Patents by Inventor Paul L. Côté

Paul L. Côté 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: 4443666
    Abstract: An electret microphone assembly in which an insulating support disposed between the apertured front and back walls of a conductive housing has an enclosed portion contained in the housing and an exposed portion extending out of the housing through an opening formed in the side wall thereof. The support carries the back electrode of an electret microphone on the front of the enclosed portion and an FET amplifier circuit on the back of the same portion. Respective electrical contacts formed on the back of the exposed portion of the support extend inwardly through the side opening in the housing to provide external connections to the source and drain of the FET and to the amplifier common line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventor: Paul L. Cote
  • Patent number: 4136265
    Abstract: A hand-held microphone assembly for use with two-way communications equipment in which an electret-capacitor microphone is mounted in the upper surface of the barrel portion of a pistol-shaped casing. A push-to-talk trigger disposed at the end of the barrel actuates a double-pole, double-throw slide switch to couple the output of a local preamplifier in the casing to an audio output line leading from the casing and to make suitable couplings between three changeover lines. A resilient conductive strip disposed within the casing at the inner end of the slider element is actuated in response to the operation of the double-pole switch to couple the preamplifier to a normally disconnected amplifier power supply in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventor: Paul L. Cote
  • Patent number: D247235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventor: Paul L. Cote