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US 11,231,234 B2Granted
Acoustic panel with vapor chambers
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsYeongching Lin, Tai-Yun Huang, Takumi J. Jinmon, Takayuki Sugiyama, Gaohua Zhu
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Abstract
An acoustic unit includes an acoustically septumized cell, and a vapor chamber attached across the cell. The vapor chamber is configured to employ vapor-liquid phase changing to help move heat past the cell.
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An acoustic unit, comprising:
- an acoustically septumized cell;
- and
- a vapor chamber attached across the cell under a fixed boundary condition therewith, the vapor chamber configured to employ vapor-liquid phase changing to help move heat past the cell;
- wherein
- the vapor chamber is an acoustic element, whereby the acoustic unit is configured to attenuate the movement of frontal acoustic excitation using the vapor chamber.
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An acoustic panel, comprising:
- a cellular panel that forms cells;
- an acoustic unit whose construction is based on a cell, the acoustic unit including the cell and an acoustic element attached across the cell under a fixed boundary condition therewith, whereby the acoustic unit is configured to attenuate the movement of frontal acoustic excitation using the acoustic element, and made at least partially from a thermally nonconductive material;
- and
- a vapor chamber attached across a cell under a fixed boundary condition therewith, the vapor chamber having a body with an exterior heat absorption face and an opposing exterior heat dissipation face, the vapor chamber configured to help move heat past the cell by absorbing heat at the heat absorption face, employing vapor-liquid phase changing to effectively thermally conduct absorbed heat through the body to the heat dissipation face, and dissipating effectively thermally conducted heat at the heat dissipation face.
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An acoustic unit, comprising:
- an acoustically septumized cell;
- and
- a vapor chamber attached across the cell under a fixed boundary condition therewith;
- wherein
- in relation to the vapor chamber, the remainder of the acoustic unit is made at least partially from a thermally nonconductive material, and the vapor chamber is configured to employ vapor-liquid phase changing to help move heat past the cell;
- and
- the acoustic unit has a frequency target, and the vapor chamber is an acoustic element, whereby the acoustic unit is configured to particularly affect frontal acoustic excitation about the frequency target using the vapor chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.