Patents Represented by Attorney J. A. McKinney
  • Patent number: 8194874
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for smoothing the in-room acoustic magnitude response of an audio reproduction system. An in-room acoustic magnitude response analysis is performed to determine a room resonance induced peak associated with an audio signal. A replica of the audio signal is filtered at the room resonance induced peak. The filtered replica signal is added with the audio signal. Through this, smoothing of the room resonance induced peak may be achieved, such that a subjective impression of transient response and dynamics of the audio signal are preserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Polk Audio, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley M. Starobin, Richard H. Lyon, Christopher N. Blair
  • Patent number: 8172162
    Abstract: An improved fluidic oscillator, that operates on a pressurized liquid flowing through the oscillator to generate a liquid jet that flows into the surrounding gaseous environment to form of an oscillating spray of liquid droplets, includes: a member into which is fabricated a two-portion, flow channel, with its first portion configured so as to create the flow phenomena in the member that yields the spray's oscillating nature, and its second portion includes a splitter that is used to divide the jet into component sprays whose centerlines assume a specified yaw or pitch angle relative to the centerline of the oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Bowles Fluidics Corp.
    Inventors: Shridhar Gopalan, Gregory Russell, Daniel Eugene Steerman
  • Patent number: 7557471
    Abstract: A tactile wave generating apparatus for generating amplified low frequency waves for transmission as tactile waves into a structure or a person's body. There is a housing in which is positioned a drive section that in turn comprises a magnet section that moves upwardly and downwardly as an inertial mass, two coils on opposite sides of the magnet and two flux path return plates for the coils. Each coil comprises upper and lower longitudinally aligned generally linear coil portions which drive the magnet section upwardly and downwardly. The magnet section is supported by upper and lower interconnecting sections that resiliently resist the up and down motion of the magnet section and restrain the magnet section to move up and down within close tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Renaissance Sound, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery T. Springer, James L. Kirschman, Robert M. O'Neill, Conrad P. Sandoval, Joseph B. Young