Patents by Inventor Michael Nacey

Michael Nacey 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).

  • Process and apparatus for speech privacy improvement through incoherent masking noise sound generation in open-plan office spaces and the like
    Patent number: 4059726
    Abstract: The invention involves the use of a plurality of incoherent noise generators distributed, in one embodiment, along ceilings in open-plan and partitioned office spaces and the like, to diffuse masking sound energy through acoustical tile and other false ceiling structures while tailoring the same for speech privacy results, by providing a uniform, delocalized and incoherent masking sound space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill G. Watters, Michael Nacey, Thomas R. Horrall