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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184845 | Electrical module comprising a MEMS microphone An electrical module includes a base plate having an acoustic channel that opens into a first cavity at a first end and that is closed off by a microphone chip at a second end. The microphone chip borders a second cavity that opens to an exterior of the electrical m... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170260 | System for determining the position of sound sources A system determines the position of a sound source with a microphone in a fixed coordinate system. The microphone measures audio signals that are analyzed and processed to determine the position of the sound source in the fixed coordinate system. The system may adju... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8155366 | Transducer package with interior support frame A surface mountable package for use with an audio transducer is provided. In addition to the audio transducer, the surface mountable package includes a substrate, a cover, and a transducer support frame mounted within, and attached to, the substrate and cover. The s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7974430 | Microphone with dust-proof section In order to automate a microphone assembly process including a dust-proof treatment, an object of the present invention is to provide a dust-proof microphone having a configuration suitable for automated assembly. According to the present invention, a microph... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7873176 | Electrostatic microphone An electrostatic microphone has a capsule housing and a diaphragm, a rigid electrode, and an electrical circuit on a printed circuit board arranged in the capsule housing. The diaphragm is connected to a ring shoulder provided on the front side of the capsule housin... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7697707 | Capacitor microphone unit A capacitor microphone unit comprises a diaphragm vibrated in response to voices, a fixed electrode facing the diaphragm, an insulator, a circuit board, and a cylindrical unit case housing the foregoing components. An open end of the cylindrical unit case is folded ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697708 | Condenser microphone It provides a condenser microphone such as a tiepin type including a small microphone unit, which is capable of effectively suppressing noise generation due to an electromagnetic wave. It covers the entirety from a microphone unit 12 to a connecting cable ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7620196 | Capacitor microphone unit A capacitor microphone unit comprises a diaphragm vibrated in response to voices, a fixed electrode facing the diaphragm, an insulator, a circuit board, and a cylindrical unit case housing the foregoing components. An open end of the cylindrical unit case is folded ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620197 | Casing of condenser microphone The casing of a condenser microphone in accordance with the present invention comprises a groove at a bottom surface of the casing along an outer circumference of the bottom surface for preventing a deformation of a component during a curling process of an open end ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7558397 | Condenser microphone In a condenser microphone of double shield construction having an external cylinder and an internal cylinder, both of which are made of a metal, especially like a line microphone, impedance between shield parts against a high-frequency current caused by electromagne... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7415121 | Microphone with internal damping Method and apparatus are disclosed for damping the resonance frequency in a microphone. The method and apparatus of the invention involve providing an elastomeric frame to support the backplate. The elastomeric frame forms a substantially air tight seal around the b... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415122 | Microphone shield system A microphone shield system captures sound in adverse conditions. The system includes a microphone positioned within an enclosure. A membrane stretched across a portion of the enclosure passes signals within a selected frequency range. The membrane may block or atten... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412763 | Method of making an acoustic assembly for a transducer A method of making an acoustic assembly for use in a transducer includes forming a multi-layer assembly. The multi-layer assembly includes a first layer member and a second layer member. Each member includes a center portion, an edge portion and an aperture separati... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7365476 | Methods and systems for supporting acoustical transducers Apparatuses and methods related to transducer arrays are disclosed. In one embodiment, an acoustical system includes a substrate with a plurality of conductive paths. A plurality of acoustical transducers can be carried by the substrate and positioned to form an arr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352876 | Method and apparatus for substantially improving power supply rejection performance in a miniature microphone assembly A hybrid circuit (300) for use in a miniature microphone assembly (100) reduces power supply noise on the audio signal input (214) of an impedance buffer amplifier (200) using one or both of shielding conductors 422, 424 to reduce ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352873 | Electret-condenser microphone An electret-condenser microphone according to the present invention includes a vibrating diaphragm and a back electrode which compose a condenser; a cylindrical case which houses the vibrating diaphragm and the back electrode; a circuit board which is housed in an o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7327851 | Parallelepiped condenser microphone There is provided a surface mount parallelepiped condenser microphone. In the surface mount parallelepiped condenser microphone, a case has a rectangular box shape with an opening, a backplate has a circular shape with a sound hole, a spacer has thin ring shape, an ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302073 | Method of detecting and deterring microphone sabotage A protective grommet for a microphone has an enclosure with an internal cavity. The internal cavity is dimensioned to receive an input end of the microphone therein. A membrane, particularly a mesh, and more particularly a wire mesh, and more particularly a stainles... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298859 | Microphone with reduced noise The present invention provides a microphone apparatus. The microphone apparatus includes a housing with an outer surface and an interior chamber. A microphone element is disposed within the interior chamber. The outer surface includes a first substantially planar su... