Sound absorber unit and wheel with sound absorber device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12005733-B2
Application number	US-202117170861-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2021
Priority date	Nov 11, 2020
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

A sound absorber unit and a vehicle wheel having a sound absorber device are provided. The sound absorber devices includes at least one sound absorber unit or at least one sound absorber assembly which is composed of a plurality of sound absorber units. The sound absorber unit is constructed into a box body in a hexahedron shape and forms a three-layer Helmholtz resonance sound absorption structure with double holes and single holes combined, and meanwhile, the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly forms a structural resonance sound absorber. The double-absorption wheel air chamber sound resonance function organically combining Helmholtz resonance sound absorption and structural resonance sound absorption can be realized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound absorber unit, configured to be mounted on a moving part in a gas environment to reduce sound resonance, wherein the sound absorber unit is constructed as a hexahedral box body and is formed as a three-layer Helmholtz resonance sound absorbing structure that combines double holes with single holes, and the box body has two side surfaces that define the boundaries of two ends of the box body in the movement direction of the moving part, wherein an open end side surface is formed at one end and has an opening leading into a hollow cavity in the box body, and a closed end side surface is formed at the other end; the interior of the box body is divided by a first partition plate and a second partition plate into a first hollow cavity, a second hollow cavity and a third hollow cavity, which are arranged in succession along the movement direction of the moving part;
wherein pipe orifices of two first hollow pipes are formed in the open end side surface, the pipe orifices of the first hollow pipes are open toward the gas environment space, and the first hollow pipes extend into the first hollow cavity by distances corresponding to the pipe lengths thereof;
wherein a pipe orifice of a second hollow pipe is formed in the first partition plate, the pipe orifice of the second hollow pipe is open toward the first hollow cavity, and the second hollow pipe extends into the second hollow cavity by a distance corresponding to the pipe length thereof;
wherein pipe orifices of two third hollow pipes are formed in the second partition plate, the pipe orifices of the third hollow pipes are open toward the second hollow cavity, and the third hollow pipes extend into the third hollow cavity by distances corresponding to the pipe lengths thereof; and
wherein the first hollow cavity, the second hollow cavity and the third hollow cavity form three resonant cavities for layering of the three-layer Helmholtz resonance sound absorbing structure.

2. The sound absorber unit according to claim 1 , wherein the sound absorber unit is an arc-shaped hexahedral box body made from metal material or plastic material.

3. The sound absorber unit according to claim 1 , wherein the sound absorber unit is an arc-shaped hexahedral box body formed by assembled and welded metal plates or plastic plates.

4. The sound absorber unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first hollow pipes, the second hollow pipe and the third hollow pipes are square pipes or round pipes.

5. The sound absorber unit according to claim 1 , wherein structural parameters of the box body of the sound absorber unit are determined by a predetermined sound absorption coefficient and a sound absorption volume of the three-layer Helmholtz resonance sound absorbing structure; the structural parameters comprise plate thicknesses of the first partition plate, the second partition plate, the open end side surface and the closed end side surface, pipe orifice apertures and pipe lengths of the first hollow pipes, the second hollow pipe and the third hollow pipes, and shapes, volumes and wall thicknesses of the first hollow cavity, the second hollow cavity and the third hollow cavity.

6. A wheel, equipped with a sound absorbing device mounted in a wheel air chamber to reduce sound resonance, wherein the sound absorbing device comprises at least one sound absorber unit according to claim 1 or comprises at least one sound absorber assembly combined by a plurality of sound absorber units according to claim 1 .

7. The wheel according to claim 6 , wherein the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly is bound on a wheel rim of the wheel by a binding element.

8. The wheel according to claim 7 , wherein the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly itself forms a structural resonance sound absorbing component, and serving as the structural resonance sound absorbing component, the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly has a first-order natural mode frequency consistent with the first-order natural mode frequency of the wheel air chamber.

9. The wheel according to claim 7 , wherein the binding element is a strap, wherein the strap presses the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly on the outer surface of the wheel rim from the top surface of the box body of the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly and wraps around the wheel rim to fasten the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly, and the tension of the strap can be adjusted and displayed with the aid of a fastening tool.

10. The wheel according to claim 9 , wherein the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly is provided with a U-shaped groove for the embedment of the strap on the top surface of the box body thereof.

11. The wheel according to claim 6 , wherein, the sound absorber assembly is formed by directly connecting the two sound absorber units by the closed end side surfaces thereof or by connecting and combining the two sound absorber units by a plate.

12. The wheel according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of sound absorber units or sound absorber assemblies are distributed along the circumferential direction of the wheel rim.

13. The wheel according to claim 6 , wherein the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly abuts against the outer surface of the wheel rim with the bottom surface of the box body in a mounting state.

14. The wheel according to claim 13 , wherein the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly is provided with at least one bending portion extending transversely along the box body thereof, and the bending portion divides the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly into at least two sections in the longitudinal direction of the box body thereof, so that the bottom surface of the box body conforms to the arc-shaped contour of the outer surface of the rim in the mounting state.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Xi
• Xu Zuo
• Zhu Zhihua
• Xu Shiwen
• Li Shide
• Huang Shaobing
• Chen Mingbo
• Li Minglei

Classifications

• G10K2210/32272

  Helmholtz resonators · CPC title

• G10K11/172 Primary

  using resonance effects · CPC title

• B60B2900/133

  Noise · CPC title

• B60B19/00

  Wheels not otherwise provided for or having characteristics specified in one of the subgroups of this group · CPC title

• G10K11/162

  Selection of materials · CPC title