IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,494,189
Granted Patent B2
US 12,494,189 · App. 18/176,388 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Sound absorption device

Inventors: Tatsuhiko Goto (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP); Akihiko Enamito (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP); Kenichiro Nagai (Chofu Tokyo, JP); Osamu Nishimura (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Hiruma (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuya Doi (Kokubunji Tokyo, JP); Keiichiro Iwanaga (Kokubunji Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
G10K11/172G10K11/162G10K11/04
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Patent No.
US 12,494,189
App. No.
18/176,388
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a sound absorption device includes: a first plate having a plurality of first holes; a second plate facing the first plate in a first direction; a first frame connecting the first plate and the second plate; and a third plate supported by the first frame so as to vibrate in the first direction within the first frame. A first space is formed in the first frame between the first plate and the third plate. A second space is formed in the first frame between the second plate and the third plate. The third plate includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a higher vibration speed than the first portion.

Claims (61)

1 . A sound absorption device comprising:

a first plate having a plurality of first holes;

a second plate facing the first plate in a first direction;

a first frame connecting the first plate and the second plate; and

a third plate supported by the first frame so as to vibrate in the first direction within the first frame,

wherein

a first space is formed in the first frame between the first plate and the third plate,

a second space is formed in the first frame between the second plate and the third plate,

the third plate includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a higher vibration speed than the first portion,

the second space is separated from an external space of the sound absorption device by the second plate and the first frame, and

the third plate has low rigidity compared to the first plate, the second plate, and the first frame.

2 . The sound absorption device according to claim 1 , further comprising a member extending in the first direction and partitioning the first space into a first partial space and a second partial space,

wherein

the first partial space overlaps the first portion of the third plate when viewed in the first direction, and

the second partial space overlaps the second portion of the third plate when viewed in the first direction.

3 . The sound absorption device according to claim 2 , further comprising

a fourth plate separating the first partial space into a first plate side and a third plate side.

4 . The sound absorption device according to claim 3 , wherein

the fourth plate has a second hole connecting the first plate side and the third plate side in the second partial space, and

a diameter of the second hole is equal to or larger than a diameter of the first hole and less than a diameter of the second partial space when viewed in the first direction.

5 . The sound absorption device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first partial space surrounds the second partial space when viewed in the first direction.

6 . The sound absorption device according to claim 2 , wherein

a sum of the number of the first partial spaces and the number of the second partial spaces is equal to the number of the first holes.

7 . The sound absorption device according to claim 2 , wherein

a sum of the number of the first partial spaces and the number of the second partial spaces is smaller than the number of the first holes.

8 . The sound absorption device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third plate has a third hole connecting the first space and the second space.

9 . The sound absorption device according to claim 3 , further comprising

a fourth plate provided on a surface of the first plate in the second partial space and having a plurality of fourth holes corresponding to the first holes,

wherein a diameter of the fourth hole is twice or more the diameter of the first hole.

10 . The sound absorption device according to claim 3 , further comprising

a fifth plate provided between the first plate and the fourth plate in the first partial space.

11 . The sound absorption device according to claim 3 , wherein

the fourth plate has a tapered shape in which a thickness increases toward the first frame.

12 . The sound absorption device according to claim 3 , wherein

the fourth plate includes silicone rubber.

13 . The sound absorption device according to claim 2 , wherein

a diameter of a first hole corresponding to the first partial space among the first holes is smaller than a diameter of a first hole corresponding to the second partial space.

14 . The sound absorption device according to claim 2 , wherein

an area of a region corresponding to one of the first holes in the first partial space is larger than an area of a region corresponding to one of the first holes in the second partial space.

15 . The sound absorption device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third plate is fixedly supported by the first frame.

16 . The sound absorption device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third plate is simply supported by the first frame.

17 . The sound absorption device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a sixth plate having a plurality of fifth holes;

a seventh plate facing the sixth plate in the first direction; and

a second frame connecting the sixth plate and the seventh plate,

wherein

the third plate is supported by the second frame so as to vibrate in the first direction within the second frame,

a third internal space is formed in the second frame between the sixth plate and the third plate, and

a fourth internal space is formed in the second frame between the seventh plate and the third plate.

18 . The sound absorption device according to claim 17 , wherein

the third plate has a sixth hole between the first frame and the second frame.

19 . The sound absorption device according to claim 1 , wherein

a first length between the first plate and the third plate is determined such that a first frequency corresponding to the first space is a second frequency based on a diameter of the first hole, a depth of the first hole, and an aperture ratio of the first hole, each of which is determined in advance, and

a second length between the second plate and the third plate is determined such that a third frequency corresponding to the third plate is the first frequency.

20 . The sound absorption device according to claim 19 , wherein

a depth of the first hole is adjusted based on the determined first length such that a peak of a sound absorption coefficient of the sound absorption device is high, and

the first length is further adjusted such that the first frequency is the second frequency based on the adjusted depth of the first hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2023
From: GOTO, TATSUHIKO; ENAMITO, AKIHIKO; NAGAI, KENICHIRO; NISHIMURA, OSAMU; HIRUMA, TAKAHIRO; DOI, TETSUYA; IWANAGA, KEIICHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
Reel/Frame 064717/0016 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-070159 · Apr 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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