Patents Examined by Forrest M Phillips
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Patent number: 12046983Abstract: A gearmotor includes a motor assembly, a gear assembly, and an electronics assembly. The motor assembly includes a rotor including a rotor shaft; a stator; and a stator retention apparatus. The stator includes a core defining a core orientation feature, and a plurality of coils. The stator retention apparatus includes an apparatus orientation feature and an electronics assembly support structure. The gear assembly includes an output shaft. The electronics assembly includes a rotor shaft rotation sensor that is radially spaced from a rotor shaft position indicium, an output shaft rotation sensor that is radially spaced from an output shaft position indicium, and a magnetic sensor mounted to the electronics assembly support structure. The core orientation feature and the apparatus orientation feature engage one another to position the stator retention apparatus radially and arcuately relative to the core, such that the magnetic sensor is positioned adjacent an axial coil margin.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Nidec Motor CorporationInventors: John M. Tucker, Philip S. Johnson
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Patent number: 12035867Abstract: An acoustically insulated machine including a source of noise positioned within a housing, a first insulation member positioned within the housing and including a first porous sound absorbing layer and a first dense layer, and a second insulation member positioned within the housing and including a second porous sound absorbing layer and a second dense layer. The first insulation member being is positioned closer to the internal source of noise than the second insulation member and the first insulation member being spaced apart from the second insulation member such that an air gap is formed between the first insulation member and the second insulation member.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Anthony Lee Rockwell, Phillip J. Johnson, Jeffrey A. Tilton, Donald Hill
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Patent number: 12033607Abstract: Provided are acoustic articles having a porous layer (102,104,106) placed in contact with a heterogeneous filler comprising porous carbon and having an average surface area of from 0.1 m2/g to 10,000 m2/g. The acoustic articles can have a flow resistance of from 10 MKS Rayls to 5000 MKS Rayls. Optionally, the porous layer includes a non-woven fibrous layer or a perforated film having a plurality of apertures with an average narrowest diameter of from 30 micrometers to 5000 micrometers. The heterogeneous filler can enhance low frequency performance without significantly compromising high frequency performance, thickness or weight.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventors: Seungkyu Lee, Megan A. Creighton, Jonathan H. Alexander, Michael R. Berrigan, Thomas P. Hanschen
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Patent number: 12031322Abstract: Described herein is an acoustic building panel comprising a body comprising inorganic fiber in an amount ranging from about 60.0 wt. % to about 90.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the body; and microfibrillated fiber in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt. % to about 10 wt. % based on the total weight of the body.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Charles G Krick, Bruce E Adams, Kimberly S Diffenbaugh
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Patent number: 12017785Abstract: An exhaust muffler for an APU of an aircraft, including an exhaust gases inlet, an exhaust gases outlet, a peripheral wall configured to guide a flow of exhaust gases between the inlet and the outlet. The peripheral wall includes at least one vacuum chamber to provide thermal insulation.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.Inventors: Pedro Manuel Martin Candelario, Lucas Granja Parejo, Carlos Casado-Montero
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Patent number: 12020676Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sound-blocking sheet member that is relatively lightweight, has high sound-blocking performance overwhelming the law of mass action, and is excellent in terms of manufacturability and durability. The sound-blocking sheet member includes at least a sheet and a plurality of resonance portions. The resonance portion is provided in contact with a sheet surface of the sheet, and the resonance portion includes a weight portion and a base portion. The weight portion is supported by the base portion and has a larger mass than the base portion, and the weight portion has a penetration portion. The base portion is in contact with a surface on a resonance portion front end side of the weight portion and covers the weight portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Katsuhiko Sugiura, Shogo Koga, Naoyuki Uchida, Kazuma Inoue, Yukio Kato, Kohji Uehara, Masashi Miura
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Patent number: 12018733Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for isolating a crystal oscillator assembly from shock and/or vibration inputs. A system may include one or more vibration isolators coupled between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure, and each of the vibration isolators may include a spring material layer and a damping material layer. The spring material layer may provide a spring force between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure. The damping material layer may be adhered to at least one side of the spring material layer, and may provide a damping force between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure. Some vibration isolators may further include a constraint layer adhered to the damping material layer, such that the damping material layer is coupled between the constraint layer and the spring material layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Viasat, Inc.Inventors: Steven Shrinkle, Kenneth Larson, Christopher Haas
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Patent number: 12020672Abstract: Audio equipment configured to perform a special operation or an effecting on music data being played by an external device includes: an operation control signal group storage configured to store an operation control signal group for commanding the special operation or the effecting for the music data; an operation control signal group calling section configured to call up the operation control signal group stored in the operation control signal group storage at a timing in accordance with an operation by an operator; and an operation control signal group outputting section configured to output the operation control signal group called by the operation control signal group calling section to the external device.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: ALPHATHETA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Onishi, Mitsunobu Ito, Shimpei Aso
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Patent number: 12018906Abstract: A firearm suppression system includes a housing, a muzzle adapter, an end cap, and a core. The housing includes a first aperture at a first end and a second aperture at a second end. An inner compartment may be interposed between the first aperture and the second aperture. The inner compartment may be configured to receive the core. The muzzle adapter may be threadably coupled near the first end of the housing, and the end cap may be threadably coupled to the second end of the housing. The core may be removably attachable to the housing and positioned within the inner compartment of the housing. Between an outer surface of the core and the inner surface of the housing may be a channel that equalizes pressure. The outer surface of the core may comprise a plurality of apertures that lead to baffles.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Inventor: Lonnie Jarvis
