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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Kretsch, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ;
Abstract
A mechanically adjustable acoustic filter for a telephone handset earpiece can be adjusted for users with normal hearing or for hearing-impaired users. The acoustic filter includes an enclosure and at least two plates within the enclosure. Each plate has a plurality of holes of a particular diameter. The two plates are capable of being displaced relative to each other, such that an aggregate size of the holes vary as the plates are displaced. The variations in the aggregate size of the holes changes the frequency response of the acoustic filter.