Acoustics inventions 12/07

20070295553 - Vehicle intake sound introducing apparatus: An intake sound introducing apparatus is disclosed. An intake sound introducing apparatus may include a lining member attached to a lower surface of a bonnet hood. The lining member may generally define a communication passage. The communication passage may include an engine compartment side opening and a dash panel side... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070295554 - Sound proofing device and device for conducting a fluid: A device for muffling the sound produced by a fluid in a duct, especially the sound produced in an intake pipe of a combustion engine, comprises a wall, whose inside defines a flow passage for the fluid. The device is at least partly tubular, i.e. it has two openings. At... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070289809 - Exhaust gas-discharging device of vehicle: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas-discharging device for exhausting the burned gas utilized in an internal combustion engine, and more particularly, to an exhaust gas-discharging device of a vehicle for exhausting the burned gas to a muffler tail pipe, provided in an exhaust gas-discharging path of a vehicle,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070289810 - Carbon deposition eliminator for vehicle exhaust pipe: A carbon deposition eliminator for installation in the exhaust pipe of a motor vehicle to guide exhaust gas through the exhaust pipe and to eliminate deposition of carbon in the inside wall of the exhaust pipe is disclosed to have a tubular body, which defines a gas input port at... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070284182 - Waterproof earplug with sound-transmitting effect: A waterproof earplug with sound-transmitting effect comprises mainly a pull stub and a sound-barrier membrane; the sound-barrier membrane is substantially a thin round membrane; the pull stub is furnished in the center of the sound-barrier membrane, and it extends outwards at a given length so as to facilitate a hand... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070284183 - Speaker enclosure for a ceiling or wall mounted speaker method and apparatus: A method of mounting a speaker enclosure for a ceiling or wall mounted speaker which includes the selection of a flexible polymer speaker housing forming a hollow chamber having a speaker opening therein and being collapsible to a smaller size. A hole is cut into a building, ceiling or interior... Agent: William M. Hobby, Iii #375

20070284184 - Tubular loudspeaker: Provided is an acoustic loudspeaker comprising an enclosure and at least first and second loudspeaker drivers. The enclosure comprises at least one tubular sound channel of a substantially constant inside dimension acoustically coupled to the at least first and second loudspeaker drivers. The at least one tubular sound channel comprises... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070284185 - Damped structural panel and method of making same: A damped structural panel is provided. The damped structural panel comprises a base layer, having a rear surface and a front surface; wherein a viscous fluid is applied on the rear surface of the base layer; and a rigid supporting layer is secured to the base layer over the viscous... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070284186 - Exhaust system: An exhaust system for an engine includes a first muffler having a housing, a first end plate, a second end plate, an inlet pipe extending through at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate, and an outlet pipe extending through at least one of the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070284187 - Exhaust deflector for a muffler: An exhaust deflector is attachable to a muffler. The exhaust deflector includes a housing having a flange that is attachable to the muffler, and an outer wall extending from the flange. The outer wall defines an aperture. A single piece mesh is in contact with the flange and cooperates with... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070278033 - Acoustic device and method of making acoustic device: An acoustic device comprising a diaphragm (10) having an area and having an operating frequency range and the diaphragm (10) being such that it has resonant modes in the operating frequency range, an electromechanical transducer having a drive part coupled to the diaphragm (10) and adapted to exchange energy with... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070278034 - Duct and process for producing the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a duct having a simple structure and capable of suppressing occurrences of an intake noise and a dropping-out of an adsorbent, and to a process for producing the same capable of producing easily. The present duct (1) is one comprising a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070278035 - Thermal-acoustic enclosure: An enclosure having at least one wall, the wall includes an inner panel comprising, in sequence outwardly from the enclosure hollow interior, an inner sheet comprising a plurality of perforations extending therethrough, a plurality of panel stiffening members coupled to the inner sheet, and at least one inner panel sound... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP