Metal foil with microcracks, method of manufacturing the same, and sound-absorbing structure having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9251778-B2
Application number	US-201414583204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2014
Priority date	Jun 6, 2014
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a metal foil with microcracks includes placing a metal foil between a first material sheet and a second material sheet and then rolling them to form a plurality of microcracks in the metal foil. The microcracks are penetrating, and a sidewall of each of the microcracks is an irregular rough surface. Two ends of each of the microcracks are acute angles. A sound-absorbing structure includes at least one metal foil and a base plate kept at a distance from the metal foil, wherein at least one resonant cavity air layer is formed between the metal foil and the base plate by the distance, and the metal foil has microcracks.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a metal foil with microcracks, comprising:
placing a metal foil between a first material sheet and a second material sheet, wherein a ductility of each of the first and second material sheets is higher than that of the metal foil;
rolling the first material sheet, the second material sheet, and the metal foil between the first and second material sheets; and
removing the first material sheet and the second material sheet to obtain a metal foil having a plurality of microcracks.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a material of the metal foil comprises pure copper, pure aluminum, pure titanium, carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, copper alloy, aluminum alloy, nickel-based alloy, or titanium alloy.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a material of the first and second material sheets independently comprises pure copper, pure aluminum, pure titanium, carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, copper alloy, aluminum alloy, nickel-based alloy, or titanium alloy.

4. The method of claim 1 , before the step of placing the metal foil between the first material sheet and the second material sheet, further comprising rolling the first and second material sheets stacked on each other.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first material sheet and the second material sheet is two material sheets for which the edges are connected or folded single material sheets.

6. A metal foil, comprising a plurality of microcracks, wherein
the microcracks are penetrating,
a sidewall of each of the microcracks is an irregular rough surface, and
two ends of each of the microcracks are acute angles.

7. The metal foil of claim 6 , wherein a ratio of a length to a maximum opening width of each of the microcrack is between 1 and 50.

8. The metal foil of claim 6 , wherein a length of each of the microcrack is from 0.039 mm to 1.5 mm.

9. The metal foil of claim 6 , wherein a maximum opening width of each of the microcrack is from 0.004 mm to 0.06 mm.

10. The metal foil of claim 6 , wherein a material of the metal foil comprises pure copper, pure aluminum, pure titanium, carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, copper alloy, aluminum alloy, nickel-based alloy, or titanium alloy.

11. A sound-absorbing structure having a metal foil with microcracks, comprising: at least one metal foil and a base plate kept at a distance from the metal foil, wherein at least one resonant cavity air layer is formed between the metal foil and the base plate by the distance.

12. The sound-absorbing structure having a metal foil with microcracks of claim 11 , wherein the base plate comprises a reflective base plate.

13. The sound-absorbing structure having a metal foil with microcracks of claim 11 , wherein the base plate comprises a case body having an opening, and the metal foil is disposed at the opening and is kept at the distance from a bottom surface of the case body.

14. The sound-absorbing structure having a metal foil with microcracks of claim 11 , wherein the base plate comprises a case body having an opening, the metal foil comprises more than one layer, and the metal foils are disposed at the opening and are respectively kept at a plurality of distances from a bottom surface of the case body.

15. The sound-absorbing structure having a metal foil with microcracks of claim 11 , wherein the metal foil has a plurality of penetrating microcracks, and
a sidewall of each of the microcracks is an irregular rough surface; and
two ends of each of the microcracks are acute angles.

16. The sound-absorbing structure having a metal foil with microcracks of claim 15 , wherein a ratio of a length and a maximum opening width of each of the microcracks is between 1 and 50.

17. The sound-absorbing structure having a metal foil with microcracks of claim 15 , wherein a length of each of the microcracks is between 0.039 mm and 1.5 mm.

18. The sound-absorbing structure having a metal foil with microcracks of claim 15 , wherein a maximum opening width of each of the microcracks is between 0.004 mm and 0.06 mm.

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Wang Shang-Chih
• Tsao Shen
• Chiu Yu-Tsung
• Chen Chun-Ti
• Su Yu-Yang
• Sung Mu-Hsi

Classifications

• G10K11/002 Primary

  Devices for damping, suppressing, obstructing or conducting sound in acoustic devices (G10K1/06 - G10K1/10 take precedence; for electro-mechanical transducers for communication H04R3/002) · CPC title

• Y10T428/12361

  having aperture or cut · CPC title

• B32B7/022

  Mechanical properties · CPC title

• B32B2307/102

  Insulating · CPC title

• B32B3/06

  for securing layers together; for attaching the product to another member, e.g. to a support {, or to another product, e.g. groove/tongue, interlocking} · CPC title