IP Library Granted Patent US 12,485,597
Granted Patent B2
US 12,485,597 · App. 17/915,852 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Acoustic attenuation structure and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Hugues Laurent Alglave (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Patrick Dunleavy (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Nicolas Pierre Lanfant (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Cédric Pierre Michel Thomas (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN
B29C45/561G10K11/162B29L2007/002
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Patent No.
US 12,485,597
App. No.
17/915,852
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing an acoustic attenuation structure including a complex acoustic multi-element panel extending along a horizontal and a vertical direction and an acoustic skin covering one of horizontal faces of the complex acoustic multi-element panel, the complex acoustic multi-element panel including complex acoustic elements each having a shape gradually narrowing between a base and a tip and partitions surrounding each complex acoustic element to form a plurality of acoustic cells, the partitions extending along the vertical direction from the base of the complex acoustic elements, the complex acoustic multi-element panel being produced by injection of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material. The complex acoustic multi-element panel and the plurality of partitions are produced as a single part by injection of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material.

Claims (5)

1 . A method for manufacturing an acoustic attenuation structure comprising a complex acoustic multi-element panel extending along a horizontal direction and a vertical direction and at least one acoustic skin covering one of horizontal faces of the complex acoustic multi-element panel, said complex acoustic multi-element panel comprising a plurality of complex acoustic elements each having a shape gradually narrowing between a base and a tip and a plurality of partitions surrounding each complex acoustic element so as to form a plurality of acoustic cells, said plurality of partitions extending along the vertical direction from the base of the complex acoustic elements, at least the complex acoustic multi-element panel being produced by injection of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material, wherein the acoustic attenuation structure further comprises a closing skin covering the horizontal face of the complex acoustic multi-element panel opposite the horizontal face covered by the acoustic skin,

the method comprising producing each of the plurality of partitions and the closing skin together as a single part by injection of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material and wherein the base of each complex acoustic element is in continuous contact with the base of the adjacent complex acoustic elements so as to form a continuous network of edges, an upper edge of the plurality of partitions extends from a lower portion of the bases of the plurality of complex acoustic elements along the vertical direction.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of partitions and the closing skin are produced as a single part by injection-compression of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of partitions and the closing skin are produced as a single part by injection with controlled tooling temperature of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the assembly of the complex acoustic multi-element panel with the plurality of partitions and the closing skin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2023
From: ALGLAVE, HUGUES LAURENT; DUNLEAVY, PATRICK; LANFANT, NICOLAS PIERRE; THOMAS, CÉDRIC PIERRE MICHEL
To: SAFRAN
Reel/Frame 063522/0424 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2003124 · Mar 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230131268A1 · Apr 27, 2023
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