Electical Type Devices (e.g., Transformers, Motors, Etc.) Patents (Class 181/202)
  • Patent number: 11480174
    Abstract: A compressor unit (10) of a refrigerating machine (100) for domestic or commercial use has a rotary compressor (11) which has a BLDC or BLAC motor (13), connected to a compression element (12) for actuating it, and a control device (16) connected to the motor (13), for driving it at a variable speed. The compressor (11) further has a a housing (17) which encloses the motor (13) and the compression element (16) and which has a side wall (20) inside of which the stator (14) of the motor (13) is fixed. The compressor unit (10) also comprises an operating shell (21) covering the housing (17) and in thermal communication with the side wall (20). The operating shell (21) dissipates heat transmitted to it by the housing (17) and contrasts or absorbs or dissipate sound waves having a frequency of between 4 kHz and 16 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CAREL INDUSTRIES S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Nalini
  • Patent number: 11473788
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus enabling a soundproof material to correctly cover a compressor and having enhanced assembling efficiency and a method for assembling the outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus are provided. The outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes the compressor installed inside a casing and the soundproof material covering at least the compressor. The soundproof material includes a lower soundproof material surrounding a lateral periphery of a lower portion of the compressor and an upper soundproof material surrounding a lateral periphery of an upper portion of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yo Kitabatake, Shigeru Hata, Keiichi Tomita, Yohei Kawaguchi, Rei Hayakawa, Kento Oku
  • Patent number: 11441515
    Abstract: A sound absorber for an engine of an aircraft, the sound absorber comprising: a base body having a bottom plate, a wall enclosing the bottom plate and an opening enabling entry of air into the base body; and a porous tongue having a fixed end connected to the wall and a free end; wherein the tongue is porous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Paul B. Murray
  • Patent number: 11231024
    Abstract: A compressor is disclosed. The compressor includes an upper shell and a lower shell forming an appearance of the compressor. The compressor also includes a coupling portion provided between the upper shell and the lower shell and configured to protrude from a side surface of the upper shell or the lower shell to outside the upper shell or the lower shell. The coupling portion includes at least one coupling protrusion configured to protrude from a side surface of a flange portion to the outside, to increase a rigidity of the flange portion and the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Cho, Jin Sol Je, Ji Hoon Han
  • Patent number: 10982879
    Abstract: A sound enclosure of a compressor to attenuate an operational sound level of the compressor is disclosed. The sound enclosure may be configured to generally enclose the compressor and attenuate radiantly emitted sound by the compressor. The sound enclosure may be configured to include a plurality of assembly sections, particularly two side sections and one bottom section, where the two side sections can be joined together like two halves of a clam shell and joined to the bottom section to facilitate easy assembly. The sound enclosure may form openings at longitudinal ends of the sound enclosure to accommodate refrigerant lines. The assembly sections of the sound enclosure may include one or more openings to accommodate a compressor junction box, wire bundles, oil lines, mounting mechanisms, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Pavak Anilbhai Mehta, John Scott Hausmann
  • Patent number: 10890481
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to an ultrasonic microphone and an ultrasonic acoustic radio. In one aspect a system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver comprises a membrane. The membrane comprises a single layer or multiple layers of a two-dimensional material. The receiver is operable to receive sound waves in a frequency range, with the frequency range being the ultrasonic frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Qin Zhou, Alexander K. Zettl
  • Patent number: 10830491
    Abstract: A noise suppression system for an air conditioning compressor includes an AC line, an AC line fitting and a muffler. At least a portion of the muffler is integrally formed with the AC line fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Trenton Scott Meehan
  • Patent number: 10578089
    Abstract: An air compressor noise dampener. The dampener includes a housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet. At least one baffle is secured within the housing in between the inlet and the outlet. The baffle includes an opening offset from the outlet so that sound waves traveling into the outlet hits a portion of the baffle prior to traveling through the opening. The present invention further includes a tube fluidly connecting the outlet with an intake of the air compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton-Max, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Scott Cain
  • Patent number: 10527517
    Abstract: In some examples herein relate to a system for testing an axial fan, the system comprising a V-shaped seat to allocate the axial fan, the V-shaped seat comprises a first surface established on a top side of the V-shaped set, a second surface established on the top side of the V-shaped set. An intersection between the first surface and the second surface forms a V-shaped surface of 90 degrees to allocate the axial fan on the V-shaped seat and the V-shaped surface has sticky and resilient properties to fix the axial fan on the V-shaped surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventor: Punan Tang
  • Patent number: 10418014
