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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946379 | Filter assembly The present invention discloses a filter assembly for filtering pop noise during a recording session, having a frame that forms the outer perimeter of the filter assembly, the frame comprising a first frame structure and a second frame structure. Further included is... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7313423 | Communication device with multiple detachable communication modules A communication device having multiple detachable communication modules includes a first communication module and a second communication module. The first communication module is configured to receive RF signals from a wireless network. The second communication modu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7292696 | Electret capacitor microphone The present invention is an electret condenser microphone that includes an electro-acoustic transducer (M) having an electret portion (E) including a diaphragm (6) acting as an electrode and a stationary electrode (2, 25) disposed in opposition to the ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287327 | Electret capacitor microphone and method for producing the same A method for producing an electret capacitor microphone high in sensitivity and stable in acoustic characteristic. A PET film stretched with predetermined tension is bonded to a diaphragm support ring to perform stretch and fixation of a diaphragm to produce a diaph... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7255196 | Windshield and sound-barrier for seismic sensors A system and method for reducing acoustic, wind or other background noise that may interfere with sensing of a seismic signal is provided. More specifically, a shield is provided to enclose a geophone and thereby protect it from harmful noise. The shield may compris... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248703 | Systems and methods for adaptive noise cancellation A system (400) for reducing non-acoustic noise includes a primary sensor (420), at least one secondary sensor (410), a filter (415), and a summation unit (425). The primary sensor (420) measures pressure and produces a prima... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245733 | Hearing instrument microphone arrangement with improved sensitivity The invention is directed to a hearing instrument for positioning in the ear of a user, incorporating a faceplate having first and second spatially separated sound openings for receiving sound to be provided to respective inlets of a microphone; at least one screen ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243068 | Microphone setup and testing in voice recognition software Systems, devices, and methods for performing a microphone test routine are disclosed during an initial setup of a speech recognition program and at a predetermined time intervals during use of the speech recognition program to detect recognition errors associated wi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219763 | Microphone assembly fitted to vehicle-mounted control module panel, that fits well A microphone assembly fitted to a panel of a vehicle-mounted control module, provided with a housing for housing a microphone and having an opening section on a surface facing the panel, and a holding case for holding the housing so as to be capable of pivoting, and... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7165647 | Mechanical acoustic filter by erosion etching A mechanical acoustic filter is formed of boards made by using erosion etching. The filter may be used in electric condenser microphones. The filter may be made of one or a plurality of boards each being made by erosion etching according to different requirements. T... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7103196 | Method for reducing distortion in a receiver A receiver, such as for use in a hearing aid, is disclosed. The receiver comprises a housing and a diaphragm assembly disposed within the housing. The diaphragm assembly acoustically divides the housing into a front volume and a back volume. The diaphragm assembly c... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7074296 | In-ear hearing aid and method for its manufacture A method of manufacturing a hearing device including providing a hearing aid housing having an opening, providing an electric/acoustic transducer, providing a support plate forming a blind hole having a membrane as a base, inserting the transducer into the blind hol... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6997178 | Oxygen inhaler mask with sound pickup device Oxygen breathing masks with a sound pickup device. A microphone capsule of the sound pick-up device is positioned at the base of a mouth-piece whose aperture is placed just before the mask user's mouth. Such a mask may find particular application for aircraft pilots... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6914992 | System consisting of a microphone and a preamplifier A system, more particularly a hearing aid, consisting of a microphone and a preamplifier, wherein the microphone comprises a housing having therein an opening to the surroundings, a diaphragm and a backplate, while the amplifier is coupled to the system consisting o... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6857501 | Method of forming parylene-diaphragm piezoelectric acoustic transducers A micromachined acoustic transducer comprising a parylene diaphragm piezoelectric transducer. The parylene diaphragm has far lower stiffness than the silicon nitride. The method for fabricating the parylene diaphragm acoustic transducer utilizes a prestructured disp... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851512 | Modular microphone array for surround sound recording A modular multiple microphone array method and mounting system that facilitates surround sound multichannel recording. Array configuration allows accurate and repeatable configurations suited to studio and field use. The lightweight design ensures portability and ea... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6813364 | Electric/acoustic transducer module, in-ear hearing aid and method for manufacturing an in-ear hearing aid A transducer module for integration into a hearing aid device. The transducer module has an encapsulation with an opening and a transducer housing resiliently mounted in the encapsulation. The transducer module also has a first membrane and a second membrane. The fi... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6418229 | Directional microphone, in particular having symmetrical directivity The present invention relates to a directional microphone, in particular having symmetrical directivity, having an interference tube with a tube axis which is provided with a row of sound inlets arranged at least approximately parallel to tube axis, and w... