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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042648 | Material for processing and molded member using the same A material for processing includes an elastically deformable single thin plate comprising a plurality of through-holes. The plate has a first wave-like shape, which is formed in a first direction and, in which troughs and ridges are alternately connected in repetiti... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8011469 | Tunable sound transmission device for a motor vehicle A tunable sound transmission device for transmitting an engine rumble sound into an interior of a motor vehicle includes a transmission line having a first end in acoustic communication with an air intake tract of an engine. A flexible membrane is positioned to seal... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7954596 | Acoustically and thermally acting insulation The invention relates to a multilayered acoustically and thermally effective insulation having a defined layer structure, especially for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7861822 | Engine noise reduction apparatus A vehicle including an enclosure and a separator wall is disclosed. The enclosure defines an engine compartment and the engine compartment encloses an internal combustion engine. The separator wall extends from a forward portion of the engine compartment to a rear p... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7658263 | Device for noise transmission in a motor vehicle A device for noise transmission of an intake system of an internal combustion engine to the interior of a motor vehicle has a transmission line having an inlet at a first end and an exit provided with a mouth at a second end. A diaphragm is arranged at the second en... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7635048 | Sound suppression device for internal combustion engine system A machine is provided having an engine system wherein at least one engine system component with an acoustic reflective surface is surrounded by a jacket configured to absorb sound from at least one sound producing device of the engine system. The jacket includes a s... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7621370 | Sound increase apparatus A sound increase apparatus includes a partition wall adapted to divide an engine room for defining a first engine room space that is located on a side of a dash panel and a second engine room space in which an engine is installed, and a first pressure fluctuation am... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7430992 | Engine-driven work machine A duct member is disposed around outer peripheries of an engine and an engine-driven generator to define a continuous cooling-air passage between the duct member and the outer peripheries. A cooling fan is disposed in the cooling-air passage to generate a flow of co... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431128 | Noise absorbing structure of instrument panel A noise absorbing structure of an instrument panel of a vehicle includes a first noise absorbing panel, provided in the instrument panel disposed in front of a driver seat of the vehicle, a second noise absorbing panel, provided in the instrument panel disposed in f... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7395799 | Primary housing assembly for a motorcycle engine A primary housing for a motorcycle engine includes an inner housing that defines internal coupling apertures, transmission coupling apertures, and external coupling apertures. Internal fasteners extend through the internal coupling apertures and the transmission cou... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367304 | Apparatus and method for forced response acoustic isolation enclosure in cast aluminum oil pan The present invention provides an improved oil pan that acts as a radiated noise reduction product. More specifically, the invention addresses the case of a broad frequency forced response sound radiation for structurally rigid cast aluminum engine oil pans. The imp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364014 | Sound absorbing body, sound absorbing structural body, and method of manufacturing these bodies A sound absorbing body 40 has a molded body 44 including two unexpanded layers 41, 42 and an expanded layer 43 having a number of voids and held between these unexpanded layers 41, 42, a plurality of holes 41A of a depth tha... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353791 | Sound increase apparatus A sound increase apparatus includes a first hollow body member that communicates with an intake flow path of an internal combustion engine, a second hollow body member that communicates with the first hollow body member, and a vibration member capable of vibrating i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334662 | Equipment enclosure acoustical door with low impedance distributed air flow An acoustic door for an equipment enclosure, such as a rack mount cabinet, also provides a low impedance air flow uniformly delivered across the cabinet opening. A pair of metal panels, with acoustic foam along the rear surfaces, extend angularly outward and toward ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320299 | Cooling system for liquid-cooled machines A cooling system for an engine of a lawnmower. The engine has a muffler through which exhaust gases exit the engine and is cooled by a liquid coolant. The cooling system includes a heat exchanger operatively connected to the engine to receive the liquid coolant from... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318498 | Decorative interior sound absorbing panel A multi-layered fiber reinforced thermoplastic sound absorbing panel includes a porous fiber reinforced thermoplastic core layer having a first surface and a second surface, and includes a thermoplastic material and from about 20 weight percent to about 80 weight pe... