Patents by Inventor Horst Burghardt Minkofski

Horst Burghardt Minkofski 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).

  • Publication number: 20210051391
    Abstract: A sound or thermal baffling device comprising an enclosure containing a variable density fluid and a force generating means for preserving and creating the structure and form of the enclosure, the shape and com-position of the enclosure crafted to vary the sound baffling characteristics of the enclosure, guided by a description of how dynamic sound baffling may be implemented. And a further embodiment showing how a cellular material containing a variable density fluid may be created and used, and a still further embodiment showing improvements to ear protectors and headphone sets, including latching means for attaching these and other devices to the ears and head. Various applications involving previous as well as new uses are set out, including a description of how a force generating means in combination with a plurality of hermetically sealed enclosures can be used to create buoyancy and buoyant devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Horst Burghardt Minkofski
  • Patent number: 10842677
    Abstract: A sound or thermal baffling device comprising an enclosure containing a variable density fluid and a force generating means for preserving and creating the structure and form of the enclosure, the shape and composition of the enclosure crafted to vary the baffling characteristics of the enclosure, and a further embodiment showing how a cellular material containing a variable density fluid may be created and used, and a still further embodiment showing improvements to ear protectors and head phone sets, including latching means for attaching these and other devices to the ears and head. Various applications involving previous as well as new uses are set out, including a description of how dynamic sound baffling may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Horst Burghardt Minkofski
  • Publication number: 20180185195
    Abstract: A sound or thermal baffling device comprising an enclosure containing a variable density fluid and a force generating means for preserving and creating the structure and form of the enclosure, the shape and composition of the enclosure crafted to vary the baffling characteristics of the enclosure, and a further embodiment showing how a cellular material containing a variable density fluid may be created and used, and a still further embodiment showing improvements to ear protectors and head phone sets, including latching means for attaching these and other devices to the ears and head. Various applications involving previous as well as new uses are set out, including a description of how dynamic sound baffling may be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Horst Burghardt Minkofski
  • Patent number: 9895268
    Abstract: A sound or thermal baffling device comprising an enclosure containing a variable density fluid and a force generating means for preserving and creating the structure and form of the enclosure, the shape and composition of the enclosure crafted to vary the baffling characteristics of the enclosure, and a further embodiment showing how a cellular material containing a variable density fluid may be created and used, and a still further embodiment showing improvements to ear protectors and head phone sets, including latching means for attaching these and other devices to the ears and head. Various applications involving previous as well as new uses are set out, including a description of how dynamic sound baffling may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Inventor: Horst Burghardt Minkofski
  • Patent number: 6091825
    Abstract: A sound baffling device comprising an enclosure containing a homogeneous means for attenuating sound, the shape and composition of said enclosure crafted to vary the sound baffling characteristics of said enclosure, and another embodiment showing how a workable material comprised of a plurality of enclosures containing a homogeneous means for attenuating sound may be used to baffle sound. A method for constructing the workable material is given and various applications to sound baffling requirements involving previous as well as new uses are set out, including a description of how dynamic sound baffling may be implemented.More specifically, the invention shows improvements to the sound baffling cups of ear protectors and the application of sound baffling cups to head phone sets, including some of the new art required to render these applications more effective. Several fitting means are described and improvements to the connecting means of head phone sets are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventor: Horst Burghardt Minkofski