Patents by Inventor Mark Richard Bergeron

Mark Richard Bergeron 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).

  • In-ear wearable audio devices with functional grading and/or embedded electronics
    Patent number: 11924601
    Abstract: Various implementations include in-ear wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, the in-ear audio devices include an eartip with a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends defining a hollow passage to conduct acoustic energy, and a deformable outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end, where the deformable outer wall is functionally graded from the first end to the second end to comply with an entrance of an ear canal of a user. In additional implementations, the eartip includes a retaining structure, and at least one of the inner wall or the outer wall of the body, or the retaining structure, has an integral electronic component and/or an electronic component signal trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Binu K. Oommen, Kai Gao, Mark Richard Bergeron, Shawn Prevoir, Raymond O. England
  • IN-EAR WEARABLE AUDIO DEVICES WITH FUNCTIONAL GRADING AND/OR EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS
    Publication number: 20240064451
    Abstract: Various implementations include in-ear wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, the in-ear audio devices include an eartip with a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends defining a hollow passage to conduct acoustic energy, and a deformable outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end, where the deformable outer wall is functionally graded from the first end to the second end to comply with an entrance of an ear canal of a user. In additional implementations, the eartip includes a retaining structure, and at least one of the inner wall or the outer wall of the body, or the retaining structure, has an integral electronic component and/or an electronic component signal trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Binu K. Oommen, Kai Gao, Mark Richard Bergeron, Shawn Prevoir, Raymond O. England
  • IN-EAR WEARABLE AUDIO DEVICES WITH FUNCTIONAL GRADING AND/OR EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS
    Publication number: 20220070571
    Abstract: Various implementations include in-ear wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, the in-ear audio devices include an eartip with a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends defining a hollow passage to conduct acoustic energy, and a deformable outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end, where the deformable outer wall is functionally graded from the first end to the second end to comply with an entrance of an ear canal of a user. In additional implementations, the eartip includes a retaining structure, and at least one of the inner wall or the outer wall of the body, or the retaining structure, has an integral electronic component and/or an electronic component signal trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Binu K. Oommen, Kai Gao, Mark Richard Bergeron, Shawn Prevoir, Raymond O. England