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7281508 | Cylinder head cover assembly for the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and process for producing a cylinder head cover assembly A rocker cover assembly for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes a rock cover, a gasket element and a stabilizing core. The gasket element is disposed between the rocker cover and the cylinder head, and includes a sealing material. The stabilizi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278513 | Internal lens system for loudspeaker waveguides This invention provides a lens system for a loudspeaker. The loudspeaker may include a driver unit and a waveguide attached to the driver unit. The loudspeaker further may include a lens system. The lens system may include a plurality of plates. The plates may be po... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267196 | Method and apparatus for reducing acoustic noise A squeeze film damper reduces acoustic wave transmission by the damping and spring forces produced by squeezing a very thin layer of air trapped between two vibrating plates. The damping effect is most pronounced when the gap between vibrating plates is very small, ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7228931 | Agricultural applicator configuration for enhanced visibility A configuration of a three-wheeled agricultural applicator is provided that enhances visibility or the field of view of an operator. The three-wheeled agricultural applicator includes a frame assembly having a fork assembly and a kingpin extending generally upward t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207307 | Intake system and method for producing the same An intermediate resin molded body is put between two outer resin molded bodies, and a molten resin is injected substantially simultaneously into a first interface between one outer resin molded body of the two outer resin molded bodies and the intermediate resin mol... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204047 | Compact excavator A compact excavator includes an upper rotating body mounted rotatably on a lower traveling body, an engine arranged on a rear section of the upper rotating body in a state where a drive shaft thereof is oriented in a horizontal direction, an hydraulic pump connected... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201253 | Soundproofing assembly and a part comprising a wall which if covered with said assembly A soundproofing assembly intended, in particular, to soundproof a motor vehicle. The inventive assembly includes four stacked layers, consisting respectively of: a first layer having an air resistance of between 500 and 2,000 N·m−3.s; a second porous, acoustic sp... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201011 | Integrated noise and heat management system An integrated noise and heat management system for the management of noise and heat around a heat and noise source is described. The system includes an enclosure for surrounding the heat and noise source, the enclosure having a double wall structure defining an air ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201254 | Machine housing component with acoustic media grille and method of attenuating machine noise Air flow openings in a machine housing facilitate air exchange with a machine, but may become outlets for machine noise. In order to protect a machine from possibly damaging elements while facilitating air exchange and attenuating machine noise, the present disclosu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191753 | Cover structure for engine The present invention provides an engine cover structure for an engine (1) whose cylinder head (7) is covered at three of front, rear, right and left sides thereof by a fuel tank (10), an air cleaner (20) and a muffler (9), respect... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188703 | Device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle In a device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle, including a housing having an inlet space, which is in communication via an inlet line with a gas-carrying part of an internal combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle, and an outlet space, which is acous... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182172 | Sound insulation system A sound insulation system for use with a vehicle includes a layer of fibrous padding material having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface includes multiple spaced apart recesses. The second surface includes a substantially flat surface p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7131422 | Construction machine A construction machine includes an engine guard, an engine, a cooling fan, and a device for being cooled by the cooling fan, and an exhaust duct. The engine guard accommodates the engine and has intake and exhaust openings. The intake opening and the exhaust opening... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129604 | Air cooled type generator that is mounted in easier and quicker manner An air cooled type generator includes a housing, an engine, a cooling fan mounted in the engine, a generator body having a first side juxtaposed to the engine, and a cooling fan rotatably mounted on an opened second side of the generator body and including a plurali... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107959 | Air intake apparatus An air intake apparatus has an air intake port opening outside, and an air intake path communicating the air intake port with a combustion chamber of an engine. For suppressing noise getting out from the air intake port, with respect to walls partitioning the air in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107943 | Engine-driven operating machine A soundproof engine-driven operating machine has a small installation area, is easy to assemble and disassemble, and has superior cooling effects. The soundproof engine-driven operating machine includes an engine, an operating machine main body that is driven by the... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093814 | Vibration isolating mount The present invention comprises a vibration isolating mount used to mount a furring channel to a mounting surface wherein the furring channel comprises a channel portion and two opposing furring channel flanges. The vibration isolating mount comprises a vibration is... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080712 | Soundproof material for vehicle and method of manufacturing the material An insulator dash (20) installed on the interior side surface side of a dash panel (10), comprising a single sound absorbing layer (21) formed of a fiber assembly or a laminated assembly having light and