    Abstract: A sound reducing shroud for use with an appliance or other machine is provided. The shroud comprises a body made from foam. The body has a sidewall having a discontinuous circumference, a first vertical end and an opposing second vertical end. The body can be resiliently flexible so that the body is re-configurable between an open position in which the first vertical end and the second vertical end are spread apart to accommodate installation of the shroud around the machine, and a closed position in which the first vertical end and the second vertical end mate to form a seam. Alternatively, the body can comprise a first half shell and a second half shell that fit together to make a shroud around the machine. The first half shell and the second half shell can be designed to snap fit together, or can be held together using fasteners or strapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lowry, Kirk Valko
  • Patent number: 10204613
    Abstract: A device includes a sound source, an electric board, an exterior member, an electric board container box, and a sound absorber. The sound source generates a sound at a time of operation. The electric board has a circuit mounting an electrical component. The exterior member surrounds the sound source and the electric board. The electric board container box houses the electric board. The sound absorber is at least partially disposed inside a virtual space corresponding to a thickness of the electric board container box in an interior space of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda, Toshiyuki Uchida, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshihiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 10018417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand dryer for drying a user's hands by means of an airflow discharged through an air outlet on the hand dryer. The airflow is generated by a motor-driven fan unit, the airflow exiting the fan unit through a fan outlet on the fan unit. The fan unit is mounted to a fixed part of the hand dryer by means of an inflatable mount secured to the fixed part. The mount incorporates at least one inflatable duct connecting the fan outlet to the air outlet, which inflatable duct is, in use, inflated by the airflow passing from the fan outlet to the air outlet to provide pneumatic support for the fan unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Tim Turrini-Rochford, Stuart James Steele, Stephen Benjamin Courtney
  • Patent number: 10001302
    Abstract: A phase change compressor cover may include a first layer configured to provide sound attenuation from undesirable noise produced as a result of operating a compressor and/or thermal isolation of the compressor and a second layer comprising a cavity filled with a phase change material that is configured to absorb heat discharged as a result of operating the compressor and subsequently discharge the absorbed heat onto the compressor in response to discontinuing operation of the compressor to keep the compressor warm and prevent refrigerant migration to the compressor. The phase change compressor cover may be used to substantially envelope the compressor in a heat pump heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Stewart Hancock
  • Patent number: 9931686
    Abstract: A box-shaped protective cover that covers an upper structural portion of a body of a vibrating compactor is manufactured by executing a cutting process for fashioning a single metal plate into a shape including a first planar portion, a second planar portion, an intermediate portion, and a plurality of side flaps, a bending process for bending or curving the side flaps and the intermediate portion, and a welding process for welding a side flap of the first planar portion to a side flap of the second planar portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MIKASA SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisaharu Sunaga, Hideki Mochiki, Kenichi Nagasawa, Kenichi Muramoto, Yoshinori Miura, Yoshio Iguchi
  • Patent number: 9904229
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming section, an ejected recording medium container, and a sound absorber. The image forming section forms an image on a recording medium and ejects the recording medium from an ejection port. The ejected recording medium container includes an opening at at least one side of the apparatus body and a space facing the ejection port to contain the recording medium ejected from the ejection port. The sound absorber is disposed on the ejected recording medium container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuda, Masahiro Ishida, Yoshihide Ohta
  • Patent number: 9824814
    Abstract: Acoustic panel for transformers comprising an acoustic insulation system and a fastening system, able to reduce the level of noise caused by operation of said transformers, having a reduced size and low weight, allowing easy installation and replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Prolec Ge Internacional, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Sergio Camilo Ruiz Escobedo, Eduardo Herrera Saucedo, Jaime Esparza López
  • Patent number: 9767783
    Abstract: A device includes a sound source, an electric board, an exterior member, an electric board container box, and a sound absorber. The sound source generates a sound at a time of operation. The electric board has a circuit mounting an electrical component. The exterior member surrounds the sound source and the electric board. The electric board container box houses the electric board. The sound absorber is at least partially disposed inside a virtual space corresponding to a thickness of the electric board container box in an interior space of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda, Toshiyuki Uchida, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshihiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 9680401
    Abstract: A control switch incorporates a solid state transducer, a strain gauge. The transducer responds to a local environmental condition, such as fluid level, or pressure and exhibits a parameter change which can be detected as an electrical output. Control circuits coupled to the transducer can sense the parameter change and switch a source of electrical energy to a load in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Metropolitan Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Kochan, Casey Barker
