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公开(公告)号:US11832046B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US18110886
申请日:2023-02-16
Applicant: Staton Techiya LLC
Inventor: Steven W. Goldstein
CPC classification number: H04R1/1016 , A61F11/08 , A61F11/10 , H04R1/10 , H04R1/1058 , H04R1/1083 , A61F11/145 , H04R29/001 , H04R29/004 , H04R2460/15 , Y10T29/49005
Abstract: Occlusion devices, earpiece devices and methods of forming occlusion devices are provided. An occlusion device is configured to occlude an ear canal. The occlusion device includes an insertion element and at least one expandable element disposed on the insertion element. The expandable element is configured to receive a medium via the insertion element and is configured to expand, responsive to the medium, to contact the ear canal. Physical parameters of the occlusion device are selected to produce a predetermined sound attenuation characteristic over a frequency band, such that sound is attenuated more in a first frequency range of the frequency band than in a second frequency range of the frequency band.
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公开(公告)号:US11826231B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US17785799
申请日:2020-12-21
Applicant: JMJ Holdings, LLC
Inventor: David M. Chenal
CPC classification number: A61F11/085 , A61F2/0095 , A61F2240/002 , A61F2240/005
Abstract: The present invention provides system for shaping at least a foam portion of an earpiece, the system including a sizer configured to receive at least the foam portion of the earpiece such that at least the foam portion of the earpiece is reduced in size before being placed into an ear of a user, wherein the sizer includes a hollow structure having an open first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a first cross-sectional area, wherein the second end has a second cross-sectional area, and wherein the first cross-sectional area is larger than the second cross-sectional area.
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公开(公告)号:US11743630B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17861820
申请日:2022-07-11
Applicant: Earsoft, LLC
Inventor: John P Keady
CPC classification number: H04R1/1083 , H04R1/1016 , H04R1/1058 , A61F11/085 , A61F11/10 , H04R2460/09
Abstract: The application discloses an eartip, an earphone device, an earphone housing and a hearbud housing device. The eartip can include an outer portion, an inner portion, and an encapsulated volume formed by the inner and outer portion, wherein the outer portion is designed to contact the ear canal, and wherein the inner portion is designed to fit upon a stent. In an alternative embodiment, the airtip can include an inverted body, wherein when the inverted body is at least partially folded on itself the inverted body is arranged to include a bulbous region sized for insertion in an ear canal, a cavity internal to the bulbous region that holds a gas, where increasing pressure on the bulbous region releases a portion of the gas.
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公开(公告)号:US11730630B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-22
申请号:US17543715
申请日:2021-12-06
Applicant: Staton Techiya LLC
Inventor: Steven W. Goldstein
Abstract: Occlusion devices, earpiece devices and methods of occluding an ear canal are provided. An occlusion device includes an insertion element, a foldable element and an expandable element. The foldable element is disposed on the insertion element and is configured to receive a medium via the insertion element. The expandable element is disposed over the foldable element. The foldable element is configured to unfold, responsive to the medium, and cause the expandable element to expand to contact the ear canal.
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公开(公告)号:US11706559B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-18
申请号:US15733072
申请日:2018-11-07
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Paul D. Henry , Cameron J. Fackler
CPC classification number: H04R1/1083 , A61F11/08 , G10K11/16 , H04R1/1008 , H04R1/1016 , H04R1/1041 , A61F11/145 , H04R2420/05 , H04R2420/07
Abstract: A sound attenuating apparatus may include a replaceable sound attenuating device and an electronic receiver configured to mate with the replaceable sound attenuating device. The replaceable sound attenuating device may include a sound attenuating material having an embedded sensor element. The sensor element may have a property that corresponds to a type of replaceable sound attenuating device. The electronic receiver may detect the property of the sensor element. A computing device may determine the type of the replaceable sound attenuating device from the property of the sensor element and perform one or more operations based on the type of replaceable sound attenuating device, including audio control, safety warnings, personal attenuation rating determinations, and the like.
