Patents by Inventor Bruce Guy

Bruce Guy 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).

  • Composite acoustic attenuation materials
    Patent number: 7263028
    Abstract: The present invention provides means of enhancing the acoustic attenuation and vibration damping of a material by (1) embedding a plurality of small particles of either a high characteristic acoustic impedance or a low characteristic acoustic impedance or combinations of high and low characteristic acoustic impedance materials to form a matrix material to act as a acoustic attenuator or vibration damper; and (2) combing this matrix material with a second layer of a decoupling material that serves to effectively isolate the matrix material and reduce its tendency to vibrate sympathetically to the impinging acoustic energy. The mass of the resultant material may be very low while retaining excellent acoustic attenuation, vibration damping, and structural characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Gerald B. Thomas, Paul R. Van Dyke, Bruce Guy
  • Composite acoustic attenuation materials
    Publication number: 20060072372
    Abstract: The present invention provides means of enhancing the acoustic attenuation and vibration damping of a material by (1) embedding a plurality of small particles of either a high characteristic acoustic impedance or a low characteristic acoustic impedance or combinations of high and low characteristic acoustic impedance materials to form a matrix material to act as a acoustic attenuator or vibration damper; and (2) combing this matrix material with a second layer of a decoupling material that serves to effectively isolate the matrix material and reduce its tendency to vibrate sympathetically to the impinging acoustic energy. The mass of the resultant material may be very low while retaining excellent acoustic attenuation, vibration damping, and structural characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Thomas, Paul Dyke, Bruce Guy
  • Reusable paint masking member
    Patent number: 4759959
    Abstract: Reusable paint masking member for automobile bodies comprised of an organopolysiloxane elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Mold-Ex Rubber Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Guy