Patents by Inventor Max Kern

Max Kern 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).

  • Sound absorber, sound absorber assembly and an engine with a sound absorber assembly
    Patent number: 9303588
    Abstract: A sound absorber comprising a base body and a tongue (24). The base body has a bottom plate, a wall enclosing the bottom plate and an opening enabling the entry of air into the base body. The tongue has a fixed end, a free end and a central portion disposed between the fixed and the free end. The free end of the tongue is spaced from the wall and the bottom plate, and the central portion of the tongue is disposed to extend at least partially straight along a width direction. Furthermore, a sound absorber assembly can include at least two sound absorbers, and an engine, in particular, for an aircraft, comprising such a sound absorber and/or such a sound absorber assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Pongratz, Christoph Richter, Max Kern, Daniel Redmann
  • SOUND ABSORBER, SOUND ABSORBER ASSEMBLY AND AN ENGINE WITH A SOUND ABSORBER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150060194
    Abstract: A sound absorber comprising a base body and a tongue (24). The base body has a bottom plate, a wall enclosing the bottom plate and an opening enabling the entry of air into the base body. The tongue has a fixed end, a free end and a central portion disposed between the fixed and the free end. The free end of the tongue is spaced from the wall and the bottom plate, and the central portion of the tongue is disposed to extend at least partially straight along a width direction. Furthermore, a sound absorber assembly can include at least two sound absorbers, and an engine, in particular, for an aircraft, comprising such a sound absorber and/or such a sound absorber assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Reinhard Pongratz, Christoph Richter, Max Kern, Daniel Redmann