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US 2020/0049074 A1Published application
Acoustic panel and method for making the same
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEgbert Geertsema, Kirk Alan Rogers
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Abstract
An acoustic panel comprises: a face sheet comprising a plurality of openings; a back sheet opposite to the face sheet; and an intermediate layer comprising a plurality of cells each comprising a cavity and a plurality of walls extending between the face sheet and the back sheet and surrounding the cavity, the plurality of walls comprising a plurality of drainage slots and a plurality of covers covering the plurality of drainage slots and openable for drainage. A method for making the acoustic panel is also described.
Claims20
An acoustic panel comprising:
- a face sheet comprising a plurality of openings;
- a back sheet opposite to the face sheet;
- and
- an intermediate layer comprising a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells defining a cavity and a plurality of walls extending between the face sheet and the back sheet and surrounding the cavity, at least one of the plurality of walls comprising a plurality of drainage slots and a plurality of covers covering the plurality of drainage slots and the plurality of covers openable for drainage of liquid from the cavity.
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A method for making an acoustic panel, comprising:
- providing a face sheet comprising a plurality of openings;
- providing a back sheet opposite to the face sheet;
- and
- providing an intermediate layer comprising a plurality of cells each comprising a cavity and a plurality of walls extending between the face sheet and the back sheet and surrounding the cavity, the plurality of walls comprising a plurality of drainage slots and a plurality of covers covering the plurality of drainage slots and openable for drainage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.