IP Library Granted Patent US 10,706,831
Granted Patent B2
US 10,706,831 · App. 15/782,917 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Film and sound-absorbing structure

Inventor: Hiroshi Aruga (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,706,831
App. No.
15/782,917
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a film usable as a lightweight sound absorbing film having an excellent sound absorbing property, and a sound absorbing structure with such a film. A film 1 including a plurality of fine through holes 2 formed therein, the film having an average thickness t (μm) in portions of the film having no through holes 2 formed therein, the through holes having an average depth T (μm) including a burr on a circumferential edge thereof, the through holes 2 having an average hole diameter d (μm), and the film 1 having an open area rate y (%) per unit area; the film satisfying all of the following formulas: 90≤ t ≤300, 1.02< T/t ≤1.5, 0.7< d/t <1.4, and 0.5< y <1.7.

Claims (31)

1. A film comprising a plurality of through holes formed therein,

the film having an average thickness t (μm) in portions of the film having no through holes formed therein, and having an open area rate y (%) per unit area,

the through holes having an average depth T (μm) including a burr on a circumferential edge thereof, an average hole diameter d (μm), and

the film satisfying the following:

90≤t≤300,

1.02<T/t≤1.5,

0.7<d/t<1.4, and

0.5<y<1.7.

2. The film according to claim 1 , wherein the film comprises a fluororesin.

3. The film according to claim 1 , wherein the film comprises an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.

4. The film according to claim 1 , wherein the film has an average sound absorption coefficient of at least 0.5 for sounds having a frequency of from 200 Hz to 4,000 Hz as measured based on JIS A1405-2:2007.

5. The film according to claim 1 , wherein the film has a visible light transmittance of at least 60% by measurement of visible light transmittance based on JIS R-3106:1998.

6. A sound absorbing structure comprising:

the film of claim 1 , and

a sound wave reflector disposed to face the film via an air layer.

7. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 6 , wherein the air layer has a thickness of from 10 mm to 1,000 mm.

8. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 6 , wherein the sound absorbing structure is placed such that the film faces a sound source.

9. The film according to claim 1 , wherein the film satisfies formula: 1≤T/t≤1.4.

10. The film according to claim 1 , wherein the film satisfies formula: 0.8≤d/t≤1.3.

11. The film according to claim 1 , wherein the film satisfies formula: 0.7≤y≤1.5.

12. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 6 , wherein the air layer has a thickness of from 50 mm to 600 mm.

13. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 6 , wherein the air layer has a thickness of from 100 mm to 300 mm.

14. A sound absorbing structure comprising:

at least two films, each of which is the film of claim 1 and disposed to overlap with each other, and

a sound wave reflector disposed to face the at least two films via an air layer.

15. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 14 , wherein adjacent films among the at least two films are apart from each other by a distance of from 20 mm to 50 mm.

16. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 14 , wherein the air layer has a thickness of from 10 mm to 1,000 mm.

17. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 14 , wherein adjacent films among the at least two films are apart from each other by a distance of from 5 mm to 500 mm.

18. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 14 , wherein the sound absorbing structure is placed such that the at least two films face a sound source.

19. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 14 , wherein the air layer has a thickness of from 50 mm to 600 mm.

20. The sound absorbing structure according to claim 14 , wherein the air layer has a thickness of from 100 mm to 300 mm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2017
From: ARUGA, HIROSHI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044206/0840 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-116702 · Jun 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016066482 · Jun 2, 2016
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