US4663381A
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Interior noise reduction in motor vehicles
Assignee: Dr Alois Stankiewicz GmbH
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Filing: 1984-11-27
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Granted: 1987-05-05
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Expires: 2004-11-27
Abstract
Abstract Viscoelastic plastics materials having a dynamic elasticity modulus of 107 to 1010 Nm-2 and a loss factor of at least 5 are used for the manufacture of motor vehicle parts, such as wheel housing parts, instrument panels, and door panels, in order to reduce interior noise.
Inventors
- 👤 Ehrenfried Blumel
- 👤 Heinemann Gahlau
- 👤 Manfred Hoffmann
- 👤 Klaus Wittenmayer
- 👤 Thomas Stankiewicz
- 👤 Christoph Kittel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 20:05
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/10; B; B60; B60K; B60K35/00; B60K35/20; B60K37/00; B60K37/20; B60R; B60R13/00; B60R13/08; B60R13/0861; B62; B62D; B62D25/00; B62D25/08; B62D25/16; B62D25/161; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/65; C08G18/66; C08G18/6666; C08G18/667; C08G18/6674; C08L23/16; C08L25/00; C08L25/02; C08L25/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A wheel housing part for securing inside a wheel guard of a motor vehicle, said part being formed from a viscoelastic material comprised of a plastic, a rubber, and a filler, such that said viscoelastic material has a dynamic elasticity modulus of 10 7 to 10 10 Nm -2 and a loss factor of at least 0.05, wherein the viscoelastic material is formed from an intimate mixture from 25 to 40% by weight of an olefin polymer having high impact resistance; from 25 to 40% by weight of a synthetic rubber; and from 25 to 40% by weight of amorphous chalk.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A wheel housing part for securing inside a wheel guard of a motor vehicle, said part being formed from a viscoelastic material comprised of a plastic, a rubber, and a filler, such that said viscoelastic material has a dynamic elasticity modulus of 10 7 to 10 10 Nm -2 and a loss factor of at least 0.05, wherein the viscoelastic material is formed from an intimate mixture from 25 to 40% by weight of an olefin polymer having high impact resistance; from 25 to 40% by weight of a synthetic rubber; and from 25 to 40% by weight of amorphous chalk.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
157 words
A wheel housing part for securing inside a wheel guard of a motor vehicle, said part being formed from a viscoelastic material comprised of a plastic, a rubber, and a filler, such that said viscoelastic material has a dynamic elasticity modulus of 10 7 to 10 10 Nm -2 and a loss factor of at least 0.05, wherein the viscoelastic material is formed from an intimate mixture of from 25 to 40% by weight of a polymer comprising said plastic and selected from the group consisting of olefin polymers having high impact resistance, styrene polymers having high impact resistance, and mixtures thereof; from 25 to 40% by weight of a synthetic rubber; and from 25 to 40% by weight of an amorphous filler, wherein the olefin polymer is polypropylene of high impact resistance, the synthetic rubber is an unsaturated ethylene-propylene-diene-rubber (EPDM), and the filler is selected from the group consisting of amorphous silicon dioxide and amorphous chalk.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
157 words
A wheel housing part for securing inside a wheel guard of a motor vehicle, said part being formed from a viscoelastic material comprised of a plastic, a rubber, and a filler, such that said viscoelastic material has a dynamic elasticity modulus of 10 7 to 10 10 Nm -2 and a loss factor of at least 0.05, wherein the viscoelastic material is formed from an intimate mixture of from 25 to 40% by weight of a polymer comprising said plastic and selected from the group consisting of olefin polymers having high impact resistance, styrene polymers having high impact resistance, and mixtures thereof; from 25 to 40% by weight of a synthetic rubber; and from 25 to 40% by weight of an amorphous filler, wherein the olefin polymer is polypropylene of high impact resistance, the synthetic rubber is an unsaturated ethylene-propylene-diene-rubber (EPDM), and the filler is selected from the group consisting of amorphous silicon dioxide and amorphous chalk.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A wheel housing part according to claim 1, wherein said synthetic rubber is a styrene-butadiene-rubber (SBR).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A wheel housing part according to claim 2, wherein said styrene polymer is selected from the group consisting of polystyrene and styrene copolymers having high impact resistance.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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