Patents by Inventor Thomas DeLay
Thomas DeLay 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).
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Patent number: 11044551Abstract: An acoustic assembly may include acoustic emitting devices attached to an enclosure. The acoustic assembly may further include an acoustic horn for influencing sound emitted by one or more of the acoustic emitting devices. For example, the acoustic horn may influence a beamwidth of sound emitted by one of the acoustic emitting devices. As a further example, the acoustic horn may influence a first beamwidth of a first acoustic emitting device and a second beamwidth of a second acoustic emitting device in a crossover region between the first acoustic emitting device and the second acoustic emitting device. The acoustic horn may include a waveguide attached to at least one integrator. The at least one integrator may include at least one plug and at least one lens.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Mark Thomas Delay
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Patent number: 10575089Abstract: Examples are disclosed for a waveguide for a loudspeaker, the waveguide including a first and second outer shell coupled to one another, and a first and second inner shell coupled to one another and positioned within an air gap between the first and second outer shells, a plurality of sound paths being formed between an exterior surface of the first inner shell and an interior surface of the first outer shell and between an exterior surface of the second inner shell and an interior surface of the second outer shell, each of the plurality of sound paths having an equal path length in a plurality of planes.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Mark Thomas DeLay
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Publication number: 20190349672Abstract: An acoustic assembly may include acoustic emitting devices attached to an enclosure. The acoustic assembly may further include an acoustic horn for influencing sound emitted by one or more of the acoustic emitting devices. For example, the acoustic horn may influence a beamwidth of sound emitted by one of the acoustic emitting devices. As a further example, the acoustic horn may influence a first beamwidth of a first acoustic emitting device and a second beamwidth of a second acoustic emitting device in a crossover region between the first acoustic emitting device and the second acoustic emitting device. The acoustic horn may include a waveguide attached to at least one integrator. The at least one integrator may include at least one plug and at least one lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Jacques SPILLMANN, Steven Patrick RIEMERSMA, Mark Thomas DELAY
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Publication number: 20190327553Abstract: Examples are disclosed for a waveguide for a loudspeaker, the waveguide including a first and second outer shell coupled to one another, and a first and second inner shell coupled to one another and positioned within an air gap between the first and second outer shells, a plurality of sound paths being formed between an exterior surface of the first inner shell and an interior surface of the first outer shell and between an exterior surface of the second inner shell and an interior surface of the second outer shell, each of the plurality of sound paths having an equal path length in a plurality of planes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Mark Thomas DeLay
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Patent number: 10382860Abstract: Examples are disclosed for a waveguide for a loudspeaker, the waveguide including a first and second outer shell coupled to one another, and a first and second inner shell coupled to one another and positioned within an air gap between the first and second outer shells, a plurality of sound paths being formed between an exterior surface of the first inner shell and an interior surface of the first outer shell and between an exterior surface of the second inner shell and an interior surface of the second outer shell, each of the plurality of sound paths having an equal path length in a plurality of planes.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Mark Thomas DeLay
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Patent number: 9538282Abstract: The invention provides a high-frequency acoustic waveguide for use in coaxial loudspeaker systems. The waveguide is made up of a plurality of walls that define a conduit with an input end and an output end. Each of the walls includes a mask layer and a perforation layer. The mask layer has a plurality of holes sized and shaped to make the mask layer acoustically transparent to sound waves below a crossover frequency. The perforation layer has a plurality of micro-perforations sized and shaped to make the perforation layer acoustically opaque to sound waves above the crossover frequency. The waveguide directs sound waves above the crossover frequency, and is acoustically transparent to sound waves below the crossover frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Mark Thomas DeLay, David Edward Carlson
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Publication number: 20160192062Abstract: The invention provides a high-frequency acoustic waveguide for use in coaxial loudspeaker systems. The waveguide is made up of a plurality of walls that define a conduit with an input end and an output end. Each of the walls includes a mask layer and a perforation layer. The mask layer has a plurality of holes sized and shaped to make the mask layer acoustically transparent to sound waves below a crossover frequency. The perforation layer has a plurality of micro-perforations sized and shaped to make the perforation layer acoustically opaque to sound waves above the crossover frequency. The waveguide directs sound waves above the crossover frequency, and is acoustically transparent to sound waves below the crossover frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Mark Thomas DeLay, David Edward Carlson
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Publication number: 20050260373Abstract: A composite overwrapped pressure vessel is provided which includes a composite overwrapping material including fibers disposed in a resin matrix. At least first and second kinds of fibers are used. These fibers typically have characteristics of high strength and high toughness to provide impact resistance with increased pressure handling capability and low weight. The fibers are applied to form a pressure vessel using wrapping or winding techniques with winding angles varied for specific performance characteristics. The fibers of different kinds are dispersed in a single layer of winding or wound in distinct separate layers. Layers of fabric comprised of such fibers are interspersed between windings for added strength or impact resistance. The weight percentages of the high toughness and high strength materials are varied to provide specified impact resistance characteristics. The resin matrix is formed with prepregnated fibers or through wet winding. The vessels are formed with or without liners.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2004Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Thomas DeLay, James Patterson, Michael Olson