Soundproofing laminated glass pane

• US 5,773,102 A
• Filed: 09/16/1996
• Issued: 06/30/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain S.A.)
• Original Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage SA (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain S.A.)
• Inventors: Rehfeld, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Ryan, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bahta, Abraham
• Application Number:
  US08/710,328
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 428/215, 428/34, 428/415, 428/426, 428/425.6, 428/430, 428/417, 428/212, 428/213, 428/332, 428/441, 428/220, 428/13, 296/96.14, 52/788, 52/788.12, 181/289, 181/290, 181/286
• US Class Current: 428/34
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10005 laminated safety glass or glazing
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10761 containing vinyl acetal
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/102 Insulating
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2367/00 Polyesters, e.g. PET, i.e. polyethylene terephthalate
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/002 with means for clear vision, e.g. anti-frost or defog panes, rain shields window heating in H05B3/84, H05B3/86
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 5/205 windows therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24942 including components having same physical characteristic in differing degree
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24967 Absolute thicknesses specified
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31601 Quartz or glass
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31616 Next to polyester [e.g., alkyd]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31645 Next to addition polymer from unsaturated monomers

Abstract

A soundproofing laminated glass pane comprising at least two transparent rigid sheets, at least one plastic film, and at least one film having ordinary acoustic performance, provides acoustic results just as good as the plastic film alone. The two films may be separated by an impermeable thin film, such as polyethylene terephthalate.

Claims

1. A laminated pane, comprising:

(i) at least two transparent rigid sheets,

(ii) at least one high-performance acoustic film, and

(iii) at least one ordinary standard film,

wherein, either

said at least one ordinary standard film, when in a thickness of 2 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 4-mm glass plates in order to form a laminated bar 9 cm in length and 3 cm in width and the bar is excited by a shock, has a resonant frequency of the first mode, f_c, which differs by more than 35% from that of a bar made of monolithic glass, having the same length, the same width and a thickness of 4 mm;

or

said at least one ordinary standard film, when in a thickness of at most 1 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 2.1-mm glass plates to form a laminated sheet, has an acoustic attenuation index shifted, for frequencies above 800 Hz, by more than 6 dB from a reference index which increases by 9 dB per octave up to 2,000 Hz and by 3 dB per octave at higher frequencies.

2. The laminated pane of claim 1, wherein said ordinary standard film comprises polyvinyl butyral.

3. The laminated pane of claim 1, further comprising an impermeable film, between at least one of said high-performance acoustic films and at least one of said ordinary standard films.

4. The laminated pane of claim 3, wherein said impermeable film comprises polyethylene terephthalate.

5. The laminated pane of claim 1, wherein said at least one high-performance acoustic film, when in a thickness of 2 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 4-mm glass plates in order to form a laminated bar 9 cm in length and 3 cm in width and the bar is excited by a shock, has a resonant frequency of the first mode, f_c, which differs by at most 35% from that of a bar made of monolithic glass, having the same length, the same width and a thickness of 4 mm.

6. The laminated pane of claim 1, wherein said at least one high-performance acoustic film, when in a thickness of at most 1 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 2.1-mm glass plates to form a laminated sheet, has an acoustic attenuation index shifted, for frequencies above 800 Hz, by less than 6 dB from a reference index which increases by 9 dB per octave up to 2,000 Hz and by 3 dB per octave at higher frequencies.

7. The laminated pane of claim 5, wherein said at least two transparent rigid sheets are two sheets comprising glass, and said at least one high-performance acoustic film is one film with a thickness of at least 0.38 mm.

8. The laminated pane of claim 6, wherein said at least two transparent rigid sheets are two sheets comprising glass, and said at least one high-performance acoustic film is one film with a thickness of at least 0.38 mm.

9. The laminated pane of claim 7, wherein at least one of said ordinary standard films has a thickness of at least 0.38 mm.

10. The laminated pane of claim 8, wherein at least one of said ordinary standard films has a thickness of at least 0.38 mm.

