IP Library Granted Patent US 8,707,925
Granted Patent B2
US 8,707,925 · App. 13/253,116 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Air intake with air mass sensor and sound dampening resonator

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Patent No.
US 8,707,925
App. No.
13/253,116
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An intake tract is provided for combustion air of a vehicle. The intake tract includes, but is not limited to an intake opening and an intake channel. At the end of the intake channel a sound source is arranged, which is sound-dampened by a sound damping device in the intake channel. An air filter is arranged between part regions of the intake channel and downstream of the air filter an air mass sensor is provided in an intake channel section, wherein the intake channel section of the air mass sensor includes, but is not limited to the sound damping device.

Claims (38)

1. An intake tract for combustion air of a vehicle, comprising:

an intake opening;

an intake channel;

a sound source arranged at an end of the intake channel;

a sound damping device in the intake channel that is configured to sound-dampen the sound source;

an air filter arranged between part regions of the intake channel; and

an air mass sensor downstream of the air filter and arranged in an intake channel section,

wherein the intake channel section of the air mass sensor comprises the sound damping device,

wherein the sound damping device comprises a sound damping resonator coaxially configured to the intake channel section,

wherein a radial coupling slit of the sound damping resonator is a flow direction-dependent open flow valve,

wherein the radial coupling slit is arranged between an inner radial lip and an inner radial bead and downstream of the inner radial lip, and

wherein axial orientations and cross sections of the inner radial lip and the inner radial bead determine a coupling direction of the sound damping resonator.

2. The intake tract according to claim 1 , wherein a coaxially oriented resonator gap is arranged upstream of the radial coupling slit.

3. An intake tract, for combustion air of a vehicle, comprising:

an intake opening;

an intake channel;

a sound damping device in the intake channel that is configured to sound-dampen a sound source;

an air filter arranged between part regions of the intake channel; and

an air mass sensor downstream of the air filter and arranged in an intake channel section,

wherein the intake channel section of the air mass sensor comprises the sound damping device,

wherein a coaxially oriented resonator gap is arranged upstream of the radial coupling slit,

wherein the sound damping device comprises a sound damping resonator coaxially configured to the intake channel section, and

wherein the coaxially oriented resonator gap comprises sound damping resonator regions of different lengths that are distributed over a circumference.

4. The intake tract according to claim 1 , wherein an overall length of the intake channel section of the air mass sensor corresponds to at least twice an inner diameter of the intake channel section.

5. The intake tract according to claim 1 , wherein the sound damping device is provided in a wide-band manner for sound frequencies between approximately 0.5 kHz≦f≦approximately 2.5 kHz.

6. The intake tract according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the sound damping device is provided between approximately 50 mm≦1≦approximately 150 mm.

7. The intake tract according to claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of the intake channel section of the air mass sensor is configured to a volumetric flow of the combustion air through the intake channel.

8. The intake tract according to claim 1 , wherein the sound source is a turbocharger arranged downstream of the intake channel section of the air mass sensor.

9. An intake tract for combustion air of a vehicle, comprising:

an intake opening;

an intake channel;

a sound damping device in the intake channel that is configured to sound-dampen a sound source;

an air filter arranged between part regions of the intake channel; and

an air mass sensor downstream of the air filter and arranged in an intake channel section,

wherein the intake channel section of the air mass sensor comprises the sound damping device,

wherein the sound damping device comprises a sound damping resonator coaxially configured to the intake channel section,

wherein the sound damping resonator includes a radial coupling slit arranged between an inner radial lip and an inner radial bead and downstream of the inner radial lip.

10. An intake tract for combustion air of a vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein axial orientations and cross sections of the inner radial lip and the inner radial bead determine a coupling direction of the sound damping resonator.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 034186/0776 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 28, 2012
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 028458/0184 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2011
From: SIBER, RALF; BODE, BURKHARD; FASAN, WOLFGANG
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 027392/0627 →