Sound absorbing body, sound absorbing board, and sound absorbing unit

• US 6,035,965 A
• Filed: 12/04/1998
• Issued: 03/14/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nitto Boseki Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nitto Boseki Company Limited
• Inventors: Mikami, Takashi, Tasaki, Yutaka, Fujiwara, Kyoji, Mizukami, Tadanori, Yamamura, Shinta, Furuta, Naoyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Khanh
• Application Number:
  US09/205,276
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: 181/284, 181/286, 181/288, 181/290, 181/292, 181/293, 181/295, 181/210, 181/30
• US Class Current: 181/293
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 8/0058 with damping material, e.g. rockwool, sand
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 8/007 with damping material
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 8/0082 with damping material
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/86 slab-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/8281 Flat elements mounted parallel to a supporting surface with an acoustically active air gap between the elements and the mounting surface
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/8414 with non-planar face, e.g. curved, egg-crate shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/8423 Tray or frame type panels or blocks, with or without acoustical filling
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/8433 with holes in their face
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/8442 Tray type elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/8461 layered
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/848 the cavities opening onto the face of the element
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/8485 the opening being restricted, e.g. forming Helmoltz resonators
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/849 Groove or slot type openings
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/8495 the openings going through from one face to the other face of the element
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/16 Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general G10K11/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/172 using resonance effects

Abstract

To provide a sound absorbing structure having a superior sound absorbing characteristic and an external appearance of the sound absorbing structure which does not cause flicker or the like, by disposal, for example, in the front of an air chamber, a plurality of ribs (2a) are disposed on one surface of the sound absorbing board body (2), and a plurality of through-holes (3) are provided in basal portions (2b) between the ribs (2a) to form a porous structure. Concealing materials (5) are provided between the ribs (2a) of the sound absorbing board body to conceal the through-holes (3), respectively.

Claims

1. A sound absorbing board characterized by comprising:

a sound absorbing board body formed into a substantially flat plate;

a plurality of ribs provided on a front surface of said sound absorbing board body for reinforcing said sound absorbing body, each of said ribs having a cross-sectional shape widened toward its top end;

a plurality of through-holes formed through said sound absorbing body from root ends of said ribs at the front surface of the sound absorbing body to a back side thereof, the top ends of said ribs having a width that is greater than a diameter of the through-holes to conceal the through-holes from above;

wherein the diameter of said through-holes is longer than a width of the root end of each of said ribs so that said through-holes open on both sides of the root of each of said ribs.

2. A sound absorbing body disposed in front of an air chamber so that the sound absorbing body and the air chamber constitute a sound absorbing structure, the sound absorbing body characterized by comprising;

a plurality of ribs projecting at predetermined intervals in a direction away from a side of the air chamber so as to form a resonant space which communicates with the air chamber and has a closed upper face to thereby provide a sound absorbing effect due to a resonant effect;

a plurality of through-holes provided in at least one of base portions on a side surface of the respective ribs and on a root between said ribs so that said through-holes communicate with said air chamber.

3. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that a sound absorbing material is provided at least on one of inner and outer surfaces of the basal portion between the ribs.

4. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that partition walls are disposed on rear surfaces of at least one of the ribs and the basal portions in order to partition the air chamber located in the back.

5. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that each of the ribs has a portion with its sectional shape widened toward the front end.

6. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claims 2, volumes of the resonant spaces defined by the ribs are classified into at least two groups.

7. A sound absorbing unit characterized by comprising a sound absorbing body recited in claims 2, and a back board integrally provided with the sound absorbing body and disposed in the back of the sound absorbing body at a distance so as to define an air chamber therebetween.

8. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that each of the ribs has a portion with its sectional shape widened toward the front end.

9. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that each of the ribs has a portion with its sectional shape widened toward the front end.

10. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 3, volumes of the resonant spaces defined by the ribs are classified into at least two groups.

11. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 4, volumes of the resonant spaces defined by the ribs are classified into at least two groups.

12. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 5, volumes of the resonant spaces defined by the ribs are classified into at least two groups.

13. A sound absorbing unit characterized by comprising a sound absorbing body recited in claim 3, and a back board integrally provided with the sound absorbing body and disposed in the back of the sound absorbing body at a distance so as to define an air chamber therebetween.

14. A sound absorbing unit characterized by comprising a sound absorbing body recited in claim 4, and a back board integrally provided with the sound absorbing body and disposed in the back of the sound absorbing body at a distance so as to define an air chamber therebetween.

15. A sound absorbing unit characterized by comprising a sound absorbing body recited in claim 5, and a back board integrally provided with the sound absorbing body and disposed in the back of the sound absorbing body at a distance so as to define an air chamber therebetween.

16. A sound absorbing unit characterized by comprising a sound absorbing body recited in claim 6, and a back board integrally provided with the sound absorbing body and disposed in the back of the sound absorbing body at a distance so as to define an air chamber therebetween.

17. A sound absorbing body as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that partition walls are disposed on rear surfaces of at least one of the ribs and the basal portions in order to partition the air chamber located in the back.