Patents by Inventor Robert de Vries

Robert de Vries 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: 4727582
    Abstract: A hearing aid, in particular a behind-the-ear hearing aid, comprising a first unit (1) that includes an amplifier (4), a hook (3) formed with a duct (16) and a space (8). A second unit (2) includes an electro-acoustic transducer (12). The second unit is intended to be worn in the ear. A tubular element (15) for the mechanical connection of the two units accommodates connecting means (14) for electrically coupling the transducer (12) to the amplifier (4). The element (15) is axially slidable inside the duct. This enables the hearing aid to be adapted to the size of the ear of the person wearing the hearing aid. The connecting means (14) is long enough so that even for a big ear, the electrical connection is still intact or can be made. When the hearing aid is adapted to a smaller ear, the connecting means (14) is then too long but the space (8) takes up the excess length of the connecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Robert de Vries, Roelof A. Venema, Johannes P. T. Damen
  • Patent number: 4600223
    Abstract: A tube coupling with snap action for quick interfitting of tubes or tubular articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Inventor: Robert de Vries
  • Patent number: 4189142
    Abstract: A tennis racket comprising a frame having two spaced apart peripheral rows of threading openings for two spaced apart string cord layers, and an intermediate flexible layer in at least the central interspace area between said two string cord layers to interconnect said two string cord layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Inventor: Robert de Vries
  • Patent number: 4056928
    Abstract: An ever open link-chain, i.e. a link-chain having links which are readily to be mounted or dismounted manually without deformation but cannot get detached of themselves without manual intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Inventor: Robert de Vries
  • Patent number: D245599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventor: John Robert DE Vries
  • Patent number: D773258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Cornelis van Druten, Robert de Vries
  • Patent number: D826010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventors: Robert de Vries, Alexander Cornelis van Druten
  • Patent number: D1016837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Patrick Lee Coffman, Nathan de Vries, Christopher P. Foss, Robert Garcia, III, Heena Ko, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel van Os