Patents by Inventor Eric McNicol

Eric McNicol 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).

  • Systems and methods for assembling an electro-acoustic transducer including a miniature voice coil
    Patent number: 11128971
    Abstract: A tool for arranging voice coil leadouts in a microspeaker comprises a mandrel having a top surface on which a bobbin and voice coil are positioned during formation of helicoidal leadout regions of the voice coil, a bobbin alignment feature for positioning at an inner diameter of the bobbin; a sleeve alignment element at a bottom region of the bobbin alignment feature, the sleeve alignment element having a first surface on which a sleeve of the microspeaker is positioned during the formation of the helicoidal leadout regions, and a gluing ring positioned about the mandrel and on a second surface of the sleeve alignment element for providing guide paths for distal ends of the leadout end regions extending in a direction from the mandrel to the sleeve alignment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Landemaine, Brock N. Jacobites, Csaba Guthy, David W. Beverly, Eric McNicol
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING AN ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER INCLUDING A MINIATURE VOICE COIL
    Publication number: 20190306643
    Abstract: A tool for arranging voice coil leadouts in a microspeaker comprises a mandrel having a top surface on which a bobbin and voice coil are positioned during formation of helicoidal leadout regions of the voice coil, a bobbin alignment feature for positioning at an inner diameter of the bobbin; a sleeve alignment element at a bottom region of the bobbin alignment feature, the sleeve alignment element having a first surface on which a sleeve of the microspeaker is positioned during the formation of the helicoidal leadout regions, and a gluing ring positioned about the mandrel and on a second surface of the sleeve alignment element for providing guide paths for distal ends of the leadout end regions extending in a direction from the mandrel to the sleeve alignment element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Landemaine, Brock N. Jacobites, Csaba Guthy, David W. Beverly, Eric McNicol
  • Systems and methods for assembling an electro-acoustic transducer including a miniature voice coil
    Patent number: 10375495
    Abstract: A tool for arranging voice coil leadouts in a microspeaker comprises a mandrel having a top surface on which a bobbin and voice coil are positioned during formation of helicoidal leadout regions of the voice coil, a bobbin alignment feature for positioning at an inner diameter of the bobbin; a sleeve alignment element at a bottom region of the bobbin alignment feature, the sleeve alignment element having a first surface on which a sleeve of the microspeaker is positioned during the formation of the helicoidal leadout regions, and a gluing ring positioned about the mandrel and on a second surface of the sleeve alignment element for providing guide paths for distal ends of the leadout end regions extending in a direction from the mandrel to the sleeve alignment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Landemaine, Brock N. Jacobites, Csaba Guthy, David W. Beverly, Eric McNicol
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING AN ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER INCLUDING A MINIATURE VOICE COIL
    Publication number: 20180288552
    Abstract: A tool for arranging voice coil leadouts in a microspeaker comprises a mandrel having a top surface on which a bobbin and voice coil are positioned during formation of helicoidal leadout regions of the voice coil, a bobbin alignment feature for positioning at an inner diameter of the bobbin; a sleeve alignment element at a bottom region of the bobbin alignment feature, the sleeve alignment element having a first surface on which a sleeve of the microspeaker is positioned during the formation of the helicoidal leadout regions, and a gluing ring positioned about the mandrel and on a second surface of the sleeve alignment element for providing guide paths for distal ends of the leadout end regions extending in a direction from the mandrel to the sleeve alignment element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Landemaine, Brock N. Jacobites, Csaba Guthy, David W. Beverly, Eric McNicol