Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Spenner

Michael Joseph Spenner 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: 9525929
    Abstract: An adjustable occlusion headphone includes a housing having a face, a resilient seal member on the housing, adapted to surround the user's ear, and with the face of the housing form a chamber enclosing the user's ear. A speaker communicates through the face of the housing to provide sound to the user's ear. There is at least one port in the face of the housing. A passage extends from each port to the exterior of the housing. A valve member associated with each passage, is operable between an open position and a closed position, and an operator for operating each valve member between its open and closed position to control sound communication from outside the housing to the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth D. Burgett, Michael Joseph Spenner
  • Patent number: 9258678
    Abstract: An athletic training system includes a personal electronic device having a processor, a memory, and a GPS sensor. The processor runs an application that calculates at least one of distance traveled, elevation change, and speed, of the user carrying the personal electronic device, and based upon location information obtained from the GPS sensor provides a training-related message to the user based upon at least one of the calculated distance traveled, elevation change, and speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Seth D. Burgett, Effrosini A. Karayiannis, Richard J. Daniels, Michael Joseph Spenner
  • Publication number: 20150281827
    Abstract: An adjustable occlusion headphone includes a housing having a face, a resilient seal member on the housing, adapted to surround the user's ear, and with the face of the housing form a chamber enclosing the user's ear. A speaker communicates through the face of the housing to provide sound to the user's ear. There is at least one port in the face of the housing. A passage extends from each port to the exterior of the housing. A valve member associated with each passage, is operable between an open position and a closed position, and an operator for operating each valve member between its open and closed position to control sound communication from outside the housing to the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Seth D. Burgett, Michael Joseph Spenner
  • Publication number: 20150230016
    Abstract: A cable cinch for an earphone cable includes first and second cinch elements. The first element has a top and a bottom with a sidewall therebetween, front and rear openings in the sidewall, and first and second posts extending between the top and bottom walls, intermediate the front and rear openings. The second element has a top and a bottom with a sidewall therebetween, front and rear openings in the sidewall, and first and second posts extending between the top and bottom walls, intermediate the front and rear openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Seth D. Burgett, Richard J. Daniels, Michael Ian Bolster, Ryan Alexander Ott, Eric M. Sia, Effrosini A. Karayiannis, Grace Meyer, Michael Joseph Spenner, Jason David Walker, Jason Edward Emde
  • Publication number: 20140273925
    Abstract: An athletic training system includes a personal electronic device having a processor, a memory, and a GPS sensor. The processor runs an application that calculates at least one of distance traveled, elevation change, and speed, of the user carrying the personal electronic device, and based upon location information obtained from the GPS sensor provides a training-related message to the user based upon at least one of the calculated distance traveled, elevation change, and speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Verto Medical Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Seth D. Burgett, Effrosini A. Karayiannis, Richard J. Daniels, Michael Joseph Spenner