  • Patent number: 9656200
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fabric filter system, having a first fabric filtering device in the form of elongated tubular fabric bag; a first gas tank for providing compressed gas; a first pulsing gas duct fluidly connected between the first fabric filtering device and the first gas tank through a first pulsing valve for cleaning the first fabric filtering device. The fabric filter system further includes a second gas tank for providing compressed gas. The second gas tank is fluidly connected with the first gas tank through a control valve. The first pulsing valve is opened to introduce the compressed gas into the first filtering device for cleaning when the control valve remains open. The control valve is closed after a predetermined time. A method for cleaning the fabric filter system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Geneal Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Anders Erik Martin Hjelmberg, Per Robert Moestam
  • Patent number: 9625872
    Abstract: A cabinet structure includes multiple cover members configured to spatially partition an inside from an outside of a cabinet, and a clearance communicating between the inside and the outside of the cabinet is left between two cover members, the two cover members being adjacent to each other, of the cover members, and a passage defined by the clearance and leading from the inside to the outside of the cabinet through the clearance has a shape with multiple bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuda, Masahiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 9504182
    Abstract: An apparatus for enclosing a medium and/or high voltage unit connectable to an electric power system. The unit includes one or a plurality of electrical components and generates heat as a by-product during operation. The apparatus includes a housing including a main chamber housing a seat for holding the unit. The main chamber is arranged to house the unit. The housing includes at least one gas exit opening at an upper part of the housing and at least one gas entry opening. The housing includes a sound-absorptive gas exit chamber provided with the at least one gas exit opening. The housing includes a sound-absorptive gas entry chamber provided with the at least one gas entry opening. A first heat convection path is provided inside the housing between the at least one gas entry opening and the at least one gas exit opening, via the gas entry chamber, via the main chamber and via the gas exit chamber, in order to provide cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Carl-Olof Olsson, Petter Johansson
  • Patent number: 9458845
    Abstract: A compressor assembly having an air ducting shroud that can direct a cooling air stream from a fan to components of the compressor assembly, such as a pump assembly. The pump assembly can have at least a pump, a motor and a fan. The compressor can be cooled by providing cooling air to a cylinder head of the pump without the cooling air experiencing choking or substantial cooling flow interference from a cooling of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. White, Scott D. Craig, Christina Wilson
  • Patent number: 9402333
    Abstract: A ventilation denoising device that includes at least one ventilation module disposed with at least two air ducts inside, the air ducts are communicated end-to-end to form a circuitous air duct. The ventilation module is provided with a first ventilation opening communicated with one end of the air duct, and a second ventilation opening communicated with the other end of the air duct. Also disclosed is a ventilation denoising system equipped with the above mentioned ventilation denoising device. The ventilation denoising device can be installed outside equipments, such as a machine cabinet, as ventilation means thereof, and also reduce the noise generated during the equipment operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baosheng Li, Jun Zhao, Chengpeng Yang, Chuangguo Gu
  • Patent number: 9396875
    Abstract: A terminal bushing sealing element is adapted to be fitted between a terminal bushing and a barrier element. The sealing element is elastic, has an annular shape, and includes a wall with an inner surface and an outer surface. A first opening is provided at a first end of the sealing element and a second opening is provided at a second end of the sealing element, which is opposite to the first end and the wall extends between the first end and the second end. The wall includes a first wall portion that is inclined such that a diameter of the sealing element increases from the first end in the direction towards the second end. The sealing element provides for improved sound attenuation while maintaining a long creepage distance and may be used in sound attenuation casings that are included in power capacitor arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Roger Gustavsson, Petter Johansson
  • Patent number: 9360790
    Abstract: An optical scanning device that performs optical scanning across an object to be scanned with a light deflected, comprises: a deflection unit that causes a deflection mirror driven by a driving source to deflect the travel direction of light emitted from a light source and generates the light deflected; a resonator that includes a resonance space for reducing sound emitted from the deflection unit and a resonance passage communicating with the resonance space to direct sound from outside to inside the resonance space; a housing that accommodates the deflection unit and the resonator, and a partition wall that partitions a deflection unit accommodating space acting as a space for accommodating the deflection unit in the housing and a resonator accommodating space acting as a space for accommodating the resonator in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Johno, Yoshinobu Sakaue, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Narita
