Patents by Inventor Robert A. Katz

Robert A. Katz 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: 11919452
    Abstract: A soundboard panel assembly for a vehicle, including a mounting structure, a soundboard panel connected to the mounting structure, and an inertial-type acoustic transducer connected to the soundboard panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Katz
  • Patent number: 11367734
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to charge trap memory devices and methods of manufacture and operation. The semiconductor memory includes: a charge trap transistor comprising a gate structure, a source region and a drain region; and a self-heating circuit which selectively applies an alternating bias direction between the source region and the drain region of the charge trap transistor to provide an erase operation or a programming operation of the charge trap transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: Faraz Khan, Dan Moy, Norman W. Robson, Robert Katz, Darren L. Anand, Toshiaki Kirihata
  • Publication number: 20220097620
    Abstract: A soundboard panel assembly for a vehicle, including a mounting structure, a soundboard panel connected to the mounting structure, and an inertial-type acoustic transducer connected to the soundboard panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Katz
  • Publication number: 20220025652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ceiling panel support assembly, including at least one support structure configured to provide at least one panel receiving region adjacent thereto, and at least one support hub structure to be centrally positioned in the at least one panel receiving region. The at least one support structure and the at least one support hub structure may be configured to support a plurality of panels therebetween, with at least a subset of the plurality of panels oriented in side-by-side relation along a circumferential region of the at least one support hub structure and extending outwardly therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jean GAGNÉ, Andrew MILES, Howard YAPHE, Robert Katz, Sylvain Duchesne
  • Publication number: 20210242230
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to charge trap memory devices and methods of manufacture and operation. The semiconductor memory includes: a charge trap transistor comprising a gate structure, a source region and a drain region; and a self-heating circuit which selectively applies an alternating bias direction between the source region and the drain region of the charge trap transistor to provide an erase operation or a programming operation of the charge trap transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Faraz KHAN, Dan MOY, Norman W. ROBSON, Robert KATZ, Darren L. ANAND, Toshiaki KIRIHATA
  • Patent number: 10896457
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed related to presenting an interactive audiovisual presentation that provides a user with information regarding individual items matching a user's search request or other request that results in a set of items. The audiovisual content may be generated to include a summary of a subset of item attributes associated with the individual items, and may include both an audio summary and visual content that are presented in synchronization with each other based on markup information in a presentation file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Arnett, Alexey Budnik, Philip Douglas Bozak, Jackie Davis Goldberg, Bennett Wilson Hornbostel, Robert Katz, Andrew Samuel Li, Vander McClain, Chee Kiat Ng, Allana Pritchard, Amy Jane Scrivanich, Xiaobin Zhang, Chris David Ziemba
  • Publication number: 20190180343
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed related to presenting an interactive audiovisual presentation that provides a user with information regarding individual items matching a user's search request or other request that results in a set of items. The audiovisual content may be generated to include a summary of a subset of item attributes associated with the individual items, and may include both an audio summary and visual content that are presented in synchronization with each other based on markup information in a presentation file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Jon Arnett, Alexey Budnik, Philip Douglas Bozak, Jackie Davis Goldberg, Bennett Wilson Hornbostel, Robert Katz, Andrew Samuel Li, Vander McClain, Chee Kiat Ng, Allana Pritchard, Amy Jane Scrivanich, Xiaobin Zhang, Chris David Ziemba
  • Patent number: 10226133
    Abstract: An audio bed board having an inertial type acoustics transducer is disclosed. The novel bed board structure is capable of emitting sound without any exposed audio speakers or speaker openings allowing sound to escape. The bed board typically acts as an audio emitter. In a preferred embodiment, the bed board is generally hollow thereby allowing the installation of the acoustic elements within the bed board. Additionally, an audio amplifier contained therein may be coupled to the headboard, other bed structures or surrounding structures. The bed board generally has a surface adjacent one of head end and foot end having no normally apparent openings so as to facilitate cleaning of the bed board. Furthermore, the emitted sound signal may utilize multiple audio sources for reproduction by the bed board sound system including but not limited to digital, analog, optical and emergency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Katz
  • Publication number: 20190075381
    Abstract: A ceiling speaker assembly having a substantially planar sound board, an inertial type acoustic transducer fixed secured to the sound board, and, means for suspending the sound board from a structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Katz
  • Patent number: 9346684
