Sonic coupling between an intake tract or engine compartment and the interior of a motor vehicle
US7487857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10K11/22
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus for sonic coupling between an intake tract or engine compartment and a vehicle interior of a motor vehicle has a housing into which sound enters from the intake tract via a first line, and out of which sound exits into the vehicle interior via a second line. A transmission body is arranged in the housing, the transmission body having a gas-tight separating wall between a sound inlet into the housing and a sound outlet out of the housing. The position of the separating wall is held essentially constant by a positioning device. A transmission wall between the separating wall and the housing provides an acoutis transfer function that is adjustable. The separating wall runs generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of sound propagation and the transmission wall runs at an angle α to the longitudinal axis of sound propagation.
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