IP Library Granted Patent US 9,121,175
Granted Patent B2
US 9,121,175 · App. 14/237,428 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Soundproof body and insulator for motor vehicles

Inventor: Shinobu Fushiki (Kasugai, JP)
Assignee: HOWA TEXTILE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
E04B1/8218B32B5/18B60R13/083G10K11/168
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Patent No.
US 9,121,175
App. No.
14/237,428
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dash insulator is constructed by layering a front layer, a sound absorption layer of a membrane-vibration type and a perforated sound insulation layer. A layered body of the sound absorption layer and the perforated sound insulation layer is constructed such that the inner diameter and the opening ratio of opening portions of the perforated sound insulation layer are set to enable suppression of a resonance phenomenon between vibrations of the sound absorption layer and the perforated sound insulation layer in relation to low frequency range noise components of noise.

Claims (32)

1. A soundproof body comprising:

one side layer formed from a porous material,

another side layer; and

an intermediate layer interposed between said one side layer and said other side layer;

wherein said intermediate layer is formed from a sound absorption layer of a membrane-vibration type which is formed from a non-air permeable thin membrane layer of a flexible material, and

said other side layer is formed from a perforated sound insulation layer which is formed from a sound insulation material so as to include a plurality of opening portions in a dispersed manner, and

wherein an opening ratio and an opening number of the plurality of the opening portions of said perforated sound insulation layer are set respectively in a predetermined opening ratio range and a predetermined opening number range under mass of a laminated body of said non-air permeable thin membrane layer and said perforated sound insulation layer so as to maintain a vibration of said laminated body in relation to noise components of a predetermined low frequency range of noise in a predetermined phase difference range which is predetermined to suppress a resonance phenomenon of said laminated body occurring based on the noise components of the predetermined low frequency range of the noise.

2. A soundproof body comprising:

one side layer formed from a porous material;

another side layer; and

an intermediate layer interposed between said one side layer and said other side layer,

wherein said intermediate layer is formed from a sound absorption layer of a membrane-vibration type which is formed from an air permeable thin membrane layer of a flexible material, and

said other side layer is formed from a perforated sound insulation layer which is formed from a sound insulation material so as to include dispersedly a plurality of opening portions, and

wherein an opening ratio and an opening number of the plurality of the opening portions of said perforated sound insulation layer are set respectively in a predetermined opening ratio range and a predetermined opening number range under mass of a laminated body of said air permeable thin membrane layer and said perforated, sound insulation layer so as to maintain a vibration of said laminated body in relation to noise components of a predetermined low frequency range of noise in a predetermined phase difference range which is predetermined to suppress a resonance phenomenon of said laminated body occurring based on the noise components of the predetermined low frequency range of noise.

3. The soundproof body according to claim 1 , further comprising a skin layer which is formed from a porous material and layered on said perforated sound insulation layer so as to oppose said sound absorption layer of the membrane-vibration type through said perforated sound insulation layer.

4. An insulator mounted on a part of a body of a motor vehicle, the insulator comprising a soundproof body including:

one side layer formed from a porous material and mounted on the part of the body;

another side layer

an intermediate layer between said one side layer and said other side layer,

wherein in said soundproof body, said intermediate layer is formed from a sound absorption layer of a membrane-vibration type which is formed from a non-permeable thin-membrane layer of a flexible material or an air-permeable thin membrane layer of a flexible material, and

said other side layer is formed from a perforated sound insulation layer of a sound insulation material so as to include dispersedly a plurality of opening portions, and

wherein an opening ratio and an opening number of the plurality of the opening portions of said perforated sound insulation layer are set respectively in a predetermined opening ratio range under mass of a laminated body of said sound absorption layer of the membrane-vibration type and said perforated sound insulation layer so as to maintain a vibration of said laminated body in relation to noise components of a predetermined low frequency range of the noise in a predetermined phase difference range which is predetermined to suppress a resonance phenomenon of said laminated body occurring based on the noise components of the predetermined low frequency range of the noise.

5. The insulator for the motor vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein said soundproof body further includes a skin layer which is formed from a porous material and which is layered on said other side layer so as to oppose said intermediate layer through said other side layer.

6. An insulator for a motor vehicle, used as a dash insulator and mounted on a part of a body of the motor vehicle, the insulator comprising a soundproof body which includes:

one side layer which is formed from a porous material, said one side layer being mounted from an inside of the vehicle compartment on a dash panel which separates an engine room and a vehicle compartment of the body;

another side layer;

an intermediate layer between said one side layer and said other side layer,

wherein in said soundproof body, said intermediate layer is formed from a sound absorption layer of a membrane-vibration type which is formed from a non-air permeable thin membrane layer of a flexible material or an air permeable thin membrane layer of a flexible material, and

said other side layer is formed from a perforated sound insulation layer of a sound insulation material so as to include dispersedly a plurality of opening portions, and

wherein an opening ratio and an opening number of the plurality of the opening portions of said perforated sound insulation layer are set respectively in a predetermined opening ratio range and a predetermined opening number range under mass of a laminated body of said sound absorption layer of the membrane-vibration type and said perforated sound insulation layer so as to maintain a vibration of said laminated body in relation to noise components of a predetermined low frequency range of noise in a predetermined phase difference range which is predetermined to suppress a resonance phenomenon of said laminated body occurring based on the noise components of the predetermined low frequency range of the noise.

7. The insulator for the motor vehicle according to claim 6 used as the dash insulator, wherein said soundproof body further includes a skin layer which is formed from a porous material and which is layered on said other side layer so as to oppose said intermediate layer through said other side layer.

8. The soundproof body according to claim 2 , further comprising a skin layer which is formed from a porous material and layered on said perforated sound insulation layer so as to oppose said sound absorption layer of the membrane-vibration type through said perforated sound insulation layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2019
From: HOWA TEXTILE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: HOWA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049758/0628 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: FUSHIKI, SHINOBU
To: HOWA TEXTILE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032166/0385 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-156664 · Jul 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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