B60R 11/0247
For microphones or earphones
Official title: {for microphones or earphones}
B60R11/0247 (For microphones or earphones) appears on 330 US grants and 344 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 344
- Assignees
- 146
- Inventors
- 581
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle-mounted microphone system24 Feb 2026US 12,563,329 B2Aac Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Multi-sensor assembly with improved backward view of a vehicle16 Dec 2025US 12,501,003 B2Waymo LLC
- Mobile hearable device30 Sep 2025US 12,427,939 B2NXP B. V.
- Heads-up display visor device for an automobile15 Jul 2025US 12,358,435 B2
- End-fire array microphone arrangements inside a vehicle15 Jul 2025US 12,363,476 B2VUI.AI Inc
- Exterior communication system for mobility vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313278 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Noise suppressing apparatus, noise suppression method, and program17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279327 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Outside-vehicle sound pickup device, vehicle including outside-vehicle sound pickup device, and outside-vehicle sound detection method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238918 A1Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
- Method for calibrating a vehicle audio system of a vehicle6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230768 A1Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co.
- In-vehicle acoustic device and in-vehicle acoustic control method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197584 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Video mirror systems incorporating an accessory module1,905US 6,690,268 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2004
- Rearview mirror assembly with added feature modular display915US 6,329,925 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2001
- Interior rearview mirror sound processing system873US 6,420,975 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2002
- Rearview mirror assembly with utility functions773US 6,428,172 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2002
- Complete mirror-based global-positioning system (GPS) navigation solution736US 6,477,464 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2002