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Patent number: 12020675Abstract: A laminate including at least layers A to C in this order, wherein an integrated value from 0 mm to 50 mm of displacement calculated from a load-displacement diagram obtained by carrying out a tensile property test method is 1.0 Nm (=J) or more; and an adhesive strength between the layer B and the layer C is 10 N/25 mm or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Masayuki Ohishi
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Patent number: 12014712Abstract: A method for forming a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic acoustic panel may comprise: stacking plies of thermoplastic composite sheets to a first thickness to form a top sheet; stacking plies of thermoplastic composite sheets to a second thickness to form a backskin; staking plies of thermoplastic composite sheets to a third thickness to form a stiffening member; forming the top sheet in a first contour; forming the backskin in a second contour, the second contour being different from the first contour; forming the stiffening member comprising a shape having a plurality of peaks and troughs; bonding the stiffening member to the top sheet and the backskin; and perforating the top sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventors: Jennifer Davis, Nathaniel M. Gray
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Patent number: 12014713Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an acoustic absorption system. The acoustic absorption system can include a curtain that includes one or more acoustic absorption panels. The curtain can be cleanable and/or sanitizable, and can be flame resistant. The curtain can also be coupled to an extension member.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Chinook Acoustics, Inc.Inventor: Benjamin F. Forrest
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Patent number: 12006683Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to fiberglass panels, for example, suitable for acoustic ceiling surfaces. The present disclosure relates more particularly to an acoustic panel having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter edge. The acoustic panel includes a layered fiberglass panel body including a core fiberglass layer and a high density fiberglass layer secured to a lower face of the core fiberglass layer. The high density fiberglass layer has a higher density than the core fiberglass layer. The layered fiberglass panel body includes an outward projection at the perimeter edge of the acoustic panel that is formed by the high density fiberglass layer and a portion of the core fiberglass layer. A supporting perimeter frame extends around the outer edge of the core fiberglass layer, and the outward projection of the layered fiberglass panel body extends outward beneath the supporting perimeter frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: CertainTeed Canada, Inc.Inventors: Luigi Bartella, Srirathakrishna Sivapathasuntharam, Michael J. Lembo
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Patent number: 12006874Abstract: In some examples, acoustic panels (such as for gas turbine engines) and techniques for forming acoustic panels. In some examples, the acoustic panel including a coversheet including an outer face, an inner face, and a plurality of apertures extend from the outer face to the inner face. The acoustic panel also includes a 3D-printed support layer including a lattice structure formed at least partially of a polymer, the lattice structure defining a plurality of cells of the support layer, wherein a first side of the support layer is coincident with the inner face of the coversheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Benedict N. Hodgson, Jeff Higbie
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Patent number: 12004924Abstract: Earmuffs include a bowl-shaped housing base having a first engagement portion, an annular plate-shaped base plate having a second engagement portion on one side and a third engagement portion on the other side, and is integrated with the housing base by causing the second engagement portion to be engaged with the first engagement portion, and a pad portion that includes a pad fixed on one side and a pad base having a fourth engagement portion on the other side, and is integrated with the base plate by causing the fourth engagement portion to be engaged with the third engagement portion. The base plate has a groove portion adjacent to the third engagement portion and the pad base has a rib that enters the groove portion. The rib enters the groove portion and restricts an inclination of the third engagement portion involved with an engagement with the fourth engagement portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Himuro, Hiroshi Uchida
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Patent number: 12000140Abstract: A method of fabricating an acoustic device includes forming a plurality of holes in a panel, disposing the panel in a support frame, and heating the panel to a temperature such that the panel sags while disposed in the support frame and each hole of the plurality of holes is modified.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Jonathan Wesley McGee, Cathlyn Newell, Zackery Belanger
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Patent number: 11999142Abstract: An embodiment sound-absorbing material including a surface layer including low-melting (LM) fibers and melt-blown (MB) fibers and a sound-absorbing layer disposed on at least one side of the surface layer. An embodiment method of manufacturing a sound-absorbing material includes spinning melt-blown (MB) fibers, manufacturing a surface layer by mixing the melt-blown (MB) fibers with low-melting (LM) fibers, laminating a sound-absorbing layer on the surface layer, and hot-pressing a surface layer/sound-absorbing layer in which the sound-absorbing layer is laminated on the surface layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Seong Je Kim
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Patent number: 11993907Abstract: A device for damping hydrosound in liquid having a frequency range emitted from a sound-emitting body in the liquid includes: a plurality of individual gas volumes distributed in the liquid in an area of the sound-emitting body and at a distance from each other, each of the individual gas volumes being operable to reduce the hydrosound through resonant oscillations; and at least one mass body disposed in the liquid, the individual gas volumes being connected to the at least one mass body so as to prevent the individual gas volumes from rising up in the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Inventor: Karl-Heinz Elmer
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Patent number: 11994906Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, Scott A. Myers, Benjamin M. Rappoport, Stephen Brian Lynch, John P. Ternus, Justin R. Wodrich
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Patent number: 11987038Abstract: An acoustic attenuation panel including: a main layer made of a porous material and having two opposite faces; a coating layer arranged on one of the two faces of the main layer; an adhesive film, arranged at the interface between the main layer and the coating layer to assemble same. The main layer is a body made of melamine resin foam having a density between 6 and 6.8 kg/m3 and a porosity rate between 0.978 and 0.984; the coating layer is a fabric with a density between 484 and 526 kg/m3 and a porosity rate between 0.771 and 0.817; the adhesive film is a film made of a thermoplastic material provided with holes passing through and having a surface density between 40 g/m2 and 56 g/m2.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: ARIANEGROUP SASInventors: Bernard Troclet, Pierre Godart