Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 10/07

20070248233 - Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the spectral content of an audio signal: An electronic circuit for dynamically adjusting the spectral content of an audio signal. The circuit includes a constant current source, a output buffer amplifier and a biased inductor for introducing controlled amplitude asymmetry. This apparatus thus can be arranged to process an audio signal so as to introduce a predictable... Agent: Christina Ezell

20070248234 - Hearing apparatus having an electrical control element integrated in a cover: Hearing apparatuses and in particular hearing devices are to be designed smaller. To this end, provision is made to integrate an electrical control facility for controlling the hearing apparatus into the cover for covering a programming connection of the hearing apparatus. This multifunctionality of the cover allows installation space to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070248235 - Information processor and controller device: A controller device is provided whereby players can experience realistic sounds. The controller device is connected to the main body of an information processing apparatus, wherein the controller device comprises a first speaker for emitting a sound signal in a low frequency range, and a second speaker for emitting a... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070248236 - Card-type sound apparatus and electronic appliance provided therewith: A card-type sound apparatus has, on a card-shaped substrate, a combination of a sound signal input portion to which a sound signal is input from outside and a sound generation portion that generates sound according to the sound signal input to the sound signal input portion, or a combination of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070248237 - Integrated automatic telephone switch: Methods and apparatus for a hearing aid include a mechanism to detect the presence of a magnetic field using a magnetic sensing device disposed in a hearing aid, to digitally modify a frequency response of the hearing aid in response to the detection of the presence, and to modify the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070248238 - Biologically fit wearable electronics apparatus and methods: Detachable wearable electronic eyeglasses and head mounted gear with a plurality of electronic functions and interchangeable electronic function, and a wearable computer with optimal weight distribution and stretchable arms.... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070242832 - Acoustical signal processing apparatus: An acoustic signal processing apparatus and an acoustic signal reproduction system capable of separately and simultaneously outputting more than six-channel audio signals including a sub-woofer without increasing the number of audio signal output terminals are provided. An acoustic signal processing apparatus includes a signal processing unit (decoding unit and downmixing... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070242831 - Stereo decoder and method for processing pilot signal: A stereo decoder and a method therefor are provided. The stereo decoder receives a MPX signal from an FM demodulator, and comprises a first auto-calibration circuit, a band-pass filter, a second auto-calibration circuit, a slicer and a PLL circuit. The first auto-calibration circuit generates a first control signal. The band-pass... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070242833 - Device and method for generating an ambience signal: A transient detector is provided for generating an ambience signal suitable for being emitted via loudspeakers for which there is no special loudspeaker signal to detect a transient period. A synthesis signal generator produces a synthesis signal which fulfils the transient condition on the one hand and the continuity condition... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070242834 - Noise cancellation for wireless audio distribution system: A wireless audio distribution system may have a wireless transmitter, responsive to a plurality of audio input channels, for transmitting signals carrying the audio, a receiver, responsive to the transmitted signals for selecting one or more of the audio input channels to be reproduced in accordance with local setting selectors... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070242835 - Tinnitus rehabilitation device and method: A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify an audio signal in accordance with a predetermined masking algorithm which modifies the intensity of the audio signal at... Agent: Jones Day

20070242836 - Customizable event driven content playback system: This invention describes a system that plays back content based on in-vehicle function triggers. The invention may be used for a variety of applications. In one example, the control unit ties to the remote keyless entry (RKE) system and uses the vehicle signal to the function as playback trigger for... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070242837 - Speed- and user-dependent timbre and dynamic range control method, apparatus and system for automotive audio reproduction systems: Typically, changes in timbre in an audio reproduction system use analogue or digital filters, either shelving filters (as in the case of bass, treble and loudness controllers) and/or peaking filters (as in the case of speed-and noise-compensation in automotive systems). A problem associated with this implementation lies in the audibility... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070242838 - Electronic device and sound level control method: In a portable disk device 2 that can be attached to a cradle 3, a connection detecting line DET connected to a control part 50 for detecting an attached state or an unattached state to the cradle and a pullup resistance 56, the control part 50 for controlling to set,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070242839 - Remote wireless microphone system for a video camera: A wireless audio receiver is provided that couples to a video camera using a standard audio connector. This enables a wide range of legacy and non-wireless video cameras to receive sound information through a wireless connection. The wireless audio receiver may be paired with a remote wireless microphone, and receive... Agent: William J. Kolegraff

