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US 12,084,202 B2Granted
Sound insulating panel suitable for use as a deflecting surface in jet blast deflectors
AssigneeValis-Engenharia E InovaçãO, S.A.
InventorVasco Maria Marques Lito Velez Grilo
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Abstract
The present application relates to a sound insulating panel, suitable for use as a deflecting surface in jet blast deflectors. Therefore, it is described a jet blast deflector fence, comprised of detachable sound insulating panels, forming a modular deflecting and noise absorbing surface, covering its entire frontal area that is aligned with the aircraft. This approach favours not only the maintenance procedures of the fence, but also allows noise absorption, in addition to redirecting the high energy exhausted from a jet engine.
Claims14
A jet blast deflector fence comprising:
- a plurality of sound insulating panels, each of said plurality of sound insulating panels suitable for use as a deflecting surface in jet blast deflectors, and comprising:
- a C-shaped sheet, with a central portion forming the front surface of the sound insulating panel, from which two lateral portions are perpendicularly projected;
- each of said lateral projections comprising an inner brim at an opposite end;
- the central portion having a perforated area;
- a capsule comprised by a rear sheet in which a sound insulator material is installed;
- the capsule being designed to fit inside the C-shaped sheet, in the interior space defined by an inner surface of the central portion and by the lateral projections;
- wherein, the capsule has a smaller length than the length of the central portion, being centrally placed inside the C-shaped sheet in such a way to be aligned with the perforated area of the central portion and to form two hollow cavities of the same dimension at both ends of the C-shaped sheet;
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- the capsule being adapted to be inserted and removed from the inside of the C-shaped sheet through a locking mechanism provided by the inner brims of the lateral projections;
- a deflector framework comprised of two structural members;
- a first member constituted of a plurality of vertical posts fixed to a base at its lower end, and a second member constituted of a plurality of rail channels;
- an upper end of a rail channel being fixed to an upper end of a vertical post, the rail channel projecting towards the base;
- wherein,
- each rail channel comprises a plurality of rabbets;
- each rabbet adapted to fit into an hallow cavity of a sound insulating panel;
- the distance between each two rail channels is such that it allows the insertion of a sound insulating panel between them through a sliding movement.
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