Patent · US Expired

Acoustic resonator

US6116375A · kind A · utility

53Cited by

5References

54Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Frederick Lorch · Ashland, US
Gordon P. Sharp · Newton, US
George Succi · Merrimack, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 1995
Grant date	Sep 12, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10K11/172
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A resonator as disclosed that has a plurality of resonating chambers having a predetermined size that attenuate sound in a conduit. The resonator may be disposed along the inner periphery of the conduit. Alternatively, it may be disposed on the outside periphery of the conduit so that flow through the conduit may be unrestricted. Additionally, the resonator may include a honeycomb fairing to attenuate sound at higher frequencies. Also disclosed is a system in which a resonator may be located within the conduit of an HVAC system to attenuate the sound.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.