20070242841 - Condenser microphone: A condenser microphone provided with a battery compartment having a coil spring electrode is adapted to: extend a return stroke of the coil spring electrode; prevent high frequency current from penetrating into the microphone from the coil spring electrode to suppress the occurrence of noise; and prevent the coil spring... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070242840 - Condenser microphone: A microphone has a microphone capsule housing, a diaphragm, an electrode, and an insulating part which is arranged between the diaphragm and the electrode in the microphone capsule housing. The insulating part has a spacer ring.... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070242842 - Method of manufacturing film-speaker using piezoelectric film and sound equipment with the same: A method of manufacturing a film-speaker using a piezoelectric material and a sound equipment with the film-speaker are disclosed. A sound equipment with a film-speaker comprises a film-speaker unit, a matching transformer connected with the film-speaker unit, an amplifier coupled with the matching transformer, and a power supply unit providing... Agent: Venable LLP

20070242844 - Electrostatic loudspeaker capable of dispersing sound both horizontally and vertically: An acoustic transducer, specifically an electrostatic loudspeaker (ESL) providing curvature in two directions for improved dispersion of sound waves. The compound curvature also provides a virtual focus of the propagated sound waves for accurate reproduction of musical program material recorded with standard single-point microphones. The highly directional nature of high... Agent: Milton, Geller, LLP

20070242843 - Ultrasonic transducer and ultrasonic speaker using the same: An ultrasonic transducer includes: a pair of fixed electrodes including a conductive member; a vibrating film having a conductive layer; and a member which holds the pair of fixed electrodes and the vibrating film. The vibrating film is formed of nonconductive bodies and has an electrode layer formed of a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070242845 - Method of preparing a hearing aid, and a hearing aid: The present invention relates generally to hearing aids and to methods of manufacturing hearing aids. The invention further relates to shells for hearing aids and methods of manufacturing thereof The invention, more particularly, relates to custom-made BTE hearing aids. A shell comprising a first part, and a second part, wherein... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070242846 - Outdoor decorative audio output system: An outdoor decorative audio output system includes an outdoor decorative housing and an audio system. The outdoor decorative housing, which is shaped to have an aesthetically natural appeal with weather resistant ability, has an audio cavity, an audio outlet communicating with the audio cavity, and a player compartment for receiving... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070242847 - Capacitor microphone: The present invention concerns a capacitor microphone comprising a microphone housing having a sound inlet opening, a diaphragm and a counterpart electrode which is associated with the diaphragm and which is arranged at a small spacing relative to the diaphragm. In order to be able to construct such a capacitor... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070242848 - Speaker set and mobile phone incorporating the same: A mobile phone and an acoustic box structure thereof are provided. The mobile phone includes a shell containing a printed circuit board (PCB) and a hidden antenna therein. The acoustic box structure is disposed between the PCB and the hidden antenna. The acoustic box structure includes a main body, a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070242849 - Loudspeaker with high power efficiency and low resonance frequency: A loudspeaker with high power efficiency and low resonance frequency is achieved by having a damper directly or indirectly sleeving beside a coil on a voice coil so that gravity center of loudspeaker is low and stable and the voice coil does not dislocate easily to keep acoustic performance of... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070242850 - Loudspeaker with cone-coupled damper: A loudspeaker includes a circular damper, a cone, and a cylindrical bobbin. The circular damper may include a centrally disposed cone attachment protuberance and a peripherally disposed top plate attachment section. The cone may have a central inner portion that may be attached to the cone attachment protuberance of the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070242851 - Loudspeaker: The invention relates to a loudspeaker, particularly a so-called planar loudspeaker, the vibrating diaphragm of which is essentially planar and is attached by its edges to the body (3) of the loudspeaker. There is a resilient intermediate piece (2) between the diaphragm (1) and the body (3), there is a... Agent: Joel D. Skinner, Jr. Skinner And Associates

