Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Thun

Geoffrey Thun 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).

  • Dynamically responsive acoustic tuning envelope system and method
    Patent number: 9260863
    Abstract: A dynamic responsive acoustic tuning envelope system that includes a movably connected set of cells, each possessing sound reflecting, sound absorbing, and/or electro-acoustic properties, and which are assembled according to the principles of rigid origami. So configured, the system is capable of both localized surficial deformation to alter the material surface exposure, transform its textural profile, and alter the enclosed volume of space in a single material envelope, thereby tuning the acoustics of the environment in which the system resides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Geoffrey Thun, Elizabeth Sauve, Raj Patel, Terence Caulkins, David Rife
  • DYNAMICALLY RESPONSIVE ACOUSTIC TUNING ENVELOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150060193
    Abstract: A dynamic responsive acoustic tuning envelope system that includes a movably connected set of cells, each possessing sound reflecting, sound absorbing, and/or electro-acoustic properties, and which are assembled according to the principles of rigid origami. So configured, the system is capable of both localized surficial deformation to alter the material surface exposure, transform its textural profile, and alter the enclosed volume of space in a single material envelope, thereby tuning the acoustics of the environment in which the system resides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Geoffrey Thun, Elizabeth Sauve, Raj Patel, Terence Caulkins, David Rife