Sound reduction system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9399436-B2
Application number	US-201414525475-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	Nov 8, 2013
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a sound reduction system comprising a sound reduction device. The sound reduction device comprises a sound reducing material. The system further comprises a channel wherein a gaseous medium is arranged to flow. The sound reduction device is mounted inside the channel, thereby placing the sound reducing material inside the channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound reduction system comprising:
a sound reduction device including a supporting structure, a frame configured to be supported by the supporting structure, and a sound reducing material configured to be supported by the frame, wherein the supporting structure is a closed structure, and the frame is positionable in the supporting structure such that at least a portion of the sound reducing material is located inside of the supporting structure, and wherein the supporting structure includes multiple openings and the frame includes multiple protrusions that are each receivable in a respective opening of the supporting structure to fasten the frame to the supporting structure; and
a channel in which a gaseous medium is flowable;
wherein the sound reduction device is mountable inside the channel to position the sound reducing material inside the channel, such that the frame and the sound reducing material extend beyond the supporting structure upstream and downstream of the supporting structure.

2. The sound reduction system according to claim 1 wherein the sound reducing material is positionable in the frame.

3. The sound reduction system according to claim 2 wherein the supporting structure comprises a collar.

4. The sound reduction system according to claim 1 wherein the sound reduction device is removably mountable inside the channel.

5. The sound reduction system according to claim 2 wherein the sound reducing material comprises a solid member placed in the frame and/or the sound reducing material comprises a fiber mat placed in the frame.

6. The sound reduction system according to claim 2 wherein the sound reduction device further comprises a fastening arrangement attached to the frame for keeping the sound reducing material from escaping from the frame.

7. The sound reduction system according to claim 2 wherein the sound reduction device is configured to be disassembled.

8. The sound reduction system according to claim 1 wherein the sound reducing material is one of or a combination of glass fiber, polar fleece or polyurethane.

9. The sound reduction system according to claim 2 wherein the frame is aerodynamically shaped to reduce pressure drop of the gaseous medium over the frame.

10. The sound reduction system according to claim 9 wherein a cross-section of the frame is wing-shaped.

11. The sound reduction system according to claim 2 wherein the supporting structure and frame are made of a plastic and/or a metal.

12. The sound reduction system according to claim 2 wherein the supporting structure and the frame are made of the same material as the channel.

13. The sound reduction system according to claim 1 wherein the channel is configured to receive the gaseous medium above atmospheric pressure, at atmospheric pressure or below atmospheric pressure.

14. A vehicle comprising the sound reduction system according to claim 1 , wherein the channel is an air intake channel.

15. The sound reduction system according to claim 1 further comprising a resonator disposed outside of the channel, wherein the channel includes multiple resonator openings that open to the resonator, and wherein the sound reducing material extends over at least some of the resonator openings when the sound reduction device is mounted inside the channel.

16. A method for reducing sound in a channel wherein a gaseous medium is flowable, the method comprising:
providing a sound reduction device comprising a supporting structure, a frame configured to be supported by the supporting structure, and a sound reducing material configured to be supported by the frame, wherein the supporting structure includes multiple openings and the frame includes multiple protrusions that are each receivable in a respective opening of the supporting structure;
snap fitting the frame together with the supporting structure; and
mounting the sound reduction device inside the channel to position the sound reducing material inside the channel, such that the frame and the sound reducing material extend beyond the supporting structure upstream and downstream of the supporting structure.

17. A sound reduction system comprising:
a sound reduction device including a supporting structure, a frame configured to be supported by the supporting structure, and a sound reducing material configured to be supported by the frame, wherein the supporting structure is a closed structure, and the frame is positionable in the supporting structure such that at least a portion of the sound reducing material is located inside of the supporting structure, and wherein the supporting structure includes multiple openings and the frame includes multiple protrusions that are each receivable in a respective opening of the supporting structure to fasten the frame to the supporting structure; and
a channel in which a gaseous medium is flowable, the channel including multiple resonator openings that are alignable with a resonator that is arrangeable outside of the channel and that has a hollow chamber;
wherein the sound reduction device is mountable inside the channel such that the sound reducing material is positionable inside the channel and over at least some of the resonator openings.

18. The sound reduction system according to claim 17 wherein the sound reducing material is positionable in the frame.

Assignees

• Volvo Car Corp

Inventors

• Brunberg Johan
• Bratt Niclas
• Henriksson Christopher
• Larsson Bo

Classifications

• G10K11/161 Primary

  in systems with fluid flow (G10K11/162 takes precedence; gas flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for machines or engines in general or for internal combustion engine F01N, noise absorbers in pipes or pipe systems F16L55/02; noise absorption in air conditioning and ventilation F24F13/24; silencing exhaust or propulsion jets in aircraft B64D33/06) · CPC title

• B60R13/0846 Primary

  for duct, cable or rod passages, e.g. between engine and passenger compartments · CPC title

• G10K11/002

  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

• F16L55/033

  Noise absorbers (F16L55/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16L55/0336

  by means of sound-absorbing materials · CPC title