Patents by Inventor John Whitmore

John Whitmore 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).

  • HEARING DEVICE WITH FACEPLATE-MOUNTED ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20250142268
    Abstract: A hearing device including a housing shell housing an electronics package of electronic components and having an antenna mount that supports and/or encloses an antenna protruding from the housing shell. The housing shell may further include an earpiece that is configured to be inserted into an ear canal of a user, which protrudes in a substantially opposite direction of the antenna mount. The antenna mount can be a rounded fin-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: John Whitmore, MunSoo Bae
  • SMALL MEANDER LINE ANTENNA FOR IN-THE-EAR HEARING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240179481
    Abstract: Small meander line antenna for in-the-ear hearing device, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a hearing device includes a housing configured for insertion in an ear canal of a user; and a face plate of the housing configured to carry electronic components of the hearing device. A meander line antenna is operatively coupled to the electronic components of the hearing devices, where conductive traces of the meander line antenna are at least partially shaped as meandering folds that are configured perpendicularly with respect to a principal plane of the face plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Sonova AG
    Inventors: Munsoo Bae, John Whitmore, Andre Ochsenbein, Mika Ilvonen, Jaewoo Kim, Mark Schmidt, Daniel Probst, Sahba Aazami
  • Hearing device and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 11451911
    Abstract: A hearing device including a shell to be worn at least in part in the ear canal and having an outer opening; a faceplate covering the outer opening of the shell and facing outwardly of the ear canal when the hearing device is worn in the ear canal; a transceiver configured to operate in an operating frequency range which is located within 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz; and a dipole antenna. The dipole antenna is integrated within the faceplate or at an outer surface of the faceplate in a manner so as to follow the contour of the outer surface of the faceplate to maximize radiation gain of the dipole antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONOVA AG
    Inventors: Mark Schmidt, Gabriel Perez, John Whitmore, Dave Ma, Munsoo Bae
  • HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210051427
    Abstract: A hearing device including a shell to be worn at least in part in the ear canal and having an outer opening; a faceplate covering the outer opening of the shell and facing outwardly of the ear canal when the hearing device is worn in the ear canal; a transceiver configured to operate in an operating frequency range which is located within 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz; and a dipole antenna. The dipole antenna is integrated within the faceplate or at an outer surface of the faceplate in a manner so as to follow the contour of the outer surface of the faceplate to maximize radiation gain of the dipole antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Schmidt, Gabriel Perez, John Whitmore, Dave Ma, Munsoo Bae