Patents by Inventor Steven Patrick Riemersma

Steven Patrick Riemersma 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: 11044551
    Abstract: An acoustic assembly may include acoustic emitting devices attached to an enclosure. The acoustic assembly may further include an acoustic horn for influencing sound emitted by one or more of the acoustic emitting devices. For example, the acoustic horn may influence a beamwidth of sound emitted by one of the acoustic emitting devices. As a further example, the acoustic horn may influence a first beamwidth of a first acoustic emitting device and a second beamwidth of a second acoustic emitting device in a crossover region between the first acoustic emitting device and the second acoustic emitting device. The acoustic horn may include a waveguide attached to at least one integrator. The at least one integrator may include at least one plug and at least one lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Mark Thomas Delay
  • Patent number: 10575089
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for a waveguide for a loudspeaker, the waveguide including a first and second outer shell coupled to one another, and a first and second inner shell coupled to one another and positioned within an air gap between the first and second outer shells, a plurality of sound paths being formed between an exterior surface of the first inner shell and an interior surface of the first outer shell and between an exterior surface of the second inner shell and an interior surface of the second outer shell, each of the plurality of sound paths having an equal path length in a plurality of planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Mark Thomas DeLay
  • Publication number: 20190349672
    Abstract: An acoustic assembly may include acoustic emitting devices attached to an enclosure. The acoustic assembly may further include an acoustic horn for influencing sound emitted by one or more of the acoustic emitting devices. For example, the acoustic horn may influence a beamwidth of sound emitted by one of the acoustic emitting devices. As a further example, the acoustic horn may influence a first beamwidth of a first acoustic emitting device and a second beamwidth of a second acoustic emitting device in a crossover region between the first acoustic emitting device and the second acoustic emitting device. The acoustic horn may include a waveguide attached to at least one integrator. The at least one integrator may include at least one plug and at least one lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jacques SPILLMANN, Steven Patrick RIEMERSMA, Mark Thomas DELAY
  • Publication number: 20190327553
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for a waveguide for a loudspeaker, the waveguide including a first and second outer shell coupled to one another, and a first and second inner shell coupled to one another and positioned within an air gap between the first and second outer shells, a plurality of sound paths being formed between an exterior surface of the first inner shell and an interior surface of the first outer shell and between an exterior surface of the second inner shell and an interior surface of the second outer shell, each of the plurality of sound paths having an equal path length in a plurality of planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Mark Thomas DeLay
  • Patent number: 10382860
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for a waveguide for a loudspeaker, the waveguide including a first and second outer shell coupled to one another, and a first and second inner shell coupled to one another and positioned within an air gap between the first and second outer shells, a plurality of sound paths being formed between an exterior surface of the first inner shell and an interior surface of the first outer shell and between an exterior surface of the second inner shell and an interior surface of the second outer shell, each of the plurality of sound paths having an equal path length in a plurality of planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Mark Thomas DeLay
  • Publication number: 20180063636
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for a waveguide for a loudspeaker, the waveguide including a first and second outer shell coupled to one another, and a first and second inner shell coupled to one another and positioned within an air gap between the first and second outer shells, a plurality of sound paths being formed between an exterior surface of the first inner shell and an interior surface of the first outer shell and between an exterior surface of the second inner shell and an interior surface of the second outer shell, each of the plurality of sound paths having an equal path length in a plurality of planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma
  • Patent number: 9571923
    Abstract: A high frequency waveguide and methods relating to the design and use of the waveguide are described. The waveguide can include an acoustic input to receive an audio input signal from a high frequency driver, an acoustic output to broadcast sound, and a plurality of acoustic paths extending from the input to the output. A first path of acoustic paths is divided into two paths when a width of the first path is greater than ½ wavelength of a highest frequency at the input. In an example, each of the plurality of acoustic paths carries across all frequencies from the high frequency driver. In an example, the paths each have a first port receiving audio and a second port outputting audio, and the paths enlarge from the first port to the second port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma
  • Publication number: 20160212523
    Abstract: A high frequency waveguide and methods relating to the design and use of the waveguide are described. The waveguide can include an acoustic input to receive an audio input signal from a high frequency driver, an acoustic output to broadcast sound, and a plurality of acoustic paths extending from the input to the output. A first path of acoustic paths is divided into two paths when a width of the first path is greater than ½ wavelength of a highest frequency at the input. In an example, each of the plurality of acoustic paths carries across all frequencies from the high frequency driver. In an example, the paths each have a first port receiving audio and a second port outputting audio, and the paths enlarge from the first port to the second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jacques SPILLMANN, Steven Patrick RIEMERSMA
  • Patent number: D695269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Paul Carpenter, Aaron James Chisena, Steven Patrick Riemersma, Joseph Edward Cameron, Nicholas John Sulzer, James Dangora, Clifford Krapfl
  • Patent number: D704680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steven Patrick Riemersma, Michael Paul Carpenter, Nicholas John Sulzer, Joseph Edward Cameron
  • Patent number: D823830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jacques Spillmann, Steven Patrick Riemersma