Patents by Inventor Reinhard Stief

Reinhard Stief 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).

  • Patent number: 5624518
    Abstract: A housing lining for a piston engine, drive motor, or machine composed of a sound-absorbent layer of fibers. The fibers are compressed and glued to form an essentially pore-free supporting frame at least in the vicinity of the edge of the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Roger Schork, Gerhard Muller-Broll, Thomas Jost, Manfred Mattutat, Klaus-Dieter Schmitt
  • Patent number: 5589242
    Abstract: A housing lining for a piston engine, drive motor, or machine composed of a sound-absorbent layer of fibers. The fibers are compressed and glued to form an essentially pore-free supporting frame at least in the vicinity of the edge of the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Roger Schork, Gerhard Muller-Broll, Thomas Jost, Manfred Mattutat, Klaus-Dieter Schmitt
  • Patent number: 5587564
    Abstract: A noise damper comprising a molded part of polymer material having at least two chambers which are designed as resonators with resonant frequencies that differ from one another. The molded part consists of a closed-cell material. The resonators are formed of essentially cup-shaped protrusions that open toward the sound source, the molded part on the side facing the sound source being covered by an orifice plate comprising at least two openings leading into each chamber. The molded part and the orifice plate are detachably joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Gerhard Muller-Broll
  • Patent number: 5572842
    Abstract: A hollow floor composed of a profiled false floor (1) which is arranged between a top floor (2) and a sub floor (3) and is designed to be plate-shaped, the false floor (1) having cup-shaped depressions (4) that are joined together by essentially flat edge areas (5). The depressions (4) are filled in with a sound-deadening filler material (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Manfred Wagner, Hans Heckmann
  • Patent number: 5521341
    Abstract: An airborne-sound-absorbing shaped component is disclosed. The element comprises at least two chambers that are arranged adjacent to one another in the direction of the vibrations that are to be introduced into the system. These chambers help delimit a shared cavity that is hermetically sealed with respect to the environment which also operates as a pneumatic spring. Each of the chambers is delimited by a delimiting wall made of a polymer material, the delimiting walls being configured integrally and continuously with one another and joined to one another in a transition region, in a manner allowing relative movement by at least one spring element that is resilient in the direction of the introduced vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Manfred Mattutat
  • Patent number: 5495078
    Abstract: Free-standing sound absorber consisting of an open-cell foam body designed in the manner of a board, having at least one opening in a lateral face for plugging together another, similarly designed foam body. The opening has a height corresponding approximately to half the height of the foam body. The depth of the opening corresponds to the thickness of the foam body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Gerhard Mueller-Broll
  • Patent number: 5473125
    Abstract: A panel element for insulating acoustically undesirable vibrations is disclosed. The panel element comprises a closed-cell foam element for closing off a hollow body provided with an opening on at least one side. The foam element possesses a mounting structure by which it can be fastened to the hollow body. The foam element is configured to the shape of the opening, and has on its perimeter a mounting structure. The mounting structure consists of a self-contained peripheral groove open in the direction of the boundary. The groove and the boundary can be brought into engagement with one another in a sealing and positive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Christoph Muller, Roger Schork, Gerhard Muller-Broll, Thomas Jost, Klaus Bickel, Jurgen Carocci
  • Patent number: 5462331
    Abstract: A wheel lining with a structure made of a polymer, mounted at a distance from wheel, self-supporting, and impermeable to air. The lining is double-walled and incorporates at least two chambers. The walls of the chambers the facing the wheel are provided with at least one opening each to form Helmholtz resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Gerhard Muller-Broll, Thomas Jost, Manfred Mattutat, Klaus-Dieter Schmitt
  • Patent number: 5410111
    Abstract: A housing lining is disclosed with a self-supporting and airborne sound-absorbing layer of fibers. The fibers are compressed and glued together at least in the region of the edge surrounding the layer on the outside, to form an essentially pore-free supporting frame. The supporting frame may be provided with a cup-shaped bulge which comprises sound absorption surfaces which have a sound impedance of 20 to 200 Rayl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhard Stief, Gerhard Muller-Broll, Thomas Jost, Manfred Mattutat, Klaus-Dieter Schmitt
  • Patent number: 4420526
    Abstract: A panel for sound insulation of vehicles or other devices is described which is constructed of a fabric of autogenously and chemically bonded, matted polyester fibers having fine surface pores. The fabric is shaped by compression so that it has a thickness of 1 to 3 mm. and exhibits an acoustical impedance of about 30 to about 100 Rayl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Hermann Schilling, Reinhard Stief