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Sound absorbing article and method of making same

US5796055A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 1997
Grant dateAug 18, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB32B17/10788
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A sound dampening glazing, for example an automotive windshield, in one embodiment includes a pair of glass sheets. In cross section and moving from one glass sheet to the other there is an interlayer e.g. polyvinyl butyral, an intermediate sheet e.g. a polyester sheet having a surface harder than the surface of the interlayer to smooth the interlayer surface, a sheet of dampening material, an intermediate sheet, an interlayer and the other glass sheet. In another embodiment, the glazing has two sheets of dampening material each having different sound dampening temperature range to provide the glazing with sound dampening properties over a broader temperature range. A method for making the glazing is also disclosed.

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