20070237339 - Environmental noise reduction and cancellation for a voice over internet packets (voip) communication device: A system and method for reducing or entirely canceling background or environmental noise from a voice transmission from a communications device. A communications device, such as a voice over internet or voice over packets mobile or wire lined telephone or cordless telephone, is configured with an environmental noise counterbalanced (correction)... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070237333 - Fm transmitter using switched capacitor filter: The FM transmitter converts an input audio signal to a stereo composite signal, frequency-modulates the stereo composite signal and outputs the obtained signal. A stereo modulator stereo-modulates the output signal of the filter circuit, and converts the signal to the stereo composite signal. A frequency modulator frequency-modulates based on the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070237334 - System and method for enhancing audio output of a computing terminal: Described is a method and system for enhancing audio output of a computing terminal. The method comprises receiving a signal corresponding to an audible output, receiving an indication of an ambient noise level in an environment into which the audible output will be output, processing the signal based on at... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070237335 - Hormonic inversion of room impulse response signals: A method and apparatus models with a digital computer the impulse response characteristics of an acoustic system (“room” for convenience), based upon a measured impulse response signal from the acoustic system. The steps of the method include: processing the measured impulse response signal by band-limited decimation in at least one... Agent: Dts, Inc.

20070237336 - Speech canceler-enhancer system for use in call-center applications: A call-center has agents using headsets, which are connected to a private business exchange (PBX). Noise cancellation occurs in a noise filter, within or connected to the PBX. Noise cancellation for a particular agent's conversation is achieved by receiving the voice signals from neighboring agents' headsets and by using adaptive... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070237337 - Modular speaker system: A flexible speaker system utilizes the AC mains connection as a transmission medium to distribute an audio signal throughout any building or set of buildings having power associated with the AC mains circuit, as well as electromagnetic space wave and optical communications. The key to the flexibility of the system... Agent: Curt Harrington

20070237338 - Method and apparatus to improve voice quality of cellular calls by noise reduction using a microphone receiving noise and speech from two air pipes: A microphone collects voice sound waves from the user through one end of a pipe. Unwanted background noise is collected through the second end of the pipe. The inputs from the two ends of the pipe retain their acoustic wave format. The background signal is subtracted from the voice signal... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070237340 - Microphone for surround-recording: A three channel microphone for surround-sound recording is disclosed. This coincident microphone arrangement consist of three membranes 1, 2, 3 with bi-directional sound pressure gradient characteristics, which are arranged in close proximity to each other. The three membranes are housed each inside cylindrical protective microphone enclosures 5, 6, 7. Each... Agent: Edwin Pfanzagl-cardone

20070237341 - Frequency domain noise attenuation utilizing two transducers: Embodiments may find applications to ambient noise attenuation in cell phones, for example, where a second microphone is placed at a distance from the voice microphone so that ambient noise is present at both the voice microphone and the second microphone, but where the user's voice is primarily picked up... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/creative Labs

20070237342 - Method of listening to frequency shifted sound sources: A method for listening to and comparing high-frequency sounds such as those produced by birds and insects by people suffering from high-frequency hearing loss, common among the aging population. Live sound is received by a microphone to produce an electrical signal. The signal is then digitized and transformed such that... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070237343 - Sound enhancement: A device (1) is arranged for adjusting the amplitude of an audio signal (x) such that the output of a transducer (2) coupled to the device is equivalent to the output of a reference transducer. The device comprises a first simulation unit (11) for producing a reference signal (y) in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070237345 - Method for reducing phase variation of signals generated by electret condenser microphones: The invention provides a method for reducing phase variation of a signal generated by an electret condenser microphone. An error of a capacitance of the electret condenser microphone is reduced. An impedance of the electret condenser microphone is increased. A shunt resistance is added to the electret condenser microphone. A... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070237344 - Microphone enhancement device: A microphone enhancing device combines an automatic gain control, a band-limited compressor, and a gate in one very compact package that is small enough and efficient enough to plug into or be wired into the base of almost any microphone. A connector is provided on the device for removably connecting... Agent: Donald W. Marks