    Abstract: This invention is directed to decreasing the CO2 concentration. The invention makes use of fluids and apparatuses for diminishing CO2 concentrations of fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Berkowitz, Ishai Dror, Robert Katz
  • Publication number: 20150128343
    Abstract: An audio bed board having an inertial type acoustics transducer is disclosed. The novel bed board structure is capable of emitting sound without any exposed audio speakers or speaker openings allowing sound to escape. The bed board typically acts as an audio emitter. In a preferred embodiment, the bed board is generally hollow thereby allowing the installation of the acoustic elements within the bed board. Additionally, an audio amplifier contained therein may be coupled to the headboard, other bed structures or surrounding structures. The bed board generally has a surface adjacent one of head end and foot end having no normally apparent openings so as to facilitate cleaning of the bed board. Furthermore, the emitted sound signal may utilize multiple audio sources for reproduction by the bed board sound system including but not limited to digital, analog, optical and emergency signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Robert KATZ
  • Publication number: 20140307914
    Abstract: A luminaire used as a soundboard capable of transmitting desired acoustical signals into an environment using an audio transducer, and an acoustical transmission structure as needed, and an audio content delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Katz, Stephen Saint-Vincent
  • Publication number: 20140261018
    Abstract: A food processing device that manually operates for rotating a drive mechanism where a spring is used to create potential energy when the spring is pulled by a handle and to impart rotation to the drive mechanism when the handle is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Katz Design Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Katz, Sylvain Duchesne
  • Patent number: 8724844
    Abstract: The inertial transducer comprises a foot, a modular key, at least one suspension means having at least three contact points, and heat dissipation means comprising multiple heat transfer points. The foot alternatively includes an opening or a cap. The cap may be frangible. Preferably, the foot includes a cylindrical wall that extends within the inertial transducer and the foot's lower surface is coplaner with the lower surface of a housing of the transducer, thereby reducing stack height. The cylindrical wall may or may not be threaded and may accept a shaft from a receiving apparatus used to associate the transducer with a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Katz, Timothy Gladwin
  • Patent number: 8620003
    Abstract: The invention converts non audio systems into distributed audio sources for active noise control solutions. The system transforms non acoustic structures into soundboards using inertial type acoustic transducers. Acoustic parameters unique for each application due to the variation in properties of the sound board are compensated by equalizers. The invention also uses damping means to limit the reflection of bending waves from the edges. The inertial type acoustic transducer is driven by an amplifier. The acoustic signal to the amplifier is modified by a signal conditioner to compensate for the non optimal response of the acoustic system. An external controller communicates with the amplifier to control its operating parameters. A series of distributed audio sources in a variety of positions may each be addressable as a node on a network wherein noise detected at that source is analyzed and the system generates sound at that source to mask the noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventors: Stephen Saint Vincent, Robert Katz
  • Publication number: 20130083958
    Abstract: The inertial transducer comprises a foot, a modular key, at least one suspension means having at least three contact points, and heat dissipation means comprising multiple heat transfer points. The foot alternatively includes an opening or a cap. The cap may be frangible. Preferably, the foot includes a cylindrical wall that extends within the inertial transducer and the foot's lower surface is coplaner with the lower surface of a housing of the transducer, thereby reducing stack height. The cylindrical wall may or may not be threaded and may accept a shaft from a receiving apparatus used to associate the transducer with a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Katz, Timothy Gladwin
  • Patent number: 8358801
    Abstract: The invention is a novel circuit wherein maximum shove is achieved yet the transducer's height profile is minimized. The profile is minimized by using mated beveled surfaces on an annular magnet and the top plate which prevents the top plate from reaching saturation and reduces the reluctance f the magnetic flux path. A novel anti-fringe geometry to reduce flux leakage and net saturation in the center post improves the magnetic reluctance of the circuit. An external housing assembly is provided with integral suspension elements for radial stiffness and axial compliance and for aligning the circuit within the housing to prevent cocking and resulting distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Inventors: Stephen Saint Vincent, Robert Katz
  • Patent number: D921905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CARRE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Marc Castanet, Sylvain Duchesne, Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, Robert Katz, Jean-Francois Roy
  • Patent number: D941522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: CARRE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Marc Castanet, Sylvain Duchesne, Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, Robert Katz, Jean-Francois Roy
  • Patent number: D967651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LiO First Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Teliszczuk, Marc Tanguay, Robert Katz