Patents by Inventor Mark Wochner

Mark Wochner 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).

  • System and method for simultaneously attenuating high-frequency sounds and amplifying low-frequency sounds produced by underwater acoustic pressure source
    Patent number: 11812221
    Abstract: A noise-abatement system includes a frame defining a predetermined frame volume, an acoustic pressure source attached to the frame, and a plurality of resonators attached to the frame surrounding the acoustic pressure source. The resonators can be formed in modular resonator groups. The resonators have an individual resonance frequency that can be tuned to the transition frequency between relatively high sound frequencies, produced by the acoustic pressure source, to be attenuated and relatively low frequencies, produced by the acoustic pressure source, to be amplified. The resonators attenuate the relatively high sound frequencies using their individual resonance frequency. The noise-abatement system has a collective resonance frequency that can amplify the relatively low sound frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AdBm Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Wochner, Andrew McNeese
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ATTENUATING HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUNDS AND AMPLIFYING LOW-FREQUENCY SOUNDS PRODUCED BY UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC PRESSURE SOURCE
    Publication number: 20210227319
    Abstract: A noise-abatement system includes a frame defining a predetermined frame volume, an acoustic pressure source attached to the frame, and a plurality of resonators attached to the frame surrounding the acoustic pressure source. The resonators can be formed in modular resonator groups. The resonators have an individual resonance frequency that can be tuned to the transition frequency between relatively high sound frequencies, produced by the acoustic pressure source, to be attenuated and relatively low frequencies, produced by the acoustic pressure source, to be amplified. The resonators attenuate the relatively high sound frequencies using their individual resonance frequency. The noise-abatement system has a collective resonance frequency that can amplify the relatively low sound frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Wochner, Andrew McNeese
  • Underwater noise abatement apparatus and deployment system
    Patent number: 9488026
    Abstract: A deployable underwater noise abatement system allowing packing and deploying an organized set of grouped resonators is disclosed. The system allows relatively compact storage and transportation of the noise abatement apparatus when not in use, then, when deployed, the apparatus can be lowered into the water and extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Mark Wochner, Andrew McNeese, Preston Wilson, Kevin Lee
  • Underwater Noise Abatement Apparatus and Deployment System
    Publication number: 20150191987
    Abstract: A deployable underwater noise abatement system allowing packing and deploying an organized set of grouped resonators is disclosed. The system allows relatively compact storage and transportation of the noise abatement apparatus when not in use, then, when deployed, the apparatus can be lowered into the water and extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Mark Wochner, Andrew McNeese, Preston Wilson, Kevin Lee