Inventor · Cary, NC, US

William Chris Eaton

21Patents
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12Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 27, 2002 → May 21, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8084968B2 Use of an accelerometer to control vibrator performance Electricity 41 Active
US7069061B2 Speaker assemblies and mobile terminals including the same Electricity 34 Expired
US7778431B2 Sound enhancing stands for portable audio devices Electricity 32 Active
US7953456B2 Acoustic echo reduction in mobile terminals Electricity 16 Active
US7567680B2 Dual-diaphragm speaker assemblies with acoustic passageways and mobile terminals including the same Electricity 13 Active
US7415290B2 Mobile terminal with loudspeaker sound redirection Electricity 11 Expired
US7933637B2 Speaker assemblies and mobile terminals including the same Electricity 9 Active
US7123736B2 Double-resonator micro-speaker assemblies and methods for tuning the same Electricity 9 Expired
US7634098B2 Methods, devices, and computer program products for operating a mobile device in multiple signal processing modes for hearing aid compatibility Electricity 8 Active
US8199960B2 Integrated speaker and display Electricity 8 Active
US7260364B2 Reverse mounted micro-speaker assemblies and mobile terminals including the same Electricity 7 Expired
US8150091B2 Printed circuit board for a flat-panel speaker Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7840023B2 Double-resonator micro-speaker assemblies and methods for tuning the same Electricity 4 Active
US7881759B2 Shaped loudspeaker output in a communications handset Electricity 4 Active
US8094843B2 Low-profile piezoelectric speaker assembly Electricity 3 Active
US8260343B2 Electronic devices including vertically mounted loudspeakers and related assemblies and methods Electricity 3 Active
US8243964B2 Piezo speaker pressure sensor Electricity 3 Active
US8301188B2 Electronic devices including substrate mounted acoustic actuators and related methods and mobile radiotelephones Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8000489B2 Speaker module for electronic device Electricity 1 Active
US8131329B2 Distributed mode speaker for mobile devices Electricity 1 Active
US9143865B2 Handheld electronic devices and methods involving distributed mode loudspeakers Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.