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公开(公告)号:US20230165722A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17544951
申请日:2021-12-08
Inventor: XinYu Li
CPC classification number: A61F11/145 , A61F11/08
Abstract: The present invention discloses an audio device output energy control method for protecting hearing, the method including: step S1, obtaining energy or pressure at a speaker or at any point in a sound field from the speaker to a tympanic membrane by means of calculation or measurement, which serves as the energy or pressure at the tympanic membrane or cochlea of a user after compensation or calculation; step S2, calculating a cumulative hearing loss value according to the energy or pressure at the tympanic membrane or cochlea of the user, or calculating cumulative energy at any point in the sound field from the speaker to the tympanic membrane according to the energy or pressure at that location, and then equivalently calculating a cumulative hearing loss value at the tympanic membrane or cochlea of the user; step S3, comparing the cumulative hearing loss value with a preset hearing loss threshold, and performing step S4 if the cumulative hearing loss value reaches the hearing loss threshold; and step S4, reducing a volume of the audio device. The present invention can monitor the energy at the tympanic membrane or cochlea of the user in real time and adjust the output energy of the audio device in time, thus realizing hearing protection.
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公开(公告)号:US11606639B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-14
申请号:US17854347
申请日:2022-06-30
Applicant: Decibullz LLC
Inventor: Kyle J Kirkpatrick
Abstract: An earpiece including an intra-auricular support, a projection element coupled thereto, and a flexible body disposed thereon and inside an external ear canal of an ear, and a moldable earpiece material moldable about the intra-auricular support to conform to the auricle of an ear and curable to provide a fixed configuration of the earpiece.
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公开(公告)号:US11554050B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-17
申请号:US17145139
申请日:2021-01-08
Applicant: MOLDEX-METRIC, INC.
Inventor: Sukwon Kang
Abstract: An earplug dispenser for contactless operation by a user having a container portion for receiving a plurality of earplugs. A dispensing portion is coupled to the container portion. The dispensing portion has a motor and a rotor coupled to the motor. The rotor has a plurality of rotor openings to receive individual earplugs in each rotor opening. The dispensing portion also has a dispensing opening. The motor rotates the rotor to dispense earplugs through the dispensing opening.
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公开(公告)号:US11451912B1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-20
申请号:US16594149
申请日:2019-10-07
Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Inventor: Michael W. Hale , Matthew S. Richardson
Abstract: A system comprising a scanner to scan an ear and a processor to receive, from the scanner, a non-manifold three-dimensional (3D) digital surface model (DSM) scan data representative of a non-manifold 3D surface model of the auditory canal and the concha of the ear. The 3D surface model is an outer boundary surface for an earpiece appliance. The processor determines an extrema boundary located at a free edge of the 3D surface model; recognizes anatomical features including a cymba concha and auditory canal peak; modifies the 3D surface model relative to the anatomical features by creating a base boundary plane for the appliance, offset some distance from the extrema boundary; creates a closed volume within and between the outer boundary surface, the extrema boundary and the base boundary plane to form a solid 3D earpiece appliance; and causes a computer-aided manufacturing device to manufacture the solid 3D earpiece appliance.
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公开(公告)号:US20220240000A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17722056
申请日:2022-04-15
Applicant: Staton Techiya LLC
Inventor: Steven W. Goldstein
Abstract: Occlusion divices, earpiece devices and metods of forming occlusion devices are provided. An occlusion device is configured to occlude an ear canal. The occlusion device includes an insertion element and at least one expandalde element disposed on the insertion element. The expandable element is configured to receive a medium via the insertion element and is configured to expand, responsive to the medium, to contact the ear canal. Physical parameters of the occlusion device are selected to produce a predetermined sound attenuation characteristic over a frequency band, such that sound is attenuated more in a first frequency range of the frequency band than in a second frequency range of the frequency band.
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