IP Library Granted Patent US 11,636,839
Granted Patent B2
US 11,636,839 · App. 17/039,072 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Soundproof structure body

Inventors: Akihiko Ohtsu (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshihiro Sugawara (Kanagawa, JP); Shinya Hakuta (Kanagawa, JP); Shogo Yamazoe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G10K11/172F24F13/24F24F13/02F24F2013/242F24F2013/245
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Patent No.
US 11,636,839
App. No.
17/039,072
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a soundproof structure body including an opening member that forms an opening tube line having a cross-sectional area S, and at least two resonance structures for sound waves that are installed inside the opening tube line, and in a case where a cross-sectional area of the resonance structure is defined as Si, a width thereof is defined as di, an interval between the two resonance structures is defined as L, an impedance of the two resonance structures is defined as Zi, and a synthetic acoustic impedance is defined as Zc, a condition of Expression (1) is satisfied at a resonance frequency f0 at which a theoretical absorption value At is a maximum value. This soundproof structure body can realize high absorption using a plurality of resonance structures. At ( f 0, L, S, Si, di, Zi )>0.75  (1), Here, L>0, S>0, Si (i=1, 2)>0, di (i=1, 2)>0

Claims (344)

1. A soundproof structure body comprising:

an opening member that forms an opening tube line having a cross-sectional area S; and

at least two resonance structures for sound waves that are installed inside the opening tube line,

wherein a cross-sectional area Si (i=1, 2, . . . , where the resonance structure having a smaller i number is located on an upstream side) in the opening tube line and a width di (i=1, 2, . . . ) of the resonance structure in a waveguide forward direction are more than 0,

at least two resonance structures among the resonance structures are installed to be spaced apart at an interval L (L>0) from each other, and

in a case where an impedance of each of the two resonance structures installed to be spaced apart at the interval L from each other is defined as Zi (i=1, 2), and

a synthetic acoustic impedance, in which the two resonance structures and the interval thereof, a change in the cross-sectional area in the waveguide forward direction, and the two resonance structures are considered, is defined as Zc,

a condition of Expression (1) is satisfied at a resonance frequency f0 at which a theoretical absorption value At given by Expression (2) is a maximum value,

At ( f 0, L, S, Si, di, Zi )>0.75  (1),

where, in a case where L>0, S>0, Si(i=1, 2)>0, di(i=1, 2)>0,

and, f, L, S, Si, di, Zi (i=1, 2) is represented by x,

At ( x )=1−|( Zc ( x )− Z 0)/( Zc ( x )+ Z 0)| 2 −|2/( Ac ( x )+ Bc ( x )/ Z 0+ Z 0 Cc ( x )+ Dc ( x ))| 2   (2),

where, the synthetic acoustic impedance Zc(x) is defined by Expression (3)

Zc

(

x

)

=

Z

0

A

C

(

x

)

+

B

C

(

x

)

Z

0

C

C

(

x

)

+

D

C

(

x

)

,

(

3

)

in Expression (3), Z0 is an acoustic impedance of an opening tube line represented by Zair/S(=Z0) (S is a tube line cross-sectional area),

Zair denotes an acoustic impedance of air and is given by Zair=ρc, ρ denotes a density of air, and c denotes a speed of sound,

Ac(x), Bc(x), Cc(x), and Dc(x) are elements of a synthetic transfer matrix, and are defined by Expression (4), and

in Expression (4), Tc is a synthetic transfer matrix of the two resonance structures

T

C

=

T

d

1

/

2

T

1

T

d

1

/

2

T

L

-

d

1

/

2

-

d

2

/

2

T

d

2

/

2

T

2

T

d

2

/

2

=

(

A

C

(

x

)

B

C

(

x

)

C

C

(

x

)

D

C

(

x

)

)

,

(

4

)

T i (i=1, 2) is a transfer matrix corresponding to a resonance structure in each of the two resonance structures, and is defined by Expression (5)

T

i

=

(

1

0

1

Z

1

1

)

,

(

5

)

T di/2 is a transfer matrix corresponding to a distance of a resonance structure in each of the two resonance structures, and is defined by Expression (6)

T

d

i

/

2

=

(

cos

k

d

2

i

Z

air

s

-

s

i

sin

k

d

2

i

s

-

s

i

Z

air

sin

k

d

2

cos

k

d

2

)

(

i

=

1

,

2

)

,

(

6

)

and

T L-d1/2-d2/2 is a transfer matrix corresponding to a distance between the two resonance structures and is defined by Expression (7)

T

L

-

d

1

/

2

-

d

2

/

2

=

(

cos

k

(

L

-

d

1

2

-

d

2

2

)

i

Z

air

s

sin

k

(

L

-

d

1

2

-

d

2

2

)

i

s

Z

air

sin

k

(

L

-

d

1

2

-

d

2

2

)

cos

k

(

L

-

d

1

2

-

d

2

2

)

)

.

(

7

)

2. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein a resonance frequency of the resonance structure located on the upstream side in the waveguide forward direction is set to be different from a resonance frequency of the resonance structure located on a downstream side, out of the two resonance structures.

3. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein a resonance frequency of the resonance structure located on the upstream side in the waveguide forward direction is higher than a resonance frequency of the resonance structure located on a downstream side, out of the two resonance structures.

4. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where a wavelength of the resonance frequency f0 is denoted by λ(f0), the interval L satisfies L<λ(f0)/4.

5. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein the two resonance structures are integrated.

6. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two resonance structures are three or more resonance structures.

7. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein at least one resonance structure of the at least two resonance structures is a Helmholtz resonance structure.

8. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein at least one resonance structure of the at least two resonance structures is a film resonance structure.

9. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein at least one resonance structure of the at least two resonance structures is an air column resonance structure.

10. The soundproof structure body according to claim 1 , wherein with respect to a wavelength λ(f0) of a frequency satisfying Expression (1),

the cross-sectional area S of the opening tube line satisfies S<π(λ/2) 2 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2020
From: OHTSU, AKIHIKO; SUGAWARA, YOSHIHIRO; HAKUTA, SHINYA; YAMAZOE, SHOGO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053938/0562 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-080223 · Apr 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019015634 · Apr 10, 2019
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