Patent · US Active

Sound-absorbing insulation element with strengthening embossments

US7870931B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by
27References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 1, 2007
Grant dateJan 18, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 22, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12361
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The sound-absorbing insulation element is used everywhere sound and/or heat sources have to be shielded, preferably in automotive engineering as a heat shield. The insulation element comprises at least one studded sheet-shaped element which is provided with strengthening embossments. The strengthening embossments have an embossment base and embossment flanks. According to the invention, the sheet-shaped element exhibits material compression, that is to say material hardening, in the region of the embossment flanks. Fissures which have a bizarrely shaped contour lie in the embossment base. These fissures are produced by the stretching and tearing of the embossment base.

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