IP Library Granted Patent US 8,534,738
Granted Patent B2
US 8,534,738 · App. 13/381,805 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Door hole cover and vehicular door structure

Inventors: Mitsuo Matsumoto (Ibaraki, JP); Katsuhiko Tachibana (Ibaraki, JP); Daisuke Tsuchiya (Ibaraki, JP); Eiji Matsuda (Ibaraki, JP); Kazuyuki Yagura (Ibaraki, JP); Yuki Kagehisa (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,534,738
App. No.
13/381,805
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door hole cover which is intended to be attached to a door inner panel of a vehicle to cover an opening formed in the door inner panel, and which has an average of loss coefficients at frequencies of 150 Hz or less of 0.085 or more.

Claims (12)

1. A door hole cover intended to be attached to a door inner panel of a vehicle to cover an opening formed in the door inner panel comprising:

a base material made of a polyolefin resin and having a thickness of 0.01 to 0.5 mm; and

a viscoelastic layer laminated on at least one side of the base material, the viscoelastic layer being made of a rubber composition or of an acrylic adhesive composition and having a thickness of 0.01 to 1 mm,

wherein the door hole cover has an average of loss coefficients at frequencies of 150 Hz or less of 0.085 or more.

2. The door hole cover according to claim 1 , wherein the polyolefin resin is non-stretched polypropylene resin.

3. The door hole cover according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition is made of acrylic rubber.

4. A vehicular door structure comprising:

a door inner panel having an opening; and

a door hole cover attached to cover the opening and having an average of loss coefficients at frequencies of 150 Hz or less of 0.085 or more,

the door hole cover comprising:

a base material made of polyolefin resin and having a thickness of 0.01 to 0.5 mm; and

a viscoelastic layer laminated on at least one side of the base material, the viscoelastic layer being made of a rubber composition or of an acrylic adhesive composition and having a thickness of 0.01 to 1 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2011
From: MATSUMOTO, MITSUO; TACHIBANA, KATSUHIKO; TSUCHIYA, DAISUKE; MATSUDA, EIJI; YAGURA, KAZUYUKI; KAGEHISA (HEIR AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF YUKI KAGEHISA, DECEASED), NATSUKO
To: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-159045 · Jul 3, 2009 · national
JP 2010-143025 · Jun 23, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120169083A1 · Jul 5, 2012