Sound isolating ventilation panels and methods for manufacturing same

A method of manufacturing a sound isolating ventilation panel comprising:

• a. providing a frame comprising a top rail, a bottom rail and two stiles;
• b. providing a core assembly comprising a plurality of horizontal channels;
• c. providing a pair of cartridges comprising hollow centers, the cartridges positioned between the top rail and the bottom rail and flanking both sides of the core assembly, wherein each of the cartridges comprises a proximally facing side comprising a plurality of air channel side apertures aligned with the plurality of horizontal channels, and a distally facing side comprising a plurality of sound resonator side apertures;
• d. providing a front skin and a back skin, whereby the sound resonator side apertures and a space between the stiles, the distally facing side and the front and back skins define resonators;
• e. forming a vertically oriented ventilation groove through the front skin and a front face of a first one of the cartridges, and forming a vertically oriented ventilation groove through the back skin and a back face of the second one of the cartridges, whereby the ventilation grooves, the hollow centers, the air channel side apertures and the horizontal channels together define Z-shaped air channels.

A cartridge for a sound isolating ventilation panel, the cartridge comprising:

• a hollow center;
• a front face;
• a back face opposite the front face;
• a proximally facing side comprising a plurality of air channel side apertures;
• a distally facing side comprising a plurality of sound resonator side apertures;
• and
• a vertically oriented ventilation groove formed through the front face or the back face a horizontal plane of symmetry and a vertical plane of symmetry;
• wherein the plurality of air channel side apertures are identical and equidistantly spaced, and the plurality of sound resonator side apertures are identical and equidistantly spaced;
• wherein the plurality of air channel side apertures are larger than and fewer in number than the plurality of sound resonator side apertures, wherein the plurality of air channel side apertures are arranged linearly in series, and wherein the plurality of sound resonator side apertures are arranged linearly in series, wherein each space between the air channel side apertures is at least one inch.