Patents by Inventor Ralph Gerstner

Ralph Gerstner 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).

  • Patent number: 7743884
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin panel for sound absorption, with a sandwich construction, comprising a core layer that comprises a plurality of tube-like or honeycomb-like cells that extend in an open manner across the thickness of the core layer and that are separated from each other by cell walls and that are uniform in design. A first cover layer faces away from the sound field, as well as a second cover layer that faces towards the sound field and that comprises a plurality of perforation holes and adjacent cells are interconnected by way of apertures in the cell walls. The perforation of the second cover layer comprises a distance (b) between holes, which distance exceeds the opening width (c) of the cells of the core layer, wherein the first cover layer is closed and wherein the cell walls comprise a perforation so that they are acoustically transparent in the direction parallel to the cover layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Thomas, Ralph Gerstner
  • Publication number: 20090166127
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin panel for sound absorption, with a sandwich construction, comprising a core layer that comprises a plurality of tube-like or honeycomb-like cells that extend in an open manner across the thickness of the core layer and that are separated from each other by cell walls and that are uniform in design. A first cover layer faces away from the sound field, as well as a second cover layer that faces towards the sound field and that comprises a plurality of perforation holes and adjacent cells are interconnected by way of apertures in the cell walls. The perforation of the second cover layer comprises a distance (b) between holes, which distance exceeds the opening width (c) of the cells of the core layer, wherein the first cover layer is closed and wherein the cell walls comprise a perforation so that they are acoustically transparent in the direction parallel to the cover layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Thomas, Ralph Gerstner
  • Patent number: 6715580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas flow-through line with a sound absorption effect. Thereby the wall (5) of the line (1) has through-going perforations (2) having a diameter of less than 1 mm. The invention can for example find employment in the air suction hoses of a turbocharger of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Stankiewicz GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Gerstner, Hans Kutter-Schrader