20070237346 - Automatically modifiable hearing aid: For modifying or adapting at least one basic hearing aid setting such as volume, low/high frequency balance etc., it is suggested that at particular time intervals at least one current user-selected setting entered on the hearing aid is registered and combined or linked with the existing basic setting in or... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070237347 - Hearing device: A hearing device utilizes the effect of forming combination tones from two different tones within the ear based on non-linear transmission characteristics of the ear. The sound signals picked up and converted into electrical signals by the microphone are transposed by a carrier frequency into a frequency range above the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070237348 - Shielded microphone for mobile communications device: A shielded microphone, and method for shielding a microphone, are provided for use in a communications device having a circuit board and a microphone, especially where the device also has an antenna in close proximity to the microphone. The microphone is provided in an electromagnetic shield (e.g. formed as a... Agent: Cassan Maclean

20070237349 - Earbud earphone and cushion therefor: An ear bud earphone for use with a feedback noise cancellation system has a speaker and a microphone positioned anteriorly of the speaker. A cushion is provided exteriorly of a housing of the earphone. The cushion has a first region having a first acoustic transmission property, and a second region... Agent: Daniel D. Chapman Jackson Walker, LLP

20070237350 - Dynamic loudspeaker: A dynamic loudspeaker comprises two spaced apart motor units (7,8) each incorporating a centre pole (12) operating in opposite phase resulting in cancellation of 3rd order non-linearities, and the two motors (7,8) being linked together by a member (6) connecting both centre poles (12) of each motor unit (7,8).... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070237351 - Self-cooling electromagnetic transducer: An electromagnetic transducer includes a housing, a diaphragm, a conductive coil, and a magnetic assembly having a plurality of air passages. The coil communicates with the diaphragm such that a flexible portion of the diaphragm is movable in response to movement of the coil. The coil includes axially spaced first... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20070237352 - Miniature loudspeaker and magnetic circuit having integrated air flow passage: The present invention relates to a miniature electro-acoustic transducer comprising a magnetic circuit comprising a permanent magnet assembly adapted to generate a magnetic flux in an air gap, the magnetic circuit comprising a magnetically permeable yoke having one or more air flow passages arranged therein, the one or more air... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Nixon Peabody LLP.

20070237353 - Magnetically tapered air gap for electromagnetic transducer: An electromagnetic transducer, such as an audio loudspeaker, having an underhung voice coil disposed in a magnetically tapered air gap. The taper provides asymmetry in the magnetic flux field. As the voice coil moves in one direction, the motor becomes stronger and more efficient, and as the voice coil moves... Agent: Richard C. Calderwood