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6403039 | Catalytic converter for a small engine and method for manufacturing the same A catalytic converter for a small engine and a method for manufacturing the same include a honeycomb body coated with catalytically active material and made from at least partly structured layers of sheet metal with channels for the passage of exhaust gas... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6122383 | Device for reducing noise A device is provided for reducing noise in the human ear having a microphone which picks up the noise and a reproduction transducer to which a noise compensation signal is fed via a compensation circuit which is connected with the microphone. The micropho... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6109386 | Honeycomb body with a flattened cross-sectional region and a method for producing the honeycomb body A honeycomb body that including wound sheet-metal layers including structured sheet-metal layers with structuring. The wound sheet-metal layers form an upper side, a lower side disposed remote from the upper side, a first edge region and a second edge reg... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5590211 | Microphone A microphone includes a voice coil, a membrane and a diaphragm that has an annular convex portion encircling a central convex portion and a concentric cutout portion on the central convex portion. The membrane covers the cutout portion and extends to the ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5359157 | Contact type indirect conduction, vibrating type microphone A contact type indirect conduction, vibrating type microphone comprised of a body having a vibration damper on the inside, a fastening device connected to the body for fastening around the neck or the head, the vibration damper having a top recess, a peri... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5349140 | Microphone windscreen A windscreen for a remote microphone for mobile radios is disclosed. The sound absorbent material is held in place on the exterior surface of the microphone housing by means which permit easy detachment from the housing, thereby permitting replacement as ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5329593 | Noise cancelling microphone A noise cancelling microphone for use in noisy environments is disclosed wherein noise entering the front portion of the microphone housing to impinge upon the microphone cartridge diaphragm is also permitted to enter proximate the rear portion of the mic... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5288955 | Wind noise and vibration noise reducing microphone A wind noise and vibration noise reducing microphone arrangement is formed in a bullet-shaped housing (12) having a rounded front portion (13) and a flat rear portion (15). The rear portion is substantially perpendicular to the side portions (14) and cont... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5285024 | Microphone A microphone, preferably of the type to be held in the hand or to be attached to a stand, includes a handle part, an intermediate part and a head part. At least the handle part is formed of two halves, each of which is symmetrical about a plane extending ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5103927 | Variable pattern, collapsible, directional transducer This is a highly directional floor microphone. A pair of hinged panels rest upon the floor. A compliance may be used to acoustically seal the panels to the floor. At the apex of the floor and hinge is a transducer. The hinged panels are trapezoidal in sha... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4981194 | Electro-acoustic transducer An electro-acoustic transducer includes a housing enclosing an electro-acoustic transducer device and having an opening by which the diaphragm side of the transducer device is exposed to the outside, and a ring provided to the outer surface of the perimet... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4975966 | Reducing microphone puff noise A low puff boom microphone includes a protective grid covering an end portion of the microphone housing, a microphone capsule near the protective grid, a layer of material between the protective grid and microphone capsule, a spacer between the layer of m... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4967874 | Microphone baffle apparatus A microphone baffle apparatus having a baffle member having first and second sides with the first side shaped to form a sound baffling surface to absorb sound energy. The baffle member has an opening therethrough in the center portion thereof and has an e... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4966252 | Microphone windscreen and method of fabricating the same The microphone windscreen has a smooth level outer surface with decreased wind resistance and enhanced acoustic properties. The screen includes a resilient, hollow tubular body member of metal or plastic or the like, preferably polyethylene plastic, havin... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4887693 | Wind and breath noise protector for microphones A construction for housing a microphone is disclosed. The construction is configured to improve the wind and noise protection for a small diameter microphone by providing a large diameter opening tapering to a smaller microphone aperture. The construction... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4858719 | Pressure gradient pickup A pressure gradient pickup, particularly a capacitor microphone or a dynamic microphone, has a diaphragm arranged in a housing and at least one sound entry opening which conducts the sound to the rear side of the diaphragm. Acoustically acting phase-shift... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4837833 | Microphone with frequency pre-emphasis channel plate A high frequency emphasis microphone particularly adapted to a hearing aid application provides a steeply rising frequency response characteristic relative to frequency, and has a low pass sonic attenuator for providing to the undriven side of the microph... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4815560 | Microphone with frequency pre-emphasis A stepped frequency microphone particularly adapted to a hearing aid application provides a stepped frequency response characteristic relative to frequency, and has a low-pass sonic attenuator for providing to the undriven side of the microphone diaphragm... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4789044 | Narrow directional microphone A narrow directional microphone comprising a microphone unit having forward and rearward sound terminals, and an interference pipe to cooperate with said microphone unit and to effect a narrow directional orientation. The microphone unit is positioned at ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4776019 | Diaphragm for use in condenser microphone type detector A diaphragm for use as a pressure receiving and dislocatable member in a condenser-type microphone detector. The diaphragm electrode is a thin metallic film member having a central movable portion, a supporting frame portion around the outside of and spac... | 10/04/1988 |
