Patents by Inventor Nathan A. Jeffery

Nathan A. Jeffery 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: 12041404
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher A. Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George E. P. Chute
  • Patent number: 11917351
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher A. Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George E. P. Chute
  • Patent number: 11849271
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Publication number: 20220174388
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher A. Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George E.P. Chute
  • Patent number: 11303984
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Publication number: 20220086552
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Publication number: 20200280783
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Patent number: 10674244
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Publication number: 20190261077
    Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Dominijanni, Nathan A. Jeffery, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher Pare, Paul T. Bender, Eric M. Wallace, George Chute
  • Patent number: 10362388
    Abstract: A passive radiator includes an elastomeric member and mass. The elastomeric member defines a suspension structure that has an inner peripheral boarder and an outer peripheral boarder and a first snap-attach feature that is arranged along the outer peripheral boarder of the suspension structure. The first snap-attach feature enables the elastomeric member to be coupled to a mating feature. The mass is supported along the inner peripheral boarder of the suspension structure and is configured for pistonic movement, relative to the first snap-attach feature, along a motion axis of the passive radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan A. Jeffery
  • Publication number: 20190020945
    Abstract: A passive radiator includes an elastomeric member and mass. The elastomeric member defines a suspension structure that has an inner peripheral boarder and an outer peripheral boarder and a first snap-attach feature that is arranged along the outer peripheral boarder of the suspension structure. The first snap-attach feature enables the elastomeric member to be coupled to a mating feature. The mass is supported along the inner peripheral boarder of the suspension structure and is configured for pistonic movement, relative to the first snap-attach feature, along a motion axis of the passive radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan A. Jeffery
  • Patent number: 10097916
    Abstract: A passive radiator includes an elastomeric member and mass. The elastomeric member defines a suspension structure that has an inner peripheral boarder and an outer peripheral boarder and a first snap-attach feature that is arranged along the outer peripheral boarder of the suspension structure. The first snap-attach feature enables the elastomeric member to be coupled to a mating feature. The mass is supported along the inner peripheral boarder of the suspension structure and is configured for pistonic movement, relative to the first snap-attach feature, along a motion axis of the passive radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan A. Jeffery
  • Publication number: 20180124504
    Abstract: A passive radiator includes an elastomeric member and mass. The elastomeric member defines a suspension structure that has an inner peripheral boarder and an outer peripheral boarder and a first snap-attach feature that is arranged along the outer peripheral boarder of the suspension structure. The first snap-attach feature enables the elastomeric member to be coupled to a mating feature. The mass is supported along the inner peripheral boarder of the suspension structure and is configured for pistonic movement, relative to the first snap-attach feature, along a motion axis of the passive radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan A. Jeffery
  • Patent number: 8638975
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for pneumatically sealing an acoustic radiator to an acoustic enclosure. A band of conformable material engages a beveled surface so than an edge of the band deflects outwardly and a surface of the band conforms to the beveled surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan A. Jeffery
  • Publication number: 20130044909
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for pneumatically sealing an acoustic radiator to an acoustic enclosure. A band of conformable material engages a beveled surface so than an edge of the band deflects outwardly and a surface of the band conforms to the beveled surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventor: Nathan A. Jeffery