  • Patent number: 9303588
    Abstract: A sound absorber comprising a base body and a tongue (24). The base body has a bottom plate, a wall enclosing the bottom plate and an opening enabling the entry of air into the base body. The tongue has a fixed end, a free end and a central portion disposed between the fixed and the free end. The free end of the tongue is spaced from the wall and the bottom plate, and the central portion of the tongue is disposed to extend at least partially straight along a width direction. Furthermore, a sound absorber assembly can include at least two sound absorbers, and an engine, in particular, for an aircraft, comprising such a sound absorber and/or such a sound absorber assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Pongratz, Christoph Richter, Max Kern, Daniel Redmann
  • Patent number: 9267565
    Abstract: A vibrating member attachment structure includes: a sound insulation layer made of elastomer and including an accommodating portion that defines an accommodating space in which a vibrating member is accommodated, and a folded-back portion having a hem portion connecting to the accommodating portion, a contact portion placed so as to face the hem portion and contacting a mating member, a joint portion connecting the hem portion and the contact portion, and an insertion space defined by the hem portion, the contact portion, and the joint portion; a support member having higher rigidity than the sound insulation layer and including a sealing portion that seals an opening of the accommodating space, and an insertion portion that connects to the sealing portion and that is inserted in the insertion space; and an attachment member and including a shaft portion and a deformation suppressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Koji Tomiyama, Akio Yabu
  • Patent number: 9033099
    Abstract: A protective enclosure for an electronic device can include a waveguide to direct and enhance sound waves emanating from a speaker of an electronic device when installed in the protective enclosure. The waveguide can include a first end and a second end. The first end of the waveguide can be located proximate the speaker of the electronic device. The waveguide can increase in cross-sectional area between the first end and the second end. The second end of the waveguide can be located proximate a front surface of the protective enclosure and can direct sound waves toward a user of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Adam D. Center, Jonathan B. Rayeski, Nicholas J. Boyarski
  • Patent number: 9027701
    Abstract: A protective enclosure for an electronic device can include a waveguide to direct and enhance sound waves emanating from a speaker of an electronic device when installed in the protective enclosure. The waveguide can include a first end and a second end. The first end of the waveguide can be located proximate the speaker of the electronic device. The waveguide can increase in cross-sectional area between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Adam D. Center, Jonathan B. Rayeski, Nicholas J. Boyarski
  • Publication number: 20150069763
    Abstract: A load cover for a coupling between a rotor of a gas turbine engine and a generator is provided. The load cover includes a guard which is disposed about the rotor and a baffle disposed around the guard to form an annulus of circumferentially increasing area. The baffle includes a scoop element at an outlet of the annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Len Alan Wolf, Joseph Michael Harvey
  • Publication number: 20150060190
    Abstract: A device is disclosed to reduce noise and temperature during measurements in cryostats comprising, the device comprising any of, or a combination of, the following PC boards, each conditioning a different frequency range: a RC-PC board having a two-stage RC filter in series with a surface-mounted pi-filter; a RF-PC board having a plurality of surface-mounted pi-filters in series, each configured with different low-frequency cutoff frequencies; and a Sapphire-PC board having a sapphire substrate having high heat conductivity at low temperature with thin metal films routed in a meandering fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Ferdinand Kuemmeth, Charles M. Marcus
  • Publication number: 20150041676
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a noise-proof cover and a charged particle beam apparatus that realize both of suppression of an image failure caused by a specific frequency and a reduction in size. To attain the object, the present invention proposes a noise-proof cover that surrounds a charged particle beam apparatus, the noise-proof cover including a hollow section forming member that forms a cylindrical body having a wall surface extending along an inner wall of the noise-proof cover, one end of the cylindrical body formed by the hollow section forming member being opened and the other end of the cylindrical section being closed, and the charged particle beam apparatus surrounded by the noise-proof cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Muto, Hideki Kikuchi, Kota Ueda, Isao Nagaoki, Yasushi Takano
  • Publication number: 20150041245
    Abstract: A protective case for a portable electronic media device has been described. The case includes a rotatable member that transitions from a stowed position to an open position. In the open position the rotatable member is positioned in front of a speaker of the portable electronic media device such that it redirects sound waves emitted from the speaker towards the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Anthony N. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150034411
    Abstract: A portable electronic device packing case includes a packing body and a volume amplifying assembly received in the packing body. The volume amplifying assembly includes a volume amplifying body. The volume amplifying body includes a top wall formed on one end of the volume amplifying body, a side wall connected to the top wall, and a supporting member for supporting a portable electronic device positioned in the volume amplifying body. The top wall defines a plurality of sound holes therein, and the supporting member has a bottom surface defining a plurality of sound transmitting holes. The top wall, the side wall, and the supporting member cooperatively define a sound chamber for sound emitted by the electronic device to resonate therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHIU-CHU HUANG, PING-CHU TSAI