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7289638 | Electroacoustic microphone An electroacoustic capsule or electroacoustic transducer for an electroacoustic device has electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements connected to a controllable power supply. Dimensional changes of the electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements cause changes ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286680 | Cylindrical microphone having an electret assembly in the end cover A microphone includes a separate end cover with a sound port. A diaphragm is directly attached to the end cover. The backplate is positioned within the housing against a ridge near an end of the housing. A spacer is positioned against the backplate. The diaphragm en... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286677 | Directional microphone assembly A directional microphone assembly for a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid has one or more microphone cartridge(s), and first and second sound passages. Inlets to the sound passages, or the sound passages themselves, are spaced apart such that the shortest di... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270010 | System and method for pressure measurement A pressure measurement system may provide ready manufacturing, reliable operation, and/or enhanced performance by using a circuit board housing. In particular implementations, a pressure measurement system includes a pressure inlet joint, a pressure detecting compon... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7245726 | Noise canceling microphone system and method for designing the same A microphone housing improves the broadband noise canceling performance of an active noise canceling microphone system while also ensuring improved speech transmission through the system. First and second microphone elements are selected each having a diameter “dâ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239714 | Microphone having a flexible printed circuit board for mounting components In a microphone cartridge, a flexible printed circuit board serves two functions, separating the diaphragm and backplate, and electrically connecting the cartridge and the buffer amplifier. The flex-print includes a spacer portion that maintains the appropriate dist... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233679 | Microphone system for a communication device A microphone system (100) includes a MEMS microphone (102) and at least one audio port (110) accessing the rear volume portion (106) of the MEMS microphone providing directional functionality, preferably through a MEMS switch (112)... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7190802 | Microphone enclosure for reducing acoustical interference A microphone enclosure for reducing the intensity of sound waves that reach a microphone is presented. The enclosure may be a solid mass with a cavity, designed so that most of the microphone is surrounded by the solid mass when the microphone is inserted into the c... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171012 | Microphone Affixed in intimate contact to the inside surface of a front board 10a of a conductive capsule 10 provided with a receiving sound aperture 10aa is a conductive back electrode board provided with air vent apertures 11a, | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166910 | Miniature silicon condenser microphone A silicon condenser microphone package is disclosed. The silicon condenser microphone package comprises a transducer unit, a substrate, and a cover. The substrate includes an upper surface having a recess formed therein. The transducer unit is attached to the upper ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7136500 | Electret condenser microphone An electret condenser microphone includes a housing, a diaphragm disposed within the housing, first and second sound inlet ports and an acoustic resistive material disposed within the housing and in the acoustic path between the second inlet port and the diaphragm. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7107665 | Method for manufacturing microphone assembly A microphone assembly comprises a microphone, a connector secured to the underside of the microphone. A gasket has a sound collecting hole and is secured on the upper surface of the microphone. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106876 | Microphone for simultaneous noise sensing and speech pickup The invention provides a microphone for the simultaneous pickup of both ambient background noise and speech in vehicles such as automobiles, aircraft, and marine vessels. The apparatus provides a plurality of cartridges that simultaneously exhibit frequency and pola... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106869 | Condenser microphone The present invention relates to a condenser microphone whose body can be miniaturized while keeping a property and a sound quality comparable to those of a conventional condenser microphone. The condenser microphone includes a cylindrical body, a plurality of vibra... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099484 | Behind-the-ear hearing aid A behind-the-ear hearing aid is provided with an electric/acoustic transducer unit with a loud-speaker housing (53), in which there is a loud-speaker membrane 54. The housing (53) is spring-mounted in a capsule (59) in such a way that the... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7072479 | Capacitor microphone The present invention relates to a capacitor microphone which is characterized that even in a microphone with a small diameter such as a lavalier microphone, the noneffective electrostatic capacitance enables to be decreased and a better signal-to-noise ratio enable... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072482 | Microphone with improved sound inlet port A microphone comprises a housing defining an inner volume and including a first exterior surface with an aperture leading to the inner volume. The microphone includes a transducing assembly within the housing for converting sound into an electrical signal. A sound i... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065224 | Microphone for a hearing aid or listening device with improved internal damping and foreign material protection A microphone and method for dampening the frequency response of the microphone by disposing a dampening frame in a rear volume of the microphone. The microphone generally includes a housing, a diaphragm, a damping frame, and a backplate. The diaphragm rests on embos... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062058 | Cylindrical microphone having an electret assembly in the end cover A microphone includes a separate end cover with a sound port. A diaphragm is directly attached to the end cover. The backplate is positioned within the housing against a ridge near an end of the housing. A spacer is positioned against the backplate. The diaphragm en... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050597 | Directional capacitor microphone It is a primary object of the present invention to suppress the variability of an acoustic resistance of sound passing from a rear acoustic terminal to the back surface of a vibration plate by sufficiently obtaining the contact area between an acoustic resistor and ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7013017 | Microphone capsule support A microphone capsule support in which the microphone capsule is mounted elastically in a microphone housing using two annular diaphragms. The capsule is connected through the annular diaphragms to a bearing bushing and a cover is connected to the bearing bushing at ... | 03/14/2006 |
