Sound insulation cover

• US 8,291,698 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2008
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hikami, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Bomberg, Kenneth
• Assistant Examiner(s): Singh, Dapinder
• Application Number:
  US12/213,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20090000861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,593 Days
• Field of Search: 603/23, 181/200, 181/204
• US Class Current: 60/323
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/102 having thermal insulation
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/1811 with means permitting relative movement, e.g. compensation of thermal expansion or vibration
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2260/20 for heat or sound protection, e.g. using a shield or specially shaped outer surface of exhaust device

Abstract

The sound insulation cover includes: a cover member 21 that is externally mounted on an exhaust manifold and that insulates transmission of noises to the outside; and a fixing means 22 that is combined with an opening 21a formed in the cover member 21 in correspondence to a fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold and that fixes the cover member 21 to the fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold. The fixing means 22 has: a ring-shaped cover holding plate 23 fixed to the cover member 21 along the edge portion of the opening 21a of the cover member 21; and a disk-shaped plate 24 fixed to the fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold. The inner peripheral portion of the cover holding plate 23 and the outer peripheral portion of the fixing plate 24 are formed into a ring-shaped depressed-projected fit portion 25.

Claims

1. A sound insulation cover comprising:

a cover member that is externally mounted on a noise source and that insulates transmission of noises to an outside; and

a fixing means that is combined with an opening formed in the cover member in correspondence to a fixing portion of the noise source and that fixes the cover member to the fixing portion of the noise source,

wherein the fixing means has;

a ring-shaped cover holding plate fixed to the cover member along an edge portion of the opening of the cover member; and

a disk-shaped fixing plate fixed to the fixing portion of the noise source, an inner peripheral portion of the cover holding plate and an outer peripheral portion of the fixing plate being formed into a ring-shaped depressed-projected fit portion in which a projected portion is fitted in a depressed portion so as to freely slide in a direction of inside of a plane, the cover holding plate and the fixing plate being connected to each other via this depressed-projected fit portion,

wherein one of the sliding surfaces of the cover holding plate and the fixing plate has a bead that is formed in an arc cross section and that is put into sliding contact with the other sliding surface.

2. The sound insulation cover according to claim 1,

wherein the cover holding plate is a pair of ring-shaped cover holding plates that are disposed on both of obverse and reverse sides of the cover member and that have first pinching portions pinching the edge portion of the opening, first overlapping portions overlaid on each other inside the opening, and first inclined portions formed between the first pinching portions and the first overlapping portions, respectively,

wherein the fixing plate is a pair of disk-shaped plates that are disposed on both of the obverse and reverse sides of the cover member and that have second pinching portions pinching the first overlapping portions of the pair of cover holding plates overlaid on each other so as to freely slide in the direction of inside of the plane, second overlapping portions that are overlaid on each other in the openings formed in central portions of the cover holding plates and that are fixed to the fixing portions of the noise source, and second inclined portions formed between the second pinching portions and the second overlapping portions, respectively, and

wherein the depressed-projected fit portion is constructed of the projected portion of the first overlapping portions of the cover holding plates and the depressed portion of the second pinching portions of the fixing plates.

3. The sound insulation cover according to claim 2, further comprising ring-shaped intermediate plates interposed respectively between the first overlapping portions of the pair of cover holding plates and the second pinching portions of the pair of fixing plates overlaid on the first overlapping portions so as to freely slide in the direction of inside of the plane.

4. The sound insulation cover according to claim 1, further comprising a spring part that biases the cover holding plates so as to make the cover holding plates and the fixing plates concentric with each other.

5. The sound insulation cover according to claim 2, further comprising a spring part that biases the cover holding plates so as to make the cover holding plates and the fixing plates concentric with each other.

6. The sound insulation cover according to claim 3, further comprising a spring part that biases the cover holding plates so as to make the cover holding plates and the fixing plates concentric with each other.