US4104426A
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Production of muffler material
Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corp
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Filing: 1975-11-28
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Granted: 1978-08-01
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Expires: 1995-11-28
Abstract
Abstract Acoustical insulation or sound absorbing material particularly useful as automobile muffler material, having high temperature, vibration and chemical resistance, and of sufficient structural rigidity to resist packing or degradation when exposed to engine heat, vibration and exhaust gas pressures, formed of an alumina-silica ceramic fiber matt or blanket impregnated with a colloidal silica binder. The muffler acoustical and thermal insulation can be in the form of a hollow cylindrical body of alumina-silica fibers coated on its inside and outside surfaces and on its ends, with an aqueous colloidal silica sol, and the material dried.
Inventors
- 👤 Rodolfo Gonzalez
- 👤 Allen P. Penton, III
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 15:58
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/62; E04B1/74; E04B1/82; E04B1/84; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/131; Y10T428/1314; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/298; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/20; Y10T442/2738; Y10T442/2926; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/69; Y10T442/691
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
54 words
A muffler material having good sound absorption characteristics, high temperature and chemical resistance, and having structural rigidity when exposed to engine heat, vibration and exhaust gas pressures, consisting essentially of a ring shaped blanket of alumina-silica fibers impregnated along the inside and outside surfaces thereof, and on opposite ends thereof with a silica binder.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
54 words
A muffler material having good sound absorption characteristics, high temperature and chemical resistance, and having structural rigidity when exposed to engine heat, vibration and exhaust gas pressures, consisting essentially of a ring shaped blanket of alumina-silica fibers impregnated along the inside and outside surfaces thereof, and on opposite ends thereof with a silica binder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A muffler material as defined in claim 1, said alumina-silica fibrous blanket containing about 40 to about 50% alumina and about 50 to about 60% silica, by weight, the silica binder content of the coated or impregnated fibrous blanket ranging from about 5 to about 50% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
A muffler material as defined in claim 2, said ring shaped blanket of alumina-silica fibers being cylindrical in shape, the silica binder content of the cylindrical fibrous blanket along the length thereof ranging from about 10 to about 20%, and at the ends thereof ranging from about 30 to about 40% silica binder by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A muffler material as defined in claim 3, said impregnated binder concentration along the length of said cylindrical blanket and on both ends thereof providing a continuous semi-porous coating.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
A muffler material having good sound absorption characteristics, high temperature and chemical resistance, and having structural rigidity when exposed to engine heat, vibration and exhaust gas pressures, consisting essentially of a ring shaped blanket of alumina-silica fibers coated or impregnated with a silica binder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A muffler material having good sound absorption characteristics, high temperature and chemical resistance, and having structural rigidity when exposed to engine heat, vibration and exhaust gas pressures, consisting essentially of a ring shaped blanket of alumina-silica fibers coated or impregnated with a silica binder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A muffler material as defined in claim 5, said alumina-silica fibrous blanket containing about 40 to about 50% alumina and about 50 to about 60% silica by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A muffler material as defined in claim 5, the silica content of the coated or impregnated fibrous blanket ranging from about 5 to about 50%, by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A muffler material as defined in claim 7, the silica binder content of the coated or impregnated fibrous blanket ranging from about 10 to about 40%, by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
A muffler material as defined in claim 8, said fibers having a length ranging from about 1/2 to about 2 inches, a diameter ranging from about 1 to about 10 microns, said fibrous blanket having a density ranging from about 3 to about 8 lbs./cu. ft.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-07-31 | 1982-01-30 | 1982-08-01 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-07-31 | 1986-01-30 | 1986-08-01 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-07-31 | 1990-01-30 | 1990-08-01 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |