Patents by Inventor Paul T. Bender

Paul T. Bender 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: 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
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20190115006
    Abstract: A method and system for a noise cancellation comprises an amplifier in communication with three or more speakers disposed in an area. A system controller produces a driver signal for each of the speakers in response to a signal from at least one microphone detecting sound in the area and communicates the driver signals to the amplifier. The amplifier drives each speaker with the driver signal produced for that speaker. In response to the driver signals, the speakers emit sound having a magnitude and phase that combine to attenuate a noise field in the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Wade P. Torres, David Easterbrook, Paul T. Bender, David J. Warkentin, Steven H. Isabelle, Ryan C. Struzik
  • Patent number: 10199030
    Abstract: A method and system for a noise cancellation comprises an amplifier in communication with the three or more speakers disposed in an area. A system controller produces a driver signal for each of the speakers in response to a signal from at least one microphone detecting sound in the area and communicates the driver signals to the amplifier. The amplifier drives each speaker with the driver signal produced for that speaker. In response to the driver signals, the speakers emit sound that combined produces a substantially uniform sound pressure field for a particular zone within the area. The substantially uniform sound pressure field produced by the speakers has a magnitude and phase adapted to attenuate a noise field in the area corresponding to the sound detected by the at least one microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Wade P. Torres, David Easterbrook, Paul T. Bender, David J. Warkentin, Steven H. Isabelle, Ryan C. Struzik
  • Patent number: 9949030
    Abstract: An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user. The acoustic device has an array of acoustic transducers comprising at least three acoustic radiating surfaces, and a controller that is adapted to provide array control signals that independently control the relative phases and amplitudes of each of the transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Zhen Sun, Carl Jensen, Ray Scott Wakeland, Paul T. Bender
  • Publication number: 20170353793
    Abstract: An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user. The acoustic device has an array of acoustic transducers comprising at least three acoustic radiating surfaces, and a controller that is adapted to provide array control signals that independently control the relative phases and amplitudes of each of the transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Zhen Sun, Carl Jensen, Ray Scott Wakeland, Paul T. Bender
  • Publication number: 20170193977
    Abstract: A method and system for a noise cancellation comprises an amplifier in communication with the three or more speakers disposed in an area. A system controller produces a driver signal for each of the speakers in response to a signal from at least one microphone detecting sound in the area and communicates the driver signals to the amplifier. The amplifier drives each speaker with the driver signal produced for that speaker. In response to the driver signals, the speakers emit sound that combined produces a substantially uniform sound pressure field for a particular zone within the area. The substantially uniform sound pressure field produced by the speakers has a magnitude and phase adapted to attenuate a noise field in the area corresponding to the sound detected by the at least one microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Wade P. Torres, David Easterbrook, Paul T. Bender, David J. Warkentin, Steven H. Isabelle, Ryan C. Struzik
  • Patent number: 9640169
    Abstract: A method and system for a noise cancellation comprises an amplifier in communication with the three or more speakers disposed in an area. A system controller produces a driver signal for each of the speakers in response to a signal from at least one microphone detecting sound in the area and communicates the driver signals to the amplifier. The amplifier drives each speaker with the driver signal produced for that speaker. In response to the driver signals, the speakers emit sound that combined produces a substantially uniform sound pressure field for a particular zone within the area. The substantially uniform sound pressure field produced by the speakers has a magnitude and phase adapted to attenuate a noise field in the area corresponding to the sound detected by the at least one microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wade Torres, David Easterbrook, Paul T. Bender, David Warkentin, Steven H. Isabelle, Ryan Struzik
  • Publication number: 20160379620
    Abstract: A method and system for attenuating noise comprises identifying a location in an area at which sound emitted from one or more speakers has acoustic characteristics that are substantially similar in measure to corresponding acoustic characteristics of the emitted sound at a location approximated to be near an ear of an occupant of the area. A microphone, which may be a virtual microphone, is disposed at the identified location. The microphone detects sound at the identified location. In response to the sound detected by the microphone, the one or more speakers emit a noise-canceling audio signal adapted to attenuate one or more frequencies in the sound detected by the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Warkentin, Ryan C. Struzik, Wade P. Torres, Paul T. Bender, David Easterbrook
  • Publication number: 20160379618
    Abstract: A method and system for a noise cancellation comprises an amplifier in communication with the three or more speakers disposed in an area. A system controller produces a driver signal for each of the speakers in response to a signal from at least one microphone detecting sound in the area and communicates the driver signals to the amplifier. The amplifier drives each speaker with the driver signal produced for that speaker. In response to the driver signals, the speakers emit sound that combined produces a substantially uniform sound pressure field for a particular zone within the area. The substantially uniform sound pressure field produced by the speakers has a magnitude and phase adapted to attenuate a noise field in the area corresponding to the sound detected by the at least one microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Wade Torres, David Easterbrook, Paul T. Bender, David Warkentin, Steven H. Isabelle, Ryan Struzik
  • Patent number: 9424828
    Abstract: A method and system for attenuating noise comprises identifying a location in an area at which sound emitted from one or more speakers has acoustic characteristics that are substantially similar in measure to corresponding acoustic characteristics of the emitted sound at a location approximated to be near an ear of an occupant of the area. A microphone, which may be a virtual microphone, is disposed at the identified location. The microphone detects sound at the identified location. In response to the sound detected by the microphone, the one or more speakers emit a noise-canceling audio signal adapted to attenuate one or more frequencies in the sound detected by the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: David Warkentin, Ryan Struzik, Wade Torres, Paul T. Bender, David Easterbrook
  • Publication number: 20160035341
    Abstract: A method and system for attenuating noise comprises identifying a location in an area at which sound emitted from one or more speakers has acoustic characteristics that are substantially similar in measure to corresponding acoustic characteristics of the emitted sound at a location approximated to be near an ear of an occupant of the area. A microphone, which may be a virtual microphone, is disposed at the identified location. The microphone detects sound at the identified location. In response to the sound detected by the microphone, the one or more speakers emit a noise-canceling audio signal adapted to attenuate one or more frequencies in the sound detected by the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: David Warkentin, Ryan Struzik, Wade Torres, Paul T. Bender, David Easterbrook
  • Patent number: 6926288
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator in a vehicle suspension system includes a housing having a first section adapted to affix to a vehicle body and a second section adapted to affix to a vehicle wheel assembly suspended to the vehicle body, the first and second sections coupled to form a motor, electronics including a power-switching devices disposed within a chamber of the housing and adapted to receive electrical power and to direct power to the motor, and a filter board including capacitors and inductors disposed within the chamber to suppress noise generated by the power-switching devices to an external DC power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Paul T. Bender
  • Publication number: 20040239055
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator in a vehicle suspension system includes a housing having a first section adapted to affix to a vehicle body and a second section adapted to affix to a vehicle wheel assembly suspended to the vehicle body, the first and second sections coupled to form a motor, electronics including a power-switching devices disposed within a chamber of the housing and adapted to receive electrical power and to direct power to the motor, and a filter board including capacitors and inductors disposed within the chamber to suppress noise generated by the power-switching devices to an external DC power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Paul T. Bender
  • Patent number: D922983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Fustino, Eric M. Wallace, Andrew D. Dominijanni, George E. P. Chute, David W. Beverly, Yang Liu, Christopher A. Pare, Paul T. Bender