IP Library Granted Patent US 11,407,367
Granted Patent B2
US 11,407,367 · App. 16/309,709 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Soundproof body and silencer for motor vehicles

Inventors: Daisuke Kato (Kasugai, JP); Kousuke Ueda (Kasugai, JP)
Assignee: HOWA CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,407,367
App. No.
16/309,709
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A soundproof body is formed by a two-layer lamination structure of a felt layer and a film layer. Some of plural fibers constructing the felt layer are formed to be thicker than the remaining fibers.

Claims (30)

1. A soundproof body comprising:

a felt layer formed by compounding plural kinds of fibers into a predetermined binder fiber; and

a non-air permeable layer that is on and in direct contact with said felt layer,

wherein said felt layer is formed at a one kind of fibers of the plural kinds of the fibers by fibers thicker than the remaining kinds of the plural kinds of the fibers, and

the fibers thicker than the remaining kinds of the plural kinds of the fibers are set at their outer diameter respectively to be a value that changes each of vibrations caused by air propagation and solid propagation between said non-air permeable layer and said felt layer in opposite phases to each other in a frequency range of noises from a low frequency range to a middle frequency range.

2. The soundproof body according to claim 1 , wherein the plural kinds of the fibers of said felt layer are compounded into the predetermined binder fiber so as to be arranged in the thickness direction of said felt layer from the one surface of both surfaces of said felt layer to the other surface of said felt layer so as to increase rigidity of said felt layer.

3. The soundproof body according to claim 2 , further comprising,

denoting said felt layer as a one side felt layer, an other side felt layer being on and in direct contact with said non-air permeable layer so as to face said one side felt layer through said non-air permeable layer,

wherein said other side felt layer is formed by compounding plural kinds of fibers into a predetermined binder fiber, the plural kinds of fibers being thinner than the one kind of the fibers of the plural kinds of the fibers of said one side felt layer so as to be softer than said one side felt layer.

4. A dash silencer for motor vehicles mounted to a dash panel partitioning an engine room and a vehicle compartment of said vehicle body, the dash silencer including said soundproof body of claim 1 ,

wherein said soundproof body is mounted at said felt layer to said dash panel from an inner side of said vehicle compartment of said vehicle body.

5. A dash silencer for motor vehicles mounted to a dash panel partitioning an engine room and a vehicle compartment of said vehicle body, the dash silencer including said soundproof body of claim 1 ,

wherein denoting said felt layer of said soundproof body as a one side layer, said soundproof body further includes an other side felt layer formed by compounding plural kinds of fibers into a predetermined binder fiber, said other side felt layer being on and in direct contact with said non-air permeable layer so as to face said one side felt layer through said non-air permeable layer,

wherein the plural kinds of the fibers of said one side felt layer are compounded into the predetermined binder fiber so as to be arranged in the thickness direction of said one side felt layer from the one surface of both surfaces of said one side felt layer to the other surface of said one sider felt layer so as to increase rigidity of said one side felt layer, and

wherein said soundproof body is mounted at said one side felt layer to said dash panel from an inner side of said vehicle compartment of said vehicle body.

6. A soundproof body comprising:

a felt layer formed by compounding plural kinds of fibers into a predetermined binder fiber; and

a perforated film layer that is on and in direct contact with said felt layer, said perforated film layer being a film layer having a plurality of through hole portions respectively with an opening diameter and an opening ratio such that said perforated film layer has the same air permeability as that of a non-air permeable layer in a predetermined frequency range of noises from low frequency range to a middle frequency range,

wherein said felt layer is formed at a one kind of fibers of the plural kinds of the fibers by fibers thicker than the remaining kinds of the plural kinds of the fibers, and

the fibers thicker than the remaining kinds of the plural kinds of the fibers are set at their outer diameter respectively to be a value that changes each of vibrations caused by air propagation and solid propagation between said perforated film layer and said felt layer in opposite phases to each other in the predetermined frequency range.

7. The soundproof body according to claim 6 , wherein the plural kinds of the fibers of said felt layer are compounded into the predetermined binder fiber so as to be arranged in the thickness direction of said felt layer from the one surface of both surfaces of said felt layer to the other surface of said felt layer so as to increase rigidity of said felt layer.

8. The soundproof body according to claim 7 , further comprising,

denoting said felt layer as a one side felt layer, an other side felt layer being on and in direct contact with said perforated film layer so as to face said one side felt layer through said perforated film layer,

wherein said other side felt layer is formed by compounding plural kinds of fibers into a predetermined binder fiber, the plural kinds of fibers being thinner than the one kind of the fibers of the plural kinds of the fibers of said one side felt layer so as to be softer than said one side felt layer.

9. A dash silencer for motor vehicles mounted to a dash panel partitioning an engine room and a vehicle compartment of said vehicle body, the dash silencer including said soundproof body of claim 6 ,

wherein said soundproof body is mounted at said felt layer to said dash panel from an inner side of said vehicle compartment of said vehicle body.

10. A dash silencer for motor vehicles mounted to a dash panel partitioning an engine room and a vehicle compartment of said vehicle body, the dash silencer including said soundproof body of claim 6 ,

wherein denoting said felt layer of said soundproof body as a one side layer, said soundproof body further includes an other side felt layer formed by compounding plural kinds of fibers into a predetermined binder fiber, said other side felt layer being on and in direct contact with said non-air permeable layer so as to face said one side felt layer through said non-air permeable layer,

wherein the plural kinds of the fibers of said one side felt layer are compounded into the predetermined binder fiber so as to be arranged in the thickness direction of said one side felt layer from the one surface of both surfaces of said one side felt layer to the other surface of said one sider felt layer so as to increase rigidity of said one side felt layer, and

wherein said soundproof body is mounted at said one side felt layer to said dash panel from an inner side of said vehicle compartment of said vehicle body.

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 Dec 13, 2018
From: KATO, DAISUKE; UEDA, KOUSUKE
To: HOWA TEXTILE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047768/0366 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-061008 · Mar 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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