  • Publication number: 20140339012
    Abstract: A removable case for an electronic device may have an acoustic isolation mechanism between the removable case and an acoustic component on the electronic device. The acoustic isolation mechanism may be a compressible component that may provide an acoustic seal between an inner surface of the removable case and an exterior surface of the electronic device, and may include a waterproof acoustic membrane. The waterproof membrane prevents the entry of water while reacting to sound pressure changes to acoustically couple the electronic device with sounds outside the case. The acoustic isolation mechanism may be constructed of several different materials and several different manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis R. Richardson, John H. Loudenslager, Jamie L. Johnson, Jason M. Thompson, Jonathan D. Lucas, Jeffrey M. Borra
  • Patent number: 8844671
    Abstract: An apparatus for damping sound in the optical beam path of a microscope, having an acoustic insulation housing for encapsulating a sound-emitting component, preferably a rapidly moving or oscillating beam deflection means, in particular a resonantly oscillating mirror, the housing comprising at least one optical entrance/exit opening, is characterized in that the housing, preferably the opening of the housing, is embodied and/or configured in such a way that the sound otherwise emerging from the housing is largely extinguished by destructive interference without thereby influencing the optical beam. A microscope having a corresponding apparatus is furthermore claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Birk, Volker Seyfried, Dirk-Oliver Fehrer, Vishnu Varden Krishnamachari
  • Patent number: 8827032
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for attenuating sound generated by machinery is disclosed and is particularly relevant to noises and sounds emanating from domestic appliances such as dishwashers. The enclosure of the dishwasher is lined with a sound absorbing material which includes holes or openings therein to permit the extension of portions of the appliance's apparatus or equipment mounted within the enclosure to be positioned closer to the interior surface of the enclosure than to an interior surface of the absorbing material. Caps are formed of material having the same recipe as the absorbing material but having a different density and which are compressed, heated, and subsequently placed over said openings to completely enclose the machinery and equipment within the appliance enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Tod M. Kean
  • Publication number: 20140224573
    Abstract: A sound absorbing body includes parts of different densities including a plurality of non-dense parts of lower density and a plurality of dense parts of higher density. The non-dense parts and the dense parts are alternately laminated obliquely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi TSUJINO
  • Publication number: 20140228081
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a protective case for an electronic device including a first member and a second member operationally configured to house an electronic device therein; wherein the first member is operationally configured to direct sound waves to an inner surface of the second member; and wherein the second member is operationally configured to dictate travel of sound waves within the protective case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: DAVID CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140202787
    Abstract: A rigid removable case for a portable electronic device may have an acoustic isolation mechanism between the rigid removable case and an acoustic component on the electronic device. The acoustic isolation mechanism may be a compressible component that may provide an air seal between an interior surface of the removable case and an exterior surface of the electronic device. The acoustic isolation mechanism may be constructed of several different materials and several different manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis R. Richardson, John H. Loudenslager, Jamie L. Johnson, Jason M. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20140139996
    Abstract: A vibration-absorbing module comprises a case structure and an electronic device. The case structure comprises a bottom plate, two lateral walls and a plurality of vibration absorbing elements. The two lateral walls are disposed on and perpendicular to the bottom plate. The vibration absorbing elements are pivotally disposed on the two lateral walls respectively. The distance between opposing pairs of vibration absorbing elements disposed on the two opposite lateral walls is smaller than the distance between the two lateral walls. The electronic device is detachably disposed between the two lateral walls, and the vibration absorbing elements are in contact with two opposite sides of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: INVENTEC CORPORATION, INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Chien Wu, Hung-Jung Hsia
  • Patent number: 8689932
    Abstract: An on-base enclosure for equipment is disclosed. The on-base enclosure has walls attached to a base for equipment such that the walls are attached to the base at a distance away from the base. By providing the walls away from the base, more room is provided around the equipment within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Denis Dupont
  • Patent number: 8675357
