Patents by Inventor Benjamin Grenzing

Benjamin Grenzing 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: 10688749
    Abstract: A panel for cladding a ceiling or wall in a cabin, especially the cabin of a passenger aircraft, in which a board is laminated on both sides with a cover layer which is made of fibrous material or fabric, which is impregnated with resin or a thermoplastic material, and is cured under the effects of pressure and temperature, said board having at least one core with a honeycomb structure formed by a large number of walls, said walls being compressed or bent in a pre-defined region of the board by between 5% and 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Mirko Ginovski, Jens Mueller, Michael Grabow, Benjamin Grenzing
  • Publication number: 20150273789
    Abstract: A panel for cladding a ceiling or wall in a cabin, especially the cabin of a passenger aircraft, in which a board is laminated on both sides with a cover layer which is made of fibrous material or fabric, which is impregnated with resin or a thermoplastic material, and is cured under the effects of pressure and temperature, said board having at least one core with a honeycomb structure formed by a large number of walls, said walls being compressed or bent in a pre-defined region of the board by between 5% and 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Mirko Ginovski, Jens Mueller, MIchael Grabow, Benjamin Grenzing
  • Patent number: 8989430
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flat speaker, in particular in the aerospace sector, with a panel for generating acoustic signals by vibration of the same, and a vibration exciter which is connected to a panel and excites this to vibrate. Here the panel has an edge stiffening. This provides the panel with the required stiffness, particularly against hand pressures, but at the same it guarantees high energy efficiency of the flat speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Grenzing, Henning Scheel, Frank Cordes
  • Patent number: 8327976
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an insulation structure for thermally and acoustically insulating an aircraft that features at least one heavy layer, wherein the insulation structure according to the invention is characterized in that the insulation structure comprises an additional absorption layer, in that the heavy layer is perforated at least in certain areas, and in that the perforated area ratio of the heavy layer is adapted in such a way that the heavy layer is essentially transparent to sound for frequencies below a double-wall frequency of the insulation structure. This makes it possible to dampen sound with low frequencies below the double-wall frequency as effectively as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Müller, Benjamin Grenzing, Christian Thomas
  • Patent number: 8139795
    Abstract: A loudspeaker system for an aircraft cabin for passengers has a support structure, which includes multiple flexible flat elements, forming the internal walls of the cabin, and fastening devices for fastening flat elements to the support structure, so that the flat elements may oscillate. At least one acoustic driver is connected to one or more flat elements, to induce a bending movement in the one or more flat elements. The particular flat element may oscillate as an acoustic diaphragm. The acoustic driver has a film-shaped piezoelectric exciter, which is bonded flatly to the flat element. The flat element bonded to an exciter has a first cover layer, a second cover layer, and a core layer between them. The core layer is subdivided in a plane parallel to the first and second cover layers by a horizontal incision in at least one predefined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Henning Scheel, Frank Cordes, Benjamin Grenzing
  • Publication number: 20110067951
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an insulation structure for thermally and acoustically insulating an aircraft that features at least one heavy layer, wherein the insulation structure according to the invention is characterized in that the insulation structure comprises an additional absorption layer, in that the heavy layer is perforated at least in certain areas, and in that the perforated area ratio of the heavy layer is adapted in such a way that the heavy layer is essentially transparent to sound for frequencies below a double-wall frequency of the insulation structure. This makes it possible to dampen sound with low frequencies below the double-wall frequency as effectively as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Müller, Benjamin Grenzing, Christian Thomas
  • Publication number: 20100119095
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flat speaker, in particular in the aerospace sector, with a panel for generating acoustic signals by vibration of the same, and a vibration exciter which is connected to a panel and excites this to vibrate. Here the panel has an edge stiffening. This provides the panel with the required stiffness, particularly against hand pressures, but at the same it guarantees high energy efficiency of the flat speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Benjamin Grenzing, Henning Scheel, Frank Cordes
  • Publication number: 20090173572
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin panel for sound absorption, with a core layer that comprises a plurality of 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 with a first cover layer that 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. The second cover layer is multi-layered and apart from a layer with the perforation also comprises a second layer that acts as a flow resistance device. The second layer is arranged on the outside, and visually closes off the perforation, and the outer layer comprises an air-permeable woven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Grenzing, Christian Thomas, Thomas Gerner
  • Publication number: 20080089537
    Abstract: A loudspeaker system for an aircraft cabin for passengers, having a support structure, which includes multiple flexible flat elements, forming the internal walls of the cabin, fastening devices for fastening flat elements to the support structure, so that the flat elements may oscillate. At least one acoustic driver is connected to one or more flat elements, to induce a bending movement in the one or more flat elements. The particular flat element may oscillate as an acoustic diaphragm. The acoustic driver has a film-shaped piezoelectric exciter, which is bonded flatly to the flat element. The flat element bonded to an exciter has a first cover layer, a second cover layer, and a core layer between them. The core layer is subdivided in a plane parallel to the first and second cover layers by a horizontal incision in at least one predefined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Henning Scheel, Frank Cordes, Benjamin Grenzing