Patents by Inventor Josh Bolton

Josh Bolton 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: 20240060301
    Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to centralized appliance hubs with enhanced acoustic performance and related methods. In at least some embodiments, an appliance hub includes a frame, one or more panels attached to the first side of the frame, and an insulating layer attached to the second side of the frame opposite the first side. The insulating layer can be tuned or otherwise configured to absorb and/or attenuate sound within a first frequency range, and all or a subset of the one or more panels can be configured to absorb and/or attenuate sound within a second frequency range different than the frequency range. In some embodiments, at least one of the panels may be made of a perforated metal having perforations arranged in a manner to attenuate sound within the predetermined frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jay Martin, Erik Hanson, James Rooney, Josh Bolton, Jon McClure, Erik Miller-Klein
  • Publication number: 20230094666
    Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to appliance hubs and related systems and methods. In some embodiments, an appliance hub includes a frame assembly and one or more panel assemblies mounted thereto. Individual panels of the panel assemblies can be removably coupled to the frame. At least some of the panels can include one or more functional components, such as one lighting elements, acoustic controls, speakers, vents, mechanical/electrical/plumbing (“MEP”) components, and/or other devices. Accordingly, the frame assembly can be used to manufacture many differently configured appliance hubs with different arrangements of panels and devices positioned thereon. Further, the ability to remove or partially remove individual panels of the appliance hubs after the appliance hub is installed in a ceiling or other upper portion of a room allows for maintenance of existing devices of the appliance hub and/or replacement of devices or the panels themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Dean Allen, Jay Martin, Tony Larson, James Rooney, Erik Hanson, Jon McClure, Josh Bolton