Patents by Inventor Kurt Nell

Kurt Nell 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: 7835531
    Abstract: A microphone system includes a microphone capsule, an audio amplifier and microphone electronics. A phantom power supply provides power to the audio amplifier and the microphone electronics through cable conductors. The microphone system includes a power supply that provides a supply voltage to the microphone electronics, a polarization voltage to the microphone capsule and a supply voltage to the audio amplifier. The power supply includes a constant current generator. The constant current generator operates as a constant current sink for the phantom power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: AKG Acoustics GmbH
    Inventor: Kurt Nell
  • Patent number: 7620189
    Abstract: A microphone includes a microphone capsule biased with a polarization voltage from a winding on a transformer. The polarization voltage is controlled by a regulation circuit that may have an analog regulation circuit and a digital regulation circuit. A controller adjusts the polarization voltage that varies the sensitivity of the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: AKG Acoustics GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Lang, Kurt Nell
  • Patent number: 7289638
    Abstract: An electroacoustic capsule or electroacoustic transducer for an electroacoustic device has electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements connected to a controllable power supply. Dimensional changes of the electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements cause changes of the inner geometry of the electroacoustic capsule or electroacoustic transducer. This allows the adjustment of the capsule or transducer to the electroacoustic device in which it is mounted so that individual and dynamic adjustments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: AKG Acoustics GmbH
    Inventors: Gino Pavlovic, Kurt Nell
  • Publication number: 20050231873
    Abstract: A microphone system includes a microphone capsule, an audio amplifier and microphone electronics. A phantom power supply provides power to the audio amplifier and the microphone electronics through cable conductors. The microphone system includes a power supply that provides a supply voltage to the microphone electronics, a polarization voltage to the microphone capsule and a supply voltage to the audio amplifier. The power supply includes a constant current generator. The constant current generator operates as a constant current sink for the phantom power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventor: Kurt Nell
  • Publication number: 20050220314
    Abstract: A microphone includes a microphone capsule biased with a polarization voltage from a winding on a transformer. The polarization voltage is controlled by a regulation circuit that may have an analog regulation circuit and a digital regulation circuit. A controller adjusts the polarization voltage that varies the sensitivity of the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Werner Lang, Kurt Nell
  • Publication number: 20020114476
    Abstract: An electroacoustic capsule or electroacoustic transducer for an electroacoustic device has electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements connected to a controllable power supply. Dimensional changes of the electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements cause changes of the inner geometry of the electroacoustic capsule or electroacoustic transducer. This allows the adjustment of the capsule or transducer to the electroacoustic device in which it is mounted so that individual and dynamic adjustments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: AKG Acoustics GmbH
    Inventors: Gino Pavlovic, Kurt Nell
  • Publication number: 20010044277
    Abstract: In a method and device for digital wireless transmission of multi-channel audio signals from a player having a sender to at least one loudspeaker having a receiver, a signal picked up by the player is scanned based on clock pulses supplied by a quartz-controlled clock generator by a scanning rate converter provided in the sender. Clock recovery is employed in the receiver. The clock pulses of the clock generator are adjusted so as to coincide at least substantially precisely with a center frequency of the clock recovery of the receiver. In an alternative configuration, the scanning rate converter is replaced by a combination of a digital-to-analog converter and an analog-to-digital converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Andreas Kremsl, Peter Schlager, Werner Lang, Kurt Nell, Ernst Stttinger