Patents
US 12317019 B2: Adapters for microphones and combinations thereof
- Granted
- 2025-05-27
- Filed
- 2024-03-20 application 18610902
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A microphone assembly can include a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) form-factor adapter housing including an interface opening and an adapter housing acoustic port and a MEMS microphone disposed at least partially within the MEMS form-factor adapter housing. The MEMS microphone can include a MEMS microphone housing comprising a MEMS microphone acoustic port; a plurality of electrical interface contacts physically accessible through the interface opening of the MEMS form-factor adapter housing; a MEMS motor disposed in the MEMS microphone housing; and an integrated circuit disposed in the MEMS microphone housing and electrically coupled to the MEMS motor and to the plurality of electrical interface contacts. The MEMS form-factor adapter housing can change a form-factor of the MEMS microphone housing.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250527.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowles Electronics, LLC 414 patents | US company or organization | Itasca, IL | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janice LoPresti | Itasca, IL | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Steve Kearey | Carpentersville, IL | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Usha Murthy | Lisle, IL | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04R | Loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers; electric hearing aids; public address systems | H04R1/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LOPRESTI, JANICE signed 2020-06-18 MURTHY, USHA signed 2020-06-18 KEAREY, STEVE signed 2020-06-22 | KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC ITASCA, IL | 66846/96 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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