Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Flood

Stephen P. Flood 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).

  • Ear-worn electronic device incorporating an antenna substrate comprising a dielectric gel or liquid
    Patent number: 11355834
    Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device is configured to be worn by a wearer and comprises a housing configured to be supported at, by, in or on the wearer's ear. A processor is disposed in the housing. A speaker or a receiver is operably coupled to the processor. A radio frequency transceiver is disposed in the housing and operably coupled to the processor. An antenna is disposed on or in the housing and operably coupled to the transceiver. The antenna comprises a radiating element, a ground plane, and a substrate disposed between the radiating element and the ground plane. The substrate comprises one or both of a dielectric gel and a dielectric liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ezdeen Elghannai, Zhenchao Yang, Stephen P. Flood
  • EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING AN ANTENNA SUBSTRATE COMPRISING A DIELECTRIC GEL OR LIQUID
    Publication number: 20200251811
    Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device is configured to be worn by a wearer and comprises a housing configured to be supported at, by, in or on the wearer's ear. A processor is disposed in the housing. A speaker or a receiver is operably coupled to the processor. A radio frequency transceiver is disposed in the housing and operably coupled to the processor. An antenna is disposed on or in the housing and operably coupled to the transceiver. The antenna comprises a radiating element, a ground plane, and a substrate disposed between the radiating element and the ground plane. The substrate comprises one or both of a dielectric gel and a dielectric liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ezdeen Elghannai, Zhenchao Yang, Stephen P. Flood
  • Power distribution assembly
    Patent number: 6069797
    Abstract: A power distribution assembly (100) that comprises at least two direct current power supplies (106, 107), at least three signal splitter modules (102-104), wherein each signal splitter modules comprises a signal splitter and a radio frequency amplifier, a centerplane board (110) coupled to the at least three signal splitter modules (102-104) and to the at least two direct current power supply modules(106, 107), wherein the centerplane board (110) provides a plurality of electrical paths among a plurality of modules contained in the power distribution assembly (100), and a chassis (101) to which the modules (102-104, 106, 107) and the centerplane board (110) are mounted, and has an overall volume of at most 0.009 cubic meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Widmayer, Stephen P. Flood, Joseph P. Luptak, III