US4823909A
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Vehicular soundproof structure
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-09-30
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Granted: 1989-04-25
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Expires: 2007-09-30
Abstract
Abstract A soundproof structure for vehicle use includes a vehicle body forming panel, a lower side sound absorbing foamed resin layer on the panel, a rigid sound insulating panel on the foamed resin layer, and a press means between the vehicle body forming panel and the sound insulating panel to urge the sound insulating panel toward the former panel, the press means acting to hold the lower side foamed resin layer in compressed state, and an upper side sound absorbing layer being further laminated on the sound insulating panel.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuo Nakamura
- 👤 Tsuyoshi Yamashita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 19:07
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R13/00; B60R13/08; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/18; B32B7/00; B32B7/02; B32B7/04; B32B7/08; B60R13/0815; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/10; B32B2307/102; B32B2605/00; B60R13/02; B60R2013/0807
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A vehicular soundproof structure comprising a vehicle body forming panel, a lower side sound absorbing foamed resin layer disposed on a surface of the vehicle body forming panel, a sound insulating panel having a high rigidity and disposed on a surface of the lower side sound absorbing foamed resin layer, an upper side sound absorbing layer disposed on the sound insulating panel, and a press means extending between said vehicle body forming panel and said sound insulating panel for pressing the sound insulating panel toward the vehicle body forming panel while compressing said lower side sound absorbing foamed resin layer which is disposed between the sound insulating panel and the vehicle body forming panel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A vehicular soundproof structure comprising a vehicle body forming panel, a lower side sound absorbing foamed resin layer disposed on a surface of the vehicle body forming panel, a sound insulating panel having a high rigidity and disposed on a surface of the lower side sound absorbing foamed resin layer, an upper side sound absorbing layer disposed on the sound insulating panel, and a press means extending between said vehicle body forming panel and said sound insulating panel for pressing the sound insulating panel toward the vehicle body forming panel while compressing said lower side sound absorbing foamed resin layer which is disposed between the sound insulating panel and the vehicle body forming panel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A structure of claim 1 further comprising a skin layer laminated on said upper side sound absorbing layer, said press means serving also as means for fixing said skin layer and said upper side sound absorbing layer onto said sound insulating panel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A structure of claim 2, wherein said upper side sound absorbing layer is in a state almost free of a compression force.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
81 words
A structure of claim 1, wherein said press means comprises a first member fixed to the vehicle body forming panel and extending toward the sound insulating panel while penetrating the lower side sound absorbing foamed resin layer, and a second member which is abutted against the sound insulating panel from a side opposite to the vehicle body forming panel, said first member and said second member being adjustably screw-fitted to each other through a hole formed in the sound insulating panel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A structure of claim 2, wherein said press means serves to hold constant a distance between the sound insulating panel and the skin layer.
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