Patents by Inventor Wilmink Engbert

Wilmink Engbert 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).

  • Microphone for a hearing aid
    Patent number: 8824713
    Abstract: A microphone assembly having a housing, a transducer, and an electronic circuit. The housing has an opening, and the transducer is disposed within that opening. The electronic circuit covers the opening such that the transducer is surrounded by at least the electronic circuit and the housing. The electronic circuit includes a substrate and an amplifier for amplifying the electrical signal into an amplified electrical signal which is coupled to a connection means. The connection means provides a direct electrical connection between the electronic circuit and a receiver. The amplifier is mounted on the substrate and disposed on a side of the substrate of the electronic circuit facing the transducer. The receiver is disposed on a side opposite the side and outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Wilmink Engbert, Aart Zeger van Halteren, Hendrik Dollerman, Paul Christiaan van Hal
  • Microphone for a hearing aid
    Patent number: 8369552
    Abstract: A microphone assembly having a housing, a transducer, and an electronic circuit. The housing has an opening, and the transducer is disposed within that opening. The electronic circuit covers the opening such that the transducer is surrounded by at least the electronic circuit and the housing. The electronic circuit includes a substrate and an amplifier for amplifying the electrical signal into an amplified electrical signal which is coupled to a connection means. The connection means provides a direct electrical connection between the electronic circuit and a receiver. The amplifier is mounted on the substrate and disposed on a side of the substrate of the electronic circuit facing the transducer. The receiver is disposed on a side opposite the side and outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Wilmink Engbert, Aart Zeger van Halteren, Hendrik Dolleman, Paul Christiaan van Hal
  • Method for fixing a diaphragm in an electroacoustic transducer
    Patent number: 7492919
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer employing a polymer connection for maximizing volume displacement. The transducer includes a diaphragm in a case and means for converting. The diaphragm includes a central portion. The means for converting converts between an electric signal and a vibration of the central portion of the diaphragm or vice versa while the diaphragm is coupled to the case. The central diaphragm has an outer edge, and between the outer edge and the inner wall of the transducer case a capillary space is present in which a polymer is provided as a coupling between the outer edge and the inner wall of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Wilmink Engbert, Aart Zeger van Halteren, Hendrik Dolleman, Paul Christiaan van Hal
  • Microphone for a hearing aid
    Publication number: 20070258610
    Abstract: A microphone assembly having a housing, a transducer, and an electronic circuit. The housing has an opening, and the transducer is disposed within that opening. The electronic circuit covers the opening such that the transducer is surrounded by at least the electronic circuit and the housing. The electronic circuit includes a substrate and an amplifier for amplifying the electrical signal into an amplified electrical signal which is coupled to a connection means. The connection means provides a direct electrical connection between the electronic circuit and a receiver. The amplifier is mounted on the substrate and disposed on a side of the substrate of the electronic circuit facing the transducer. The receiver is disposed on a side opposite the side and outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Wilmink Engbert, Aart van Halteren, Hendrik Dolleman, Paul van Hal
  • Microphone for a hearing aid
    Patent number: 7292700
    Abstract: A microphone assembly having a housing, a transducer, and an electronic circuit. The housing has an opening, and the transducer is disposed within that opening. The electronic circuit covers the opening such that the transducer is surrounded by at least the electronic circuit and the housing. The electronic circuit includes a substrate and an amplifier for amplifying the electrical signal into an amplified electrical signal which is coupled to a connection means. The connection means provides a direct electrical connection between the electronic circuit and a receiver. The amplifier is mounted on the substrate and disposed on a side of the substrate of the electronic circuit facing the transducer. The receiver is disposed on a side opposite the side and outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Sonion Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Wilmink Engbert, Aart Zeger Van Halteren, Hendrik Dolleman, Paul Christiaan van Hal
  • Method for fixing a diaphragm in an electroacoustic transducer
    Publication number: 20060230598
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer employing a polymer connection for maximizing volume displacement. The transducer includes a diaphragm in a case and means for converting. The diaphragm includes a central portion. The means for converting converts between an electric signal and a vibration of the central portion of the diaphragm or vice versa while the diaphragm is coupled to the case. The central diaphragm has an outer edge, and between the outer edge and the inner wall of the transducer case a capillary space is present in which a polymer is provided as a coupling between the outer edge and the inner wall of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Wilmink Engbert, Aart Halteren, Hendrik Dolleman, Paul Hal
  • Electroacoustic transducer with a diaphragm, and method for fixing a diaphragm in such transducer
    Patent number: 7110565
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer employing a polymer connection for maximizing volume displacement. The transducer includes a diaphragm in a case and means for converting. The diaphragm includes a central portion. The means for converting converts between an electric signal and a vibration of the central portion of the diaphragm or vice versa while the diaphragm is coupled to the case. The central diaphragm has an outer edge, and between the outer edge and the inner wall of the transducer case a capillary space is present in which a polymer is provided as a coupling between the outer edge and the inner wall of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Sonionmicrotonic Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Wilmink Engbert, Aart Zeger van Halteren, Hendrik Dolleman, Paul Christiaan van Hal