Patents by Inventor Nishant Lawand

Nishant Lawand 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).

  • Personal hearing device
    Patent number: 10945084
    Abstract: A personal hearing device with an outer housing and a sound path with a length of 1-24 mm, a diameter of 0.5-6 mm, a roll of frequency of at least 500 Hz and with a valve configured to open and close the sound path. The sound path has suitable acoustical properties to act as a sound passage for open/closed hearing aids or hearables. The valve is selected to have a small influence on the acoustical properties of the remaining portions of the sound path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
    Inventors: Nishant Lawand, Caspar Titus Bolsman, Laurens de Ruijter, Petrus Egbertus Henricus Hermsen, Erik Marinus Krom, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer, René Maas
  • Sound channel element with a valve and a transducer with the sound channel element
    Patent number: 10869119
    Abstract: A sound channel with a side opening which may be opened or closed by an electromagnetic actuator. The sound channel may remain open and may thus be used as a spout of a sound generator for e.g. a hearing aid, where the side opening may be used as a vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
    Inventors: Nishant Lawand, Caspar Titus Bolsman, Laurens de Ruijter, Petrus Egbertus Henricus Hermsen, Erik Marinus Krom, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer, René Maas, Umut Tabak
  • Valve, a transducer comprising a valve, a hearing device and a method
    Patent number: 10805746
    Abstract: A sound channel with a valve positioned in a sound channel, the valve based on an electro-magnetic positioned in a housing positioned in the sound channel without sound travelling through the housing. The valve may be used in hearing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Caspar Titus Bolsman, Laurens de Ruijter, Petrus Egbertus Henricus Hermsen, Erik Marinus Krom, Nishant Lawand, René Maas, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer
  • Ear bud or dome
    Patent number: 10425714
    Abstract: An ear bud or cone having multiple protruding, convex and soft elements which are configured to be deformed during insertion, extraction and operation in the ear canal of a person. The soft elements are cushion shaped and thus able to adapt to any shape of the ear canal without exerting excessive force to portions of the ear canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Nishant Lawand, Peter Rietman, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer, René Maas, Robert Bakuwel, Ricardo Timothy Jonathan Muijtjens, Sally van der Most
  • SOUND CHANNEL ELEMENT WITH A VALVE AND A TRANSDUCER WITH THE SOUND CHANNEL ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20190116416
    Abstract: A sound channel with a side opening which may be opened or closed by an electromagnetic actuator. The sound channel may remain open and may thus be used as a spout of a sound generator for e.g. a hearing aid, where the side opening may be used as a vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Nishant Lawand, Caspar Titus Bolsman, Laurens de Ruijter, Petrus Egbertus Henricus Hermsen, Erik Marinus Krom, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer, René Maas, Umut Tabak
  • PERSONAL HEARING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190116436
    Abstract: A personal hearing device with an outer housing and a sound path with a length of 1-24 mm, a diameter of 0.5-6 mm, a roll of frequency of at least 500 Hz and with a valve configured to open and close the sound path. The sound path has suitable acoustical properties to act as a sound passage for open/closed hearing aids or hearables. The valve is selected to have a small influence on the acoustical properties of the remaining portions of the sound path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Nishant Lawand, Caspar Titus Bolsman, Laurens de Ruijter, Petrus Egbertus Henricus Hermsen, Erik Marinus Krom, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer, René Maas
  • VALVE, A TRANSDUCER COMPRISING A VALVE, A HEARING DEVICE AND A METHOD
    Publication number: 20190116437
    Abstract: A sound channel with a valve positioned in a sound channel, the valve based on an electro-magnetic positioned in a housing positioned in the sound channel without sound travelling through the housing. The valve may be used in hearing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Caspar Titus Bolsman, Laurens de Ruijter, Petrus Egbertus Henricus Hermsen, Erik Marinus Krom, Nishant Lawand, René Maas, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer
  • Dome for a personal audio device
    Patent number: 10021472
    Abstract: A dome for a personal audio device. The dome forms a first flexible circumferential member and comprising a guiding structure extending in a longitudinal direction and forming an interface for guiding sound from or to the personal audio device. The guiding structure comprises a least one sound opening configured for passage of sound from or to the personal audio device in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the guiding structure. The first flexible member is configured to at least partly close the sound opening during insertion of the dome into an ear canal of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Andrés Alberto Alvarez Cabrera, Peter Rietman, Nishant Lawand, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer, Konrad van den Berg, Andreas Tiefenau
  • EAR BUD OR DOME
    Publication number: 20180109862
    Abstract: An ear bud or cone having multiple protruding, convex and soft elements which are configured to be deformed during insertion, extraction and operation in the ear canal of a person. The soft elements are cushion shaped and thus able to adapt to any shape of the ear canal without exerting excessive force to portions of the ear canal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Nishant Lawand, Peter Rietman, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer, René Maas, Robert Bakuwel, Ricardo Timothy Jonathan Muijtjens, Sally van der Most
  • DOME FOR A PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170303029
    Abstract: A dome for a personal audio device. The dome forms a first flexible circumferential member and comprising a guiding structure extending in a longitudinal direction and forming an interface for guiding sound from or to the personal audio device. The guiding structure comprises a least one sound opening configured for passage of sound from or to the personal audio device in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the guiding structure. The first flexible member is configured to at least partly close the sound opening during insertion of the dome into an ear canal of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Andrés Alberto Alvarez Cabrera, Peter Rietman, Nishant Lawand, Theodorus Geradus Maria Brouwer, Konrad van den Berg, Andreas Tiefenau