IP Library Granted Patent US 10,825,439
Granted Patent B2
US 10,825,439 · App. 15/803,890 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Sound-absorbing textile composite

Inventors: Angela Weik (Bruehl, DE); Sandra Villing-Falusi (Heddesheim, DE); Peter Rutsch (Abtsteinach, DE)
Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
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Patent No.
US 10,825,439
App. No.
15/803,890
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, the present invention provides a sound-absorbing textile composite, including: a) at least one open-pore support layer comprising coarse staple fibers having a titer of from 3 dtex to 17 dtex and fine staple fibers having a titer of from 0.3 dtex to 2.9 dtex, as scaffold fibers; and b) a microporous flow layer arranged on the support layer and including microfibers having a fiber diameter of less than 10 μm. A flow resistance of the sound-absorbing textile composite is from 250 Ns/m 3 to 5000 Ns/m 3 .

Claims (27)

1. A sound-absorbing textile composite, comprising:

a) at least one open-pore support layer comprising coarse staple fibers having a titer of from 3 dtex to 17 dtex and fine staple fibers having a titer of from 0.3 dtex to 2.9 dtex, as scaffold fibers; and

b) a microporous flow layer arranged on the support layer and comprising microfibers having a fiber diameter of less than 10 μm,

wherein a flow resistance of the sound-absorbing textile composite is from 250 Ns/m 3 to 5000 Ns/m 3 , and

wherein the support layer has an air-to-fiber volume ratio of from 75:1 to 250:1.

2. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the sound-absorbing textile composite has a compressibility of from 70% to 100% and/or a resilience of from 70% to 100%.

3. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer comprises a nonwoven.

4. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer comprises at least partially fused binding fibers as further fibers.

5. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer does not contain binding fibers and the support layer contains the coarse staple fibers in a proportion of from 50 wt. % to 90 wt. % based on a total weight of the support layer, or wherein the support layer contains binding fibers as further fibers and a proportion of coarse staple fibers is from 40 wt. % to 80 wt. % based on the total weight of the support layer.

6. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer does not contain binding fibers and the support layer contains the fine staple fibers in a proportion of from 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % based on a total weight of the support layer, or wherein the support layer contains binding fibers as further fibers and a proportion of fine staple fibers is from 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % based on the total weight of the support layer.

7. The sound-absorbing textile composite according claim 1 , wherein the fine and coarse staple fibers used as scaffold fibers have, independently of one another, a staple length of from 20 mm to 80 mm.

8. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer is bound by a binder, and wherein the binder comprises polyacrylates, polystyrenes, polyvinyl acetate-ethylene, polyurethanes and mixtures and copolymers thereof.

9. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the flow layer comprises microfibers having a titer of less than 10 μm, and wherein the microfibers comprises meltblown fibers.

10. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the sound-absorbing textile composite has a sound absorption coefficient of from 30% to 100% at 1000 Hz.

11. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the sound-absorbing textile composite has weight per unit area of from 50 g/m 2 to 350 g/m 2 .

12. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the sound-absorbing textile composite has a thickness of from 5 mm to 35 mm.

13. A vehicle comprising a panel in which the sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 is arranged.

14. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the fine staple fibers have a titer of from 0.5 dtex to 2.9 dtex.

15. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 1 , wherein the flow resistance of the sound-absorbing textile composite is from 250 Ns/m 3 to 2000 Ns/m3.

16. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 2 , wherein the sound-absorbing textile composite has a compressibility of from 75% to 100%.

17. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 16 , wherein the sound-absorbing textile composite has a compressibility of from 80% to 100%.

18. The sound-absorbing textile composite according to claim 2 , wherein the sound-absorbing textile composite has a resilience of from 75% to 100%.

19. A method for producing a textile composite having a flow resistance of from 250 Ns/m 3 to 5000 Ns/m 3 , the method comprising:

a) providing at least one open-pore support layer comprising coarse staple fibers having a titer of from 3 dtex to 17 dtex and fine staple fibers having a titer of from 0.3 dtex to 2.9 dtex as scaffold fibers, wherein the support layer has an air-to-fiber volume ratio of from 75:1 to 250:1;

b) providing a microporous flow layer comprising microfibers having a fiber diameter of less than 10 μm;

c) arranging the flow layer on the support layer;

d) connecting the support layer and the flow layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2017
From: WEIK, ANGELA; VILLING-FALUSI, SANDRA; RUTSCH, PETER
To: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
Reel/Frame 044269/0357 →
Priority Claims (3)
DE 10 2017 002 552 · Mar 17, 2017 · national
EP 17179635 · Jul 4, 2017 · regional
EP 17179777 · Jul 5, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
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