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a transparent sash mounted integral to the perforated doors on racks which hold computer servers typically installed in data centers. The racks are arrayed in rows forming cold aisles and hot aisles. Cooled air introduced into the cold aisle flows through the racks and cools the servers, and subsequently is removed from the hot aisle. Embodiment sashes slide vertically and extend above the tops of the racks and form a sealing relationship with the data center ceiling and adjacent sashes, thereby preventing wasteful mixing and recirculation of cooled and heated air over the tops of the racks. Embodiments are raised and lowered manually or automatically. The controls for the movement of the sashes are tied to the building automation and fire alarm systems and the sashes are lowered automatically upon activation of the data center fire suppression system, thereby complying with code requirements and avoiding interference with the fire sprinkler and suppression systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ramzi Y. Namek, Gerard J. Gallagher, Thomas Rosato
  • Patent number: 8672089
    Abstract: A baffle arrangement for a genset enclosure is disclosed. The genset enclosure may include an opening in a side of the enclosure and a plurality of baffles internally supported in the enclosure between the opening and a radiator portion. The baffles may be positioned in a sound path to reflect a sound transmitted along the sound path. A method for reducing sound in a genset enclosure is also disclosed. The method may include arranging a plurality of baffles within the enclosure between an opening and a radiator portion, the baffles being positioned in a sound path to reflect a sound transmitted along the sound path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar (NI) Limited
    Inventors: Gary S. Kelly, Alan McKee
  • Patent number: 8657066
    Abstract: A noise dampening enclosure includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a carbon material layer disposed between the first and second insulating layers, a metal shield layer disposed between the first and second insulating layers, and a third insulating layer disposed between the carbon material layer and the metal shield layer. The carbon material layer can include resin-impregnated woven carbon fiber fabric. Strands of the carbon material can be orientated in various configurations, including layering the strands at different angles. Noise dampening bulkhead material provides additional shielding between circuit boards or other electronic components contained within the enclosure. In addition, a noise dampening boot can be placed over cable connections and assemblies to decrease the influences of unwanted electromagnetic noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Tangitek, LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Doneker, Kent G. R. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20140008143
    Abstract: An enclosing device, in particular for a magnetic resonance device, includes at least one first enclosing shell and at least one second enclosing shell. The enclosing device has a double-walled enclosing shell unit which comprises the first enclosing shell and the second enclosing shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Eberler
  • Patent number: 8596412
    Abstract: A tablet computer holder and sound deflecting assembly includes a panel that has a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a first end edge and a second end edge. A perimeter wall is attached to the top side and is coextensive with a perimeter edge of the panel. The perimeter wall extends around a receiving space for receiving a tablet computer. The perimeter wall has an interior surface, an exterior surface and an upper surface. The top side has a channel therein and the channel has a plurality of arms therein in fluid communication with each other and extending from a central area of the panel and towards the perimeter wall. The perimeter wall has a plurality of sound notches therein extending into the upper and interior surfaces. Each of the arms is in fluid communication with one of the sound notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Brett E. Jorgensen
  • Publication number: 20130264143
    Abstract: A rigid removable case for a portable electronic device may have an acoustic isolation mechanism between the rigid removable case and an acoustic component on the electronic device. The acoustic isolation mechanism may be a compressible component that may provide an air seal between an interior surface of the removable case and an exterior surface of the electronic device. The acoustic isolation mechanism may be constructed of several different materials and several different manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Curtis Richardson, John Loudenslager, Jamie Johnson, Jason Thompson
  • Patent number: 8270171
    Abstract: To increase air flow, an air intake/outtake (i.e., intake, outtake, or both) is positioned on a front surface of a housing, such as a rack-mounted computer network switch housing. The front surface includes jacks, controls, plugs, receptacles or other input/output for connection with the processor in the housing. The air intake/outtake is one or more openings on the front surface with the input/output components. In one embodiment, to avoid interference with the input/output components and increasing the height of the housing, the air intake/outtake is a slot extending most of or all of the distance between the sides of the housing and being above or below the input/output. An intermediate plate may be used to form and support the air intake/outtake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Susheela Nanjunda Rao Narasimhan, Hong Tran Huynh, Toan Nguyen, Duong Cu Lu, Phillip S. Ting
  • Patent number: 8235169
    Abstract: A device has at least one region to be damped for the purpose of noise reduction. The at least one region may, in particular, be a wall region, for instance of an electrical device housing, and it is covered at least partially by at least one vacuum panel. In the noise reduction method, a vacuum panel is pulled by vacuum pressure against the region to be damped, so that a hollow space under vacuum pressure is formed between the vacuum panel and a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Ertl