Patents by Inventor Lucas Van Belle

Lucas Van Belle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vibration reduction device having acoustic meta structure
    Patent number: 11524637
    Abstract: A vibration reduction device having an acoustic meta structure mounted to a vehicle body and configured to block a structure-borne noise transmitted through the vehicle body may include a plurality of unit structures arranged at a predetermined interval therebetween, wherein each of the unit structures includes frame mounted to the vehicle body and configured to separate a predetermined space into a predetermined number of separate sections formed by walls of the frame; and a vibrator formed at a corner portion of each of the separate sections and each of which has a natural frequency to block a vibration transmitted from the vehicle body through the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Gorporation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven of KU Leuven Research & Development
    Inventors: Kyoung Jin Chang, Claus Claeys, Wim Desmet, Bert Pluymers, Elke Deckers, Lucas Van Belle, Noé Geraldo Rocha De Melo Filho
  • VIBRATION REDUCTION DEVICE HAVING ACOUSTIC META STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200180523
    Abstract: A vibration reduction device having an acoustic meta structure mounted to a vehicle body and configured to block a structure-borne noise transmitted through the vehicle body may include a plurality of unit structures arranged at a predetermined interval therebetween, wherein each of the unit structures includes frame mounted to the vehicle body and configured to separate a predetermined space into a predetermined number of separate sections formed by walls of the frame; and a vibrator formed at a corner portion of each of the separate sections and each of which has a natural frequency to block a vibration transmitted from the vehicle body through the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Gorporation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven of KU Leuven Research & Development
    Inventors: Kyoung Jin CHANG, Claus Claeys, Wim Desmet, Bert Pluymers, Elke Deckers, Lucas Van Belle, Noé Geraldo Rocha De Melo Filho