Patents by Inventor Stephen Hettwer

Stephen Hettwer 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: 11692345
    Abstract: A modular dynamic acoustic system for use in connection with an indoor environment includes a movable panel array, a support structure, and a plurality of suspension members. The movable panel array includes a plurality of panel members, each of which including a body defining at least one edge, at least one hinge positioned along the at least one edge, and at least one mounting structure. The panel members are operably coupled with at least one adjacent panel member via the at least one hinge. Each of the plurality of suspension members is operably coupled with the support structure and the at least one mounting structure of one of the plurality of panel members to secure the movable panel array to the support structure. Each of the suspension members is movable to modify a configuration of the movable panel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: Oksana Gritcai, Stephen Hettwer
  • Publication number: 20230093579
    Abstract: A baffle assembly for installation on a finished ceiling or wall membrane comprising an elongated base and an elongated panel mountable on the base, the base having fastening areas spaced along its length for receiving fasteners therethrough and anchored on the membrane, the panel having front and rear edges bounding a width of the panel, the panel having a hollow space at the rear edge extending along substantially the full length of the panel, the hollow space being constructed and arranged to receive the base and the base being constructed and arranged upon reception in the hollow to laterally stabilize the panel, the base and panel having interengaged parts concealed in the hollow that maintain the panel on the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Stephen Hettwer
  • Publication number: 20220275638
    Abstract: A space divider made from a single board having a fibrous composition, the board being severed to define a plurality of elongated panels separated along lines at edges of the panels and being machined to form hinge structure along said lines, the hinge structure being formed by machining to remove stock from the board while leaving living hinge elements of said fibrous composition at said hinge structure, the hinge structure being constructed and arranged to enable associated panels to be folded against one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Hettwer, Mark Joseph
  • Patent number: 11377845
    Abstract: A circular multi-panel acoustic baffle assembly for suspending above an occupied space, the assembly including a plurality of baffle panel units each radiating away from a common center and generally lying in a vertical plane, upper edges of the baffle panel units lying in a common imaginary surface of revolution about the center, the baffle panel units being joined by common inner and outer arcuate ribs concentric with the center, radially inner ends and radially outer ends of the baffle panel units lying on imaginary circles concentric with the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: Rana Ahmadi, Stephen Hettwer
  • Publication number: 20210404179
    Abstract: A modular dynamic acoustic system for use in connection with an indoor environment includes a movable panel array, a support structure, and a plurality of suspension members. The movable panel array includes a plurality of panel members, each of which including a body defining at least one edge, at least one hinge positioned along the at least one edge, and at least one mounting structure. The panel members are operably coupled with at least one adjacent panel member via the at least one hinge. Each of the plurality of suspension members is operably coupled with the support structure and the at least one mounting structure of one of the plurality of panel members to secure the movable panel array to the support structure. Each of the suspension members is movable to modify a configuration of the movable panel array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Oksana Gritcai, Stephen Hettwer
  • Publication number: 20210324624
    Abstract: A circular multi-panel acoustic baffle assembly for suspending above an occupied space, the assembly including a plurality of baffle panel units each radiating away from a common center and generally lying in a vertical plane, upper edges of the baffle panel units lying in a common imaginary surface of revolution about the center, the baffle panel units being joined by common inner and outer arcuate ribs concentric with the center, radially inner ends and radially outer ends of the baffle panel units lying on imaginary circles concentric with the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Rana Ahmadi, Stephen Hettwer
  • Patent number: 10359163
    Abstract: An acoustical and illumination baffle for suspension in a ceiling area comprising a housing and a light strip in the housing, the housing being an elongated sheet metal hollow body with opposed sidewalls and a bottom wall, at least a portion of the sidewalls and/or the bottom wall having perforations, a visible light emitting strip within the housing and extending along a major part of the length of the housing and extending a major part of a length of the housing, the light emitting strip being arranged to radiate visible light through an open area in a wall of the housing thereby illuminate an area below the housing, the perforations serving to reduce noise existing in the area below the baffle and to allow cooling air circulation through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hettwer, Rana Ahmadi, James Langan
  • Patent number: D1013212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: Cory Peterson, Stephen Hettwer