Acoustic and thermal shield for a motor vehicle
AssigneeTreves Products, Services & Innovation
InventorsStéphane RIBES, Christophe CAPRON
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shield comprising: a thermo-compressed porous three-dimensional shell based on glass fibers, the fibers being joined together by a binding agent. The shield includes a foam-based inner spring layer, and additionally has the following features: the foam layer is produced by reaction injection molding (RIM), the layer overmolding the shell. The shell has a porosity arranged in order to enable the foam to penetrate a fraction of the thickness of the shell, so as to create a leaktight skin the binding agent is based on polypropylene. The shell comprises between 45 and 55% by weight of glass fibers.
Claims7
An acoustic and thermal shield for a motor vehicle, the shield comprising:
- a thermo-compressed porous three-dimensional shell based on glass fibers, the fibers being joined together by a binding agent,
- a foam-based inner spring layer made of elastically compressible polyurethane,
- the shield further comprising:
- spring layer produced by reaction injection molding, the layer overmolding the shell,
- the shell having a porosity arranged to enable the foam to penetrate a fraction of the thickness of the shell, to create a leaktight skin, such that the shield:
- is acoustically insulating according to a mass-spring principle, the shield additionally having acoustic absorption properties conferred by the fraction of thickness of the shell not penetrated by the foam and remaining porous,
- has the rigidity thereof increased by the reinforcement by the fibers coated by the foam,
- the shield having:
- the binding agent based on polypropylene, and
- the shell comprises between 45 and 55% by weight of glass fibers.
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