Patents by Inventor Michele Colloca

Michele Colloca 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).

  • Publication number: 20240223961
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transducer comprising a housing, the housing at least partly accommodating: at least one moveable element; at least one drive means for moving the at least one moveable element, the at least one drive means comprising a coil and a magnet assembly, and at least one seal. The at least one moveable element comprises two legs that are connected to each other, where the coil extends around a first leg of the two legs, such that the first leg is driven in a reciprocating movement by the drive means and the second leg that is connected to the first leg is thereby also driven in the reciprocating movement, and wherein the at least one seal is attached to the second leg. The invention also relates to a portable audio device comprising such a transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sonion Nederland B.V
    Inventors: Michele COLLOCA, Gerardus Johannes Franciscus Theodorus VAN DER BEEK, Camiel Eugene GROFFEN, Jan HIJMAN
  • Publication number: 20240022858
    Abstract: The invention relates to a moveable element for a transducer, said moveable element being arranged to be moved indirectly or directly by a driving means of said transducer, said moveable element being arranged for outputting acoustic energy or for moving an outputting means for outputting said acoustic energy that is operatively coupled to said moveable element, wherein said moveable element comprises at least one sensor for sensing at least one parameter of the moveable element and/or of a volume defined by a housing of the transducer. The invention further relates to a transducer comprising such a moveable element and an in-ear device comprising such a transducer. The invention further relates to a method for determining the occurrence of a condition in such a transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: SONION NEDERLAND BV
    Inventors: Dion Ivo DE ROO, Michele COLLOCA, Adrianus Maria LAFORT
  • Patent number: 11190880
    Abstract: A diaphragm assembly for a miniature acoustical transducer having a sufficiently light paddle to allow good audio performance and a sufficiently stiff frame to allow handling. The paddle may be made of a thin sheet of aluminium and the frame of thicker aluminium or a bent sheet of aluminium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Michele Colloca, Gert-Jan van der Beek
  • Patent number: 10820104
    Abstract: A diaphragm with a hinge portion and a drive portion and a plurality of oblong frame portions between the hinge portion and drive portion. The oblong frame portions are able to vibrate independently of each other and may have different resonance frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Michele Colloca, Wouter Bruins, Wouter Herman Broeze, Arno W. Koenderink
  • Publication number: 20200213742
    Abstract: A diaphragm assembly for a miniature acoustical transducer having a sufficiently light paddle to allow good audio performance and a sufficiently stiff frame to allow handling. The paddle may be made of a thin sheet of aluminium and the frame of thicker aluminium or a bent sheet of aluminium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Michele Colloca, Gert-Jan van der Beek
  • Publication number: 20200213740
    Abstract: A diaphragm assembly for a miniature acoustical transducer having a sufficiently light paddle to allow good audio performance and a sufficiently stiff frame to allow handling. The paddle may be made of a thin sheet of aluminium and the frame of thicker aluminium or a bent sheet of aluminium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Michele Colloca, Gert-Jan van der Beek
  • Patent number: 10560767
    Abstract: A sound generator including a housing having a first wall portion with a housing opening, a shielding element covering at least a portion of the first wall portion and having a shield opening, where the shielding element covers a portion of the first wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Tomasz Grzeczynski, Michele Colloca, Lars Wijsman
  • Publication number: 20190075380
    Abstract: A sound generator including a housing having a first wall portion with a housing opening, a shielding element covering at least a portion of the first wall portion and having a shield opening, where the shielding element covers a portion of the first wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Tomasz Grzeczynski, Michele Colloca, Lars Wijsman
  • Publication number: 20190069091
    Abstract: A diaphragm with a hinge portion and a drive portion and a plurality of oblong frame portions between the hinge portion and drive portion. The oblong frame portions are able to vibrate independently of each other and may have different resonance frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Wouter Bruins, Michele Colloca, Wouter Herman Broeze, Arno W. Koenderink