20070230715 - Audio limiting device for headphones: A system for limiting audio output which in one embodiment includes an audio source, headphones coupled to the audio source, and a limiting circuit coupled to the headphones thereby reducing the power output at the headphones to a safe hearing level. The limiting circuit in one embodiment is integrated into... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20070230716 - Vehicular active sound control apparatus: A vehicular active sound control apparatus has a controller which opens a switch to prevent an uncomfortable sound from being generated by a speaker based on a control signal if the value of a drive signal for the speaker has exceeded a predetermined threshold successively a predetermined number of times.... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070230709 - Multi-channel audio panel: A method and apparatus for providing improved intelligibility of contemporaneously perceived audio signals. Differentiation cues are added to monaural audio signals to allow a listener to more effectively comprehend information contained in one or more of the signals. In a specific embodiment, a listener wearing stereo headphones listens to simultaneous... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20070230710 - Method, device, encoder apparatus, decoder apparatus and audio system: A method and a device are described for processing a stereo signal obtained from an encoder, which encodes an N-channel audio signal into spatial parameters (P) and a stereo down-mix comprising first and second stereo signals (Lo, R0). A first signal and a third signal are added in order to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070230711 - Method and system for adjusting a hearing device: Therewith, an audiologist is able to unambiguously assign one or two hearing devices (1, . . . , 3) in a fitting session, even if multiple hearing devices are within the range of the wireless network (6) or wireless transmitter, respectively.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070230712 - Telephony device with improved noise suppression: The present invention relates to a telephony device comprising a near-mouth microphone (M1) for picking up an input acoustic signal including the speaker's voice signal (S1) and an unwanted noise signal (N1,D1), a far-mouth microphone (M2) for picking up an unwanted noise signal (N2,D2) in addition to the near-end speaker's... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070230713 - Tinnitus rehabilitation device and method: A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify an audio signal in accordance with a predetermined masking algorithm which modifies the intensity of the audio signal at... Agent: Jones Day

20070230714 - Time-delay hearing instrument system and method: A binaural hearing instrument system includes a first hearing instrument configured to transmit sound signals into a first ear of a hearing instrument user, and a second hearing instrument configured to transmit sound signals into a second ear of the hearing instrument user. The first and second hearing instruments include... Agent: Joseph M. Sauer, Esq. Jones Day

20070230717 - Condenser microphone circuit: In a condenser microphone which selectively uses a phantom power supply and a built-in battery power supply, and which switches load resistance elements of an impedance converter corresponding to a selected power supply, a noise due to the high frequencies is prevented from occurring even if a cellular phone or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070230718 - Apparatus with speaker: An apparatus includes two DC/DC converters including two conversion circuits for converting a power supply voltage to first and second output voltages, respectively, two driving circuits for driving the respective conversion circuit based on first and second pulse wave modulated signals, and two pulse width modulation circuits for performing pulse... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070230719 - Efficient production of mechanical sound vibration: An efficient method and apparatus for converting audio signals into mechanical vibrations is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a simple transducer. The transducer forms a dynamic magnetic field in response to an electronic signal. The dynamic field causes a mass positioned within the field to vibrate. When the mass is contacted... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070230720 - Acoustic element: Loudspeaker ROTOSUB including a motor driven rotor provided with wings or blades that are adjustable to their pitch and where the pitch is modulated by a signal, in particular electric, corresponding to a desired sound. In particular at very low frequencies the loud speaker rotor that during each sound wave... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070230721 - Trapped fluid microsystems for acoustic sensing: Silicon and glass micromachined (MEMS) acoustic sensors incorporating trapped-liquid architectures are disclosed. The trapped liquid serves as an acoustic transmission medium allowing the input port to the system to be physically separated from the sensing location. The trapped liquid interacts with a conductive, flexible sensing membrane. Sound pressure waves enter... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070230722 - Condenser microphone: An electret condenser microphone (ECM) forms an air-gap capacitor structure in which an upper electrode and a lower electrode are opposed to each other with its hollow portion interposed therebetween, and an electret film made of a charge retention material is formed between the electrodes. The ECM is formed continuously... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070230723 - Portable media delivery system: An improved media delivery apparatus is disclosed. The media delivery apparatus can, for example, be a portable speaker system. In one embodiment, the media delivery apparatus is used with a portable media player. According to one aspect, audio output characteristics of a media delivery apparatus can be controlled based on... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20070230724 - Method for controlling directivity of loudspeaker apparatus and audio reproduction apparatus: To provide an audio reproduction apparatus in which a general user inputs simple and easy settings so that audio beams of respective channels can be set. When an array speaker is installed in a room, the user inputs the shape of the room into the audio reproduction apparatus. Based on... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070230725 - Audio signal processing: Systems and methods of processing audio signals are described. The audio signals comprise information about spatial position of a sound source relative to a listener. At least one audio filter generates two filtered signals for each of audio signal. The two filtered signals are mixed with other filtered signals from... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070230726 - Hearing aid with adaptive start values for apparatus: Fine customization of a hearing aid to the individual hearing environments and habits of a user are to be simplified and improved. To this end, when the hearing aid is turned on or when the hearing aid is switched to a particular operating mode, neither the value most recently valid... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070230727 - Wireless communication system using custom earmold: An apparatus for an ear of a user comprising a custom-fitted, in-the-ear earmold, receiver electronics detachably connected to the earmold and amplifier electronics detachably and electrically connected to the receiver electronics. In some embodiments, the amplifier electronics include a wireless communications module with wireless communications electronics disposed in the wireless... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070230728 - Aided ear bud: An aided ear bud device is provided that operates as a hearing aid device as well as an ear bud device for a wireless phone. The aided ear bud normally operates as a hearing aid device. The aided ear bud state is changed by a verified input from a wireless... Agent: Parks Knowlton - C001