11. The laminated pane of claim 3, further comprising at least one layer, on said impermeable film, which modifies at least one property of said impermeable film selected from the group consisting of light reflection, light transmission and electrical conduction.

12. The laminated pane of claim 1, further comprising at least one layer, on at least one of said transparent rigid sheets, which modifies at least one property of said transparent rigid sheets selected from the group consisting of light reflection, light transmission and electrical conduction.

13. A window, comprising the laminated pane of claim 1.

14. A window, comprising the laminated pane of claim 9.

15. A window, comprising the laminated pane of claim 10.

20. A method, comprising:

installing, into a motor vehicle, a window comprising the laminated pane of claim 1.

16. A multilayer assembly, comprising p1 (i) at least one high-performance acoustic film, and

(ii) at least one ordinary standard film,

wherein, either

said at least one high-performance acoustic film, when in a thickness of 2 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 4-mm glass plates in order to form a laminated bar 9 cm in length and 3 cm in width and the bar is excited by a shock, has a resonant frequency of the first mode, f_c , which differs by at most 35% from that of a bar made of monolithic glass, having the same length, the same width and a thickness of 4 mm;

or

said at least one high-performance acoustic film, when in a thickness of at most 1 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 2.1-mm glass plates to form a laminated sheet, has an acoustic attenuation index shifted, for frequencies above 800 Hz, by less than 6 dB from a reference index which increases by 9 dB per octave up to 2,000 Hz and by 3 dB per octave at higher frequencies.

17. The multilayer assembly of claim 16, wherein said ordinary standard film comprises polyvinyl butyral.

18. The multilayer assembly of claim 16, further comprising an impermeable film, between at least one of said high-performance acoustic films and at least one of said ordinary standard films.

19. The multilayer assembly of claim 18, wherein said impermeable film comprises polyethylene terephthalate.

21. A film, comprising:

(i) at least one high-performance acoustic layer, and

(ii) at least one ordinary standard layer,

wherein, either

said at least one ordinary standard layer, when in a thickness of 2 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 4-mm glass plates in order to form a laminated bar 9 cm in length and 3 cm in width and the bar is excited by a shock, has a resonant frequency of the first mode, f_c, which differs by more than 35% from that of a bar made of monolithic glass, having the same length, the same width and a thickness of 4 mm;

or

said at least one ordinary standard layer, when in a thickness of at most 1 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 2.1-mm glass plates to form a laminated sheet, has an acoustic attenuation index shifted, for frequencies above 800 Hz, by more than 6 dB from a reference index which increases by 9 dB per octave up to 2,000 Hz and by 3 dB per octave at higher frequencies.

22. The film of claim 21, wherein said ordinary standard layer comprises polyvinyl butyral.

23. The film of claim 21, further comprising an impermeable layer, between at least one of said high-performance acoustic layers and at least one of said ordinary standard layers.

24. The film of claim 23, wherein said impermeable layer comprises polyethylene terephthalate.

25. The film of claim 21, wherein said at least one high-performance acoustic layer, when in a thickness of 2 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 4-mm glass plates in order to form a laminated bar 9 cm in length and 3 cm in width and the bar is excited by a shock, has a resonant frequency of the first mode, f_c, which differs by at most 35% from that of a bar made of monolithic glass, having the same length, the same width and a thickness of 4 mm.

26. The film of claim 21, wherein said at least one high-performance acoustic layer, when in a thickness of at most 1 mm, combined in an assembly laminated with two 2.1-mm glass plates to form a laminated sheet, has an acoustic attenuation index shifted, for frequencies above 800 Hz, by less than 6 dB from a reference index which increases by 9 dB per octave up to 2,000 Hz and by 3 dB per octave at higher frequencies.

27. The film of claim 25, wherein said at least one high-performance acoustic layer is one layer with a thickness of at least 0.38 mm.

28. The film of claim 27, wherein at least one of said ordinary standard layers has a thickness of at least 0.38 mm.

29. The film of claim 23, further comprising at least one layer, on said impermeable layer, which modifies at least one property of said impermeable layer selected from the group consisting of light reflection, light transmission and electrical conduction.