Patents by Inventor Jeffery R. Vautin

Jeffery R. Vautin 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).

  • Managing telephony and entertainment audio in a vehicle audio platform
    Patent number: 9352701
    Abstract: A signal input module receives at least one of an entertainment audio signal and a telephony audio signal from vehicle sound circuitry. A level control module executes gain level control logic to balance the entertainment audio signal and a telephony audio signal according to a ratio. A gain control signal is applied to at least one of the entertainment audio signal and the telephony audio signal. A routing module mixes the entertainment audio signal and the telephony audio signal and routes the mixed signal to an output channel associated with a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery R. Vautin, Eduardo T. Salvador, Ryo Maiguma, Tobe Z. Barksdale, Douglas J. Holmi, Charles Oswald, Shiufun Cheung, Michael S. Dublin, Zukui Song
  • Providing speakers in a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 8913777
    Abstract: A speaker system for use in a seat includes a speaker enclosure including a speaker having a sound-radiating element with a first side and a second side, and an at least partially enclosed volume of space larger than a volume of space occupied by the speaker and acoustically coupled to the second side of the sound-radiating element of the speaker, the enclosure sized to fit within a first vertically-oriented cavity in a seat back, open at the top of the seat back. A motor moves the first speaker enclosure between a first position in which the first speaker enclosure is fully contained within the first cavity and a second position in which the first speaker enclosure protrudes from the top of the seat back such that the first side of the sound-radiating element is coupled to free space at the top of the seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Pelliccio, Jeffery R. Vautin
  • Providing Speakers in a Vehicle Seat
    Publication number: 20140219492
    Abstract: A speaker system for use in a seat includes a speaker enclosure including a speaker having a sound-radiating element with a first side and a second side, and an at least partially enclosed volume of space larger than a volume of space occupied by the speaker and acoustically coupled to the second side of the sound-radiating element of the speaker, the enclosure sized to fit within a first vertically-oriented cavity in a seat back, open at the top of the seat back. A motor moves the first speaker enclosure between a first position in which the first speaker enclosure is fully contained within the first cavity and a second position in which the first speaker enclosure protrudes from the top of the seat back such that the first side of the sound-radiating element is coupled to free space at the top of the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: John R. Pelliccio, Jeffery R. Vautin