Patents by Inventor Josh Wolfenbarger
Josh Wolfenbarger 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).
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Patent number: 12372135Abstract: Driveshaft dampers are provided for use in driveshafts to dampen or attenuate aspects of noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH). Systems and methods for making and using driveshaft dampers are further provided. The driveshaft dampers may be made using a helical-winding process and include attenuation strips with elongate protrusions. Various embodiments of helically-wound driveshaft dampers include a core and one or more attenuation strips helically wound around the core.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIAL AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.Inventor: Josh Wolfenbarger
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Patent number: 11920653Abstract: Driveshaft dampers are provided for use in driveshafts to dampen or attenuate aspects of noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH). Systems and methods for making and using driveshaft dampers are further provided. The driveshaft dampers may be made using a helical-winding process and include attenuation strips with elongate protrusions. Various embodiments of helically-wound driveshaft dampers include a core and one or more attenuation strips helically wound around the core.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIAL AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.Inventor: Josh Wolfenbarger
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Patent number: 11913516Abstract: Attenuation strips are provided for use in driveshaft dampers, and driveshaft dampers are provided for use in driveshafts to dampen or attenuate aspects of noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH). Systems and methods for making and using driveshaft dampers are further provided. The driveshaft dampers may be made using a helical-winding process and include attenuation strips with elongate protrusions. Various embodiments of helically-wound driveshaft dampers include a core and one or more attenuation strips helically wound around the core.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIAL AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.Inventor: Josh Wolfenbarger
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Patent number: 11781617Abstract: Attenuation strips are provided for use in driveshaft dampers, and driveshaft dampers are provided for use in driveshafts to dampen or attenuate aspects of noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH). Systems and methods for making and using driveshaft dampers are further provided. The driveshaft dampers may be made using a helical-winding process and include attenuation strips with elongate protrusions. Various embodiments of helically-wound driveshaft dampers include a core and one or more attenuation strips helically wound around the core. The driveshaft dampers may be tuned to provide improved NVH reduction by reducing problematic NVH for a particular driveshaft as installed in a particular vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIAL AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.Inventor: Josh Wolfenbarger
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Patent number: 11773540Abstract: Disclosed are methods for manufacturing laminated paperboard materials that are alternatives to plastic, wood, and wood-like materials, such as plywood, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and oriented strand board (OSB). Also disclosed are structures formed from thick-caliper laminated paperboard materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIAL AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.Inventors: Josh Wolfenbarger, Don Ervin
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Patent number: 11078629Abstract: Methods of making laminated paper sheets include winding paper around a flat-sided mandrel to form a flat-sided convolute tube and cutting from the flat-sided convolute tube one or more laminated paper sheets. The laminated paper sheets are alternatives to plastic, wood, and wood-like materials, such as plywood, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and oriented strand board (OSB).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group, Inc.Inventors: Josh Wolfenbarger, Don Ervin
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Patent number: 10844928Abstract: Driveshaft dampers are provided for use in driveshafts to dampen or attenuate aspects of noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH). Systems and methods for making and using driveshaft dampers are further provided. The driveshaft dampers may be made using a helical-winding process and include attenuation strips with elongate protrusions. Various embodiments of helically-wound driveshaft dampers include a core and one or more attenuation strips helically wound around the core.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group, Inc.Inventor: Josh Wolfenbarger
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Patent number: 10641354Abstract: A composite drive shaft damper includes both foamed and non-foamed NVH-reducing materials to dampen particular NVH-causing frequencies within a drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Conger, Peter T. Tkacik, Martin H. Stark, David A. Galonska, Josh Wolfenbarger
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Patent number: 10508681Abstract: A drive shaft damper may be inserted into a hollow automotive drive shaft. The damper includes both foam and a non-foamed retaining member positioned on its outer surface. The foam, which extends above the damper's outer surface, typically possesses a maximum operating temperature of 175° C. or higher.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Conger, Peter T. Tkacik, Martin H. Stark, David A. Galonska, Josh Wolfenbarger
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Patent number: 9599147Abstract: A drive shaft damper may be inserted into a hollow automotive drive shaft. The damper includes both foam and a non-foamed retaining member positioned on its outer surface. The foam, which extends above the damper's outer surface, typically possesses a maximum operating temperature of 175° C. or higher.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIAL AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.Inventors: Gary A. Conger, Peter T. Tkacik, Martin H. Stark, David A. Galonska, Josh Wolfenbarger
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Patent number: 8801526Abstract: A foamed drive shaft damper may be inserted into a hollow automotive drive shaft. The damper includes foam deposited on its outer surface. The foam itself, which extends above the damper's outer surface, possesses a maximum operating temperature of 175° C. or higher.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Conger, Peter T. Tkacik, Martin H. Stark, David A. Galonska, Josh Wolfenbarger