaphragm and the strip of material, a polymer of a low viscosity is provided to connect to diaphragm with the housing wall. Through the method, the production of the transducer is greatly simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Engbert Wilmink, Aart Halteren, Hendrik Dolleman, Paul Hal
  • Publication number: 20010043705
    Abstract: Microphone/amplifier system in which the microphone comprises a case with an inlet opening, a diaphragm and a backplate, and the amplifier is arranged in the case and is coupled to the diaphragm/backplate system. In the case, the diaphragm forms a first partition between a first compartment containing the inlet opening to the surroundings and a second compartment accommodating the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Engbert Wilmink
  • Patent number: 6084972
    Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated microphone/amplifier unit, in particular for a hearing aid, which is largely insensitive to interference signals such as, for instance, could be caused by GSM telephone apparatuses because capacitive couplings are arranged between the amplifier output and ground, and between the feed and ground. These capacitive couplings are made by the thick-film technique and can be provided with a separate ground connection. In one embodiment the capacitive couplings comprise capacitors, of which the output and feed connections themselves form part. In another embodiment the capacitive couplings comprise capacitors that are formed on the back of a carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Microtronic Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Aart Zeger van Halteren, Engbert Wilmink
  • Patent number: 6078677
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer having a housing with at least two parts, e.g., a cover and a bottom portion, and a diaphragm situated therein. Specifically and illustratively, an edge portion of the diaphragm is attached to one of two opposing edges of side walls of the cover and the bottom portion and, once the housing is assembled, is located between these edges. The edge to which the diaphragm is attached extends in a first plane defined by a central portion of the diaphragm or in a second plane parallel thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Microtronic Nederlands B.V.
    Inventors: Henk Dolleman, Onno Geschiere, Paul Christiaan Van Hal, Engbert Wilmink