Patents by Inventor Pieter De Pooter

Pieter De Pooter 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: 8009851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sound receiving device and a microphone unit for such a sound receiving device. In microphone unit there is provided a microphone, an air filled chamber and a wind noise barrier covering chamber for providing a wind shield and having at least one air passage channel connecting the exterior of the device with the air filled chamber and having an inlet facing the exterior of the device and an outlet facing the air filled chamber. The air passage channel comprises at least one turn for reducing the influence of the wind on microphone. The invention provides enhanced wind noise reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
    Inventors: Pieter De Pooter, Gerrit Johannes Willem Sampimon, Johannes Lucas Schreuder, Rudy Stubenitsky
  • Publication number: 20080118096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sound receiving device and a microphone unit for such a sound receiving device. In microphone unit there is provided a microphone, an air filled chamber and a wind noise barrier covering chamber for providing a wind shield and having at least one air passage channel connecting the exterior of the device with the air filled chamber and having an inlet facing the exterior of the device and an outlet facing the air filled chamber. The air passage channel comprises at least one turn for reducing the influence of the wind on microphone. The invention provides enhanced wind noise reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Pieter De Pooter, Gerrit Johannes Willem Sampimon, Johannes Lucas Schreuder, Rudy Stubenitsky
  • Patent number: 5687481
    Abstract: A shaving apparatus (1, 105) with at least one adjustable cutting unit (11, 121) which comprises an external cutting member (13, 123) with at least one hair trap opening (17) and an internal cutting member (19, 125) which is rotatable inside the external cutting member (13, 123) by means of an electric motor (23, 127). The cutting unit (11, 121) is adjustable by means of an electrical actuator (91, 179) which is controllable by an electrical control unit (103, 191).In a first embodiment of the shaving apparatus (1), the external cutting member (13, 123) can be positioned relative to a holder (17) during a shaving operation by means of the actuator (91). In a second embodiment of the shaving apparatus (105), the external cutting member (123) is displaceable relative to the holder (111) under the influence of a skin contact force against a pretensioning force which has a value which is adjustable by means of the actuator (179).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Jan De Boer, Jacobus N. Dekker, Andries T. Reeder, Albertus J. C. Van Der Borst, Pieter De Pooter