Patent · US Expired

Overhead sound attenuating cover for roadways and railways

US4308933A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateOct 18, 1979
Grant dateJan 5, 1982
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Expiry dateOct 18, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE01F8/0047
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An overhead sound attenuating cover arrangement comprising a support structure and cover elements operatively arranged on the support structure. The cover includes at least in part between individual cover elements spaces, whereby cover elements in the vicinity of such spaces are arranged in an overlapping manner in such a way that sound emitted at any given point on the roadway is deflected from a straight path when passing through said cover arrangement.

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