20070230729 - System and method for generating auditory spatial cues: This invention relates to a hearing aid system (100, 200, 300) for generating auditory spatial cues. The hearing aid system (100, 200, 300) comprises a first microphone unit (306) adapted to convert sound received at a first microphone (102) and received at a second microphone (104), a first delay unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070230730 - In-the-ear hearing apparatus having a band element for attaching a housing part: A hearing device opening in a housing of an in-the-ear hearing device is to be able to be sealed in a simple manner. To this end, an elastic band is provided, which is attached to a second housing part and/or faceplate and to a first housing part or inside the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070230731 - User disposable sleeve for use within the ear canal: User disposable sleeves for use with sound controlling structures having a non-constant radial profile can include an inner portion adapted to releasably attach to the sound controlling structure and an outer portion adapted to fit within a user's ear canal. The user disposable sleeve can include holding means configured to... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070230732 - Ceramic-type loudspeaker: A ceramic-type loudspeaker is provided which can be disposed in any position without marring (spoiling) the design of a room where this loudspeaker is installed and without imposing restrictions on environmental conditions. The ceramic-type loudspeaker which is driven by a drive unit that outputs an audio signal includes: a speaker... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070230733 - Immulination device assembly adapted for use with a portable rechargable audio playback device: An illumination device assembly includes: a circuit unit disposed in a hollow base and including a control circuit connected electrically to a lighting unit and a loudspeaker unit so as to control activation thereof in response to operation of an operating unit mounted on the base; and a power module... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070230734 - Monitor transducer system and manufacturing method thereof: A microphone assembly comprises a housing having a top housing and a bottom housing fixed attached together, defining a volume. The microphone assembly further comprises a motor assembly and a circuit assembly disposed within the housing. The motor assembly includes a backplate and a diaphragm. The motor assembly further comprises... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070230735 - Selective type headset: A selective type headset for a mobile communication terminal includes a first earphone part having a face provided with a first attachment receptacle and a first attachment protrusion adjacent to the first attachment receptacle, and a second earphone part having a face provided with a second attachment receptacle and a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070230736 - Communication device: A system may include a personal electronic device having a housing and an ultra-wide band transceiver disposed within the housing. The system may also include a stereophonic system for sending audio information to a right ear and a left ear of a user, the stereophonic system having a second ultra-wideband... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070230737 - Extended multiple gap motors for electromagnetic transducers: An electromagnetic transducer includes an electromagnetic dual-coil or multi-coil driver having at least one spacer member placed between at least two permanent magnets. The inclusion of at least one spacer member increases the axial dimension of the magnetic assembly of the driver so that the magnetic gaps in a dual-coil... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20070230738 - Speaker assembly with mounting plate: A speaker assembly may include a speaker basket, a mounting plate, and a shell pot. The speaker basket may be a plastic speaker basket. The mounting plate may be insert molded into the speaker basket. The shell pot may be seated into an opening in the mounting plate and coupled... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione