Slip-type active noise control muffler and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10364715-B2
Application number	US-201615355668-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2016
Priority date	May 23, 2016
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

A slip-type active noise control muffler reducing exhaust noise of a vehicle may include at least two guides connected to an inner wall of a housing accommodating exhaust gas in the muffler and formed in a pipe shape in a longitudinal direction of the muffler, and a baffle positioned in a plane shape partitioning the interior of the housing and including an electromagnet on the plane shape to control an interval of the baffles through a movement signal by current applied to the electromagnet according to frequency calculated from the exhaust gas, in which the interval of the baffles may be controlled and the exhaust noise may be reduced by controlling the number of wavelengths depending on the frequency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A slip-type active noise control muffler reducing exhaust noise of a vehicle, the muffler comprising:
at least two guides connected to an inner wall of a housing accommodating exhaust gas in the muffler and formed in a pipe shape in a longitudinal direction of the muffler; and
baffles positioned in a plane shape partitioning the interior of the housing and including an electromagnet on the plane shape to control an interval of the baffles through a movement signal by current applied to the electromagnet according to frequency determined from the exhaust gas,
wherein the interval of the baffles is controlled to produce a wavelength in an opposite direction with the frequency and an amplitude of a pressure wave and the exhaust noise is reduced by controlling a number of wavelengths depending on the frequency,
wherein the at least two guides are installed to penetrate a circumference of the baffles to provide a path of movement of the baffle,
wherein the frequency is determined by considering transmission loss (TL) from a cross-sectional area of the housing, and
wherein the transmission loss (TL) is determined by considering a wave number.

2. The slip-type active noise control muffler of claim 1 , wherein
the at least two guides have a predetermined volume in a pipe-shaped interior and further includes a lubricating liquid filled in the predetermined volume; and
the lubricating liquid is released to an outside of the at least two guides to reduce friction force of horizontal movement of the baffles when the movement signal is input into the electromagnet.

3. The slip-type active noise control muffler of claim 1 , wherein
the housing includes an inflow hole pipe and an outflow hole pipe therein; and
the wavelength is determined from a speed and an absolute temperature of the exhaust gas which flows into the inflow hole pipe.

4. The slip-type active noise control muffler of claim 1 , wherein the baffles control the interval partitioned as a periphery of the plane shape is connected to the at least two guides to move horizontally in a longitudinal direction of the at least two guides.

5. The slip-type active noise control muffler of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnet is disposed on at least one of a top or a bottom of the baffles and a polarity of the electromagnet is configured to vary depending on the movement signal.

6. The slip-type active noise control muffler of claim 5 , wherein the polarity is set to decrease the interval of the baffles when the frequency of the exhaust gas is higher than a predetermined reference value and set to increase the interval of the baffles when the frequency of the exhaust gas is lower than the predetermined reference value.

7. The slip-type active noise control muffler of claim 1 , wherein the movement signal is applied to the electromagnet in real time as the frequency of the exhaust gas is changed.

8. A method for controlling a slip-type active noise control muffler reducing exhaust noise of a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, by a controller, a frequency of exhaust gas by analyzing a cross-sectional area of the muffler and a flow, a speed, and an absolute temperature of the exhaust gas which flows into the muffler;
changing, by the controller, a polarity of an electromagnet disposed in baffles according to a movement signal by comparing the frequency and a predetermined reference value; and reducing, by the controller, the exhaust noise by controlling an interval of the baffles,
wherein the interval of the baffles is controlled to produce a wavelength in an opposite direction with the frequency and an amplitude of a pressure wave,
wherein the frequency is determined by considering transmission loss (TL) from a cross-sectional area of the housing, and
wherein the transmission loss (TL) is determined by considering a wave number.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sang-Ho

Classifications

• G10K2210/12822

  Exhaust pipes or mufflers · CPC title

• G10K11/17873

  using a reference signal without an error signal, e.g. pure feedforward · CPC title

• G10K11/17861

  using additional means for damping sound, e.g. using sound absorbing panels · CPC title

• F16N7/00

  Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated · CPC title

• F01N2900/1411

  Exhaust gas flow rate, e.g. mass flow rate or volumetric flow rate · CPC title