Patents by Inventor Rubein V. Johnson

Rubein V. Johnson 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: 4442917
    Abstract: An acoustic ear mold insertable into the ear of an individual with impaired hearing and used in conjunction with a hearing aid having a central metal tube surrounded by a larger diameter metal tube defining a closed resonance chamber so that sound energy from the hearing aid is conducted to the ear mold through the central tube where it is reinforced by resonance in the annular chamber before passing on to the inner ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Inventor: Rubein V. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4407389
    Abstract: An acoustic ear mold insertable into the ear of an individual with impaired hearing and used in conjunction with a hearing aid having a central metal tube surrounded by a larger diameter metal tube defining a closed resonance chamber so that sound energy from the hearing aid is conducted to the ear mold through the central tube where it is reinforced by resonance in the annular chamber before passing on to the inner ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Inventor: Rubein V. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4311206
    Abstract: An improved type of ear mold which is used with a hearing aid of conventional design, but is provided with an inner chamber, to which sound is communicated from the hearing aid through a plastic tube, and from which the sound is communicated to the inner ear, through a neck portion of the ear mold, into which is inserted a tubular metal insert of selected internal diameter and length, which communicates between the inner chamber and the inner ear. The volume of the inner chamber, in combination with the dimensions of the inner passage through the insert, defines an acoustic resonating system, which serves to accentuate selected frequencies which pass from the hearing aid into the ear mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Inventor: Rubein V. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4231445
    Abstract: A cabinet for improving the sound output of an amplifier including an upright housing with a speaker mounted on the front, the front having one or more baffle openings, a device herein called a sound lens inserted in the baffle opening, the vibration of the speaker serving to induce vibration of the sound lens by condensation and rarefaction, by the speaker, of the sound waves to either side of the housing so that the sound lens functions as a supplemental and complementary sound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Inventor: Rubein V. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4142603
    Abstract: A cabinet for improving the sound output of an amplifier, the cabinet being in the form of an upright rectangular housing with a horizontal partition dividing the interior into an upper and lower portion, the partition having a speaker opening and a baffle opening, a speaker being mounted in the speaker opening for upward projection of the sound into the housing upper portion, the speaker being connected to the amplifier, a sounding board within the housing upper portion inclined at an angle from the housing rear upwardly towards the housing front, a sheet of metal affixed to the horizontal partition and covering the baffle opening, the vibration of the speaker serving to drive the metal baffle by condensations and rarefaction of the sound waves to either side of the horizontal partition so that the metal baffle functions as a supplemental and complementary sound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Inventor: Rubein V. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4010820
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an acoustic ear mold insertable into the ear of an individual with impaired hearing and used in conjunction with a hearing aid. Inserted into the molded portion of the ear mold is a central thin-walled metal tube surrounded by a larger thin-walled metal tube, with annular end plates defining a closed resonance chamber. There is an opening through the wall of the central tube forming a path between the space inside the central tube and the annular chamber. Sound energy from the hearing aid is conducted to the ear mold through the central tube where it is reinforced by resonance in the annular chamber before passing on to the ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Inventor: Rubein V. Johnson
  • Patent number: 3980154
    Abstract: A cabinet for improving the sound output of an amplifier including an upright housing having a horizontal partition dividing the interior of the housing into an upper portion and a lower portion, a speaker mounted in the horizontal partition and oriented for directing sound into the upper portion of the housing, a reflective sounding board positioned within the upper portion of the housing inclined at an angle relative to the horizontal partition, the sounding board being inclined from the lower back to the upper front of the housing dividing the upper portion into a forward and rearward resonance chamber, the sounding board reflecting sound outwardly from the cabinet, the sounding board having an opening therein of an area of one-half to seven-eighths of the vibrational area of the speaker, the opening being covered by a metal plate permitting fast sound transmission between the forward and rearward resonance chambers and a front panel covering the housing upper and lower portion, the upper portion of the fr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Inventor: Rubein V. Johnson