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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110315473 | SOUND DAMPING PATCH A panel assembly for use in any number of different applications, including a variety of vehicle applications, that reduces noise or vibrations, provides thermal insulation, and/or improves structural integrity. According to an exemplary embodiment, the panel assembly i... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110290584 | Ultrasonic Sensor An ultrasonic sensor includes a substantially cylindrical case including a bottom portion and a side wall portion and a plurality of members disposed within the case. A reinforcement having a substantially ring shape is fitted on a thick section in the case at a locatio... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110268557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTENUATING THE NOISE OF AIRFOILS A system and method for reducing the noise of an airfoil is provided. The airfoil includes a main portion including a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil further comprises a noise attenuator coupled to the main portion and disposed proximate to at least a port... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110186376 | MUFFLER WITH INTEGRATED CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND POLYMERIC MUFFLER BODY Disclosed is a muffler (1, 21, 41) integrated with a catalytic converter bed (9, 32, 52) including a polymeric muffler body (2, 22, 42), an inlet pipe (3, 23, 43) in flow communication with engine exhaust, said inlet pipe connected to a first... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110162908 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH CAB NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE A construction machine capable of effectively reducing noise which would intrude into a cab, without deterioration in ride quality, comfort and air-conditioning efficiency in the cab is provided. The construction machine includes a lower propelling body, an upper slewin... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110083925 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REDUCTION OF SOUND A method and apparatus for the reduction of sound travelling in a wave-guide in the air above the ground is presented, comprising the provision below the ground of at least a top layer which, at the interface of the top layer and air, has an acoustic impedance which sub... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110048846 | Noise attenuator for a hydraulic fluid pipe, item comprising this attenuator, pipe comprising this item and method of assembly This noise attenuator for a hydraulic fluid pipe is made of a material porous to the fluid intended to flow through the noise attenuator. More specifically, the material is a synthetic material. As a preference, the synthetic material is porous polytetrafluoroethylene.... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048845 | PHOTORVOLTAIC SOUNDPROOF WALL The present invention relates to a photovoltaic soundproof wall having a plurality of soundproof members each formed by surrounding the edge portions of two transparent sheets with a main frame and a plurality of posts adapted to mount the plurality of soundproof member... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110017545 | Sound Field Controller A region of air is manipulated to reflect, absorb, or redirect sound energy to prevent the sound energy from reaching a listener separated from the sound source by the region of air. The region of air may be manipulated by directing ultrasonic sound waves with a sound p... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110005856 | EXHAUST SILENCER An exhaust silencer of a combustion engine, comprising a housing (1) that is to be connected to an exhaust pipe, through which housing the exhaust gases are arranged to be conducted and which comprises a reactive part (2) and an absorbing part (3) i... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110000186 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, having a first exhaust tract assigned to a first group of cylinders of the internal combustion engine, and having a second exhaust tract assigned to a second group of cylinders of the internal combustion engine, each ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100282537 | ASSEMBLY OF TIRE AND RIM The present invention provides an assembly of a tire and a rim, which assembly has on the tire inner cavity side thereof a sound absorbing member capable of effectively suppressing cavity resonance and reducing road noise, while suppressing increase in weight of the tir... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100270102 | Splash Proof Acoustically Resistive Color Assembly An acoustically resistive protective cover assembly for an opening in a casing is provided, the casing separates an enclosed space from the ambient space and has an exposed face oriented toward the ambient space and an internal face oriented toward the internal space. T... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100110674 | Foam part and sound absorber which is mounted in a suspended manner The invention relates to a foam part (1), in particular for suspended arrangement in a room, for example for use as a sound absorber (2), with an acoustic region of the foam part which has an outer contour being illuminated by a lighting element (11... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100072334 | Holder for Electronic Device with Support A protective holder for the iPhone®, iPod Touch™, electronic books, electronic tablet computers and other portable devices having a frontal LCD, OLED, touch screen, or other display that employs a form-fitting backplate with corner frames for cradling the device whil... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100008791 | Acoustical Vibration Dampener for a Rotatable Blade An acoustical vibration dampening system for a rotatable blade comprises at least one section of a rotatable blade and a layer of acoustic damping material coupled to a portion of the at least one section of a rotatable blade. A fan blade comprises a first structural se... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090277594 | ACOUSTIC WINDOW SHADE A window shade system comprising a roller tube, a top casing, and a shade having a first end engaged with the roller tube and a second end engaged with the top casing such that the shade forms a bight between its ends that separates the shade into a front portion and a ... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090270831 | Cough Germ Containment Device The present device is a suppression device for containing sound and germs emanating from a user's cough. A substantially hollow tube forms a gas conduit with a gas-permeable end membrane fixed within the tube across the gas conduit. A layer of a gas-permeable anti-bacte... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090127022 | PASSIVE VALVE AND RESONATOR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE EXHAUST SYSTEM An exhaust system includes first and second exhaust components with an inter-pipe that fluidly connects an outlet of the first exhaust component to an inlet of the second exhaust component. A passive valve is mounted within the inter-pipe. The second exhaust component d... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090078495 | Baffle equipped with flap assembly The present invention relates to an acoustic baffle device for sealing a cavity of a vehicle body at a predetermined cross section of the cavity, comprising a piece of sealing material that is formed in a shape corresponding to but being smaller than the shape of the cr... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080164091 | TONAL EMISSION CONTROL FOR WIND TURBINES A system for the noise reduction of wind turbines comprises at least one acoustic sensor provided at the wind turbine, a detection unit and a control unit, wherein said detection unit is adapted to detect tonal components in a signal of said sensor, and wherein said con... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080150299 | ARTICLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING NOISE AND/OR VIBRATIONS IN HOTEL/MOTEL DOORS A door guard for hotel/motel doors comprises two articles, one article to be attached to a door, and another article to be attached to a door frame. One article is attached to the door, including a hook element adapted to receive a latch member of the door guard and att... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080134997 | Engine-driven work machine An engine and a generator driven by the engine are resiliently supported on a frame. A duct member is integrally attached to the engine and the generator to define a continuous cooling-air passage between the duct member and outer peripheral surfaces of the engine and t... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080035418 | Exhaust sound and emission control systems The exhaust sound and emission control systems comprise a series of embodiments of devices for reducing sound and noxious emissions from an automotive exhaust. The system may have an exhaust resonator having one or more catalytic converter elements in combination therew... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20050217777 | Noise damper A noise damper disposed in a tire cavity formed by a pneumatic tire and wheel rim is disclosed. A noise damper designed to use with a wheel rim comprises an annular body disposed around a damper-mounting portion of the wheel rim, and the annular body is made of a spongy... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050211358 | Pneumatic tire and tire cavity resonance suppression device Disclosed are a pneumatic tire and a tire cavity resonance suppression device in which noise by cavity resonance is effectively reduced without any changes in tire and rim production facilities. The pneumatic tire is constituted by that an object, which is changed in se... | 09/29/2005 |
