Patents by Inventor Roudolf Starobinski

Roudolf Starobinski 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: 7377359
    Abstract: In a device for noise configuration in a motor vehicle which has an internal combustion engine with at least two gas conduits connected to different cylinders of the engine, the gas conduits are interconnected by means of a cross-flow section formed by a housing which encloses the gas conduits and which has at least two chambers in each of which one of the gas conduits is disposed, each of the gas conduits being in communication with the respective chamber by which it is enclosed by means of a respective cross-flow opening and the two chambers being in communication with one another by means of at least one cross-flow opening which is remote from the cross-flow openings of the gas conduits so as to provide for a phase shift of the sound waves of the gas flowing through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Sascha Rossa, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Patent number: 7188703
    Abstract: In a device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle, including a housing having an inlet space, which is in communication via an inlet line with a gas-carrying part of an internal combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle, and an outlet space, which is acoustically coupled by means of an outlet line to an interior space of the vehicle or the space surrounding the vehicle, the inlet space is separated from the outlet space at least by an acoustically substantially inactive wall. Arranged inside the housing is a sound transmission device, which has vibratable elements, one arranged in the inlet space and onother arranged in the outlet space and connected to each other by a curved connecting element, which is mounted on the acoustically inactive wall, for the transmission of sounds introduced through the inlet line into the inlet space to the outlet space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Publication number: 20070029133
    Abstract: In a device for noise configuration in a motor vehicle which has an internal combustion engine with at least two gas conduits connected to different cylinders of the engine, the gas conduits are interconnected by means of a cross-flow section formed by a housing which encloses the gas conduits and which has at least two chambers in each of which one of the gas conduits is disposed, each of the gas conduits being in communication with the respective chamber by which it is enclosed by means of a respective cross-flow opening and the two chambers being in communication with one another by means of at least one cross-flow opening which is remote from the cross-flow openings of the gas conduits so as to provide for a phase shift of the sound waves of the gas flowing through the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Sascha Rossa, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Patent number: 6932189
    Abstract: A device for noise structuring in a motor vehicle has a plurality of gas-carrying lines connected to an internal combustion engine. At least two of the gas-carrying lines are acoustically linked together by at least one connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Ag
    Inventors: Rolf Helber, Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Publication number: 20050133300
    Abstract: In a device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle with a housing, which is divided by at least one sound transmission device into at least two spaces, of which one space is in connection via an inlet line with a gas-carrying part of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle and the other space is acoustically coupled, by means of an outlet line, to an interior space of the vehicle and/or to the space surrounding the vehicle. The outlet line has at least one branch area, from which at least two branch lines extend to different locations in the interior space of the vehicle and/or the space surrounding the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Publication number: 20050121255
    Abstract: In a device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle, comprising a housing which is divided by a sound transmission device into at least two spaces, of which one space is in communication with a gas-carrying part of an internal combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle and the other space is acoustically coupled to an interior space of the motor vehicle via an outlet line, the outlet line is connected via a hollow rigid deflecting element to an interior space lining element, the rigid deflecting element being capable of transmitting forces applied thereto by the sound radiation to the interior space lining element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Publication number: 20050121256
    Abstract: In a device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle, including a housing having an inlet space, which is in communication via an inlet line with a gas-carrying part of an internal combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle, and an outlet space, which is acoustically coupled by means of an outlet line to an interior space of the vehicle or the space surrounding the vehicle, the inlet space is separated from the outlet space at least by an acoustically substantially inactive wall. Arranged inside the housing is a sound transmission device, which has vibratable elements, one arranged in the inlet space and onother arranged in the outlet space and connected to each other by a curved connecting element, which is mounted on the acoustically inactive wall, for the transmission of sounds introduced through the inlet line into the inlet space to the outlet space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Publication number: 20050121254
    Abstract: In a device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle including a hollow body which is divided by at least one sound transmission device into at least two spaces, of which one space is in connection, via an inlet line, with a gas-carrying line of an internal combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle and the other space is acoustically coupled by means of an outlet line to at least one of an interior space of the vehicle or to the space surrounding the vehicle, a valve device is arranged in the inlet line and/or in the outlet line, which is capable of reducing the cross-section of the respective line c\depending on a control variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Patent number: 6644436
    Abstract: A device for noise configuration in a motor vehicle has a hollow body which is divided into at least two spaces. One space is connected to a gas-carrying part of an internal combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle, and the other space is coupled acoustically to an interior and/or to an engine space of the motor vehicle and/or to the space surrounding the motor vehicle. The hollow body is divided into the two spaces by an essentially acoustically inactive wall. A vibrational element, which extends into both spaces, is arranged within the hollow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski, Hans Striebel
  • Publication number: 20030057015
    Abstract: A device for noise structuring in a motor vehicle has a plurality of gas-carrying lines connected to an internal combustion engine. At least two of the gas-carrying lines are acoustically linked together by at least one connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Rolf Helber, Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski
  • Publication number: 20020157897
    Abstract: A device for noise configuration in a motor vehicle has a hollow body which is divided into at least two spaces. One space is connected to a gas-carrying part of an internal combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle, and the other space is coupled acoustically to an interior and/or to an engine space of the motor vehicle and/or to the space surrounding the motor vehicle. The hollow body is divided into the two spaces by an essentially acoustically inactive wall. A vibrational element, which extends into both spaces, is arranged within the hollow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Marcus Hofmann, Roudolf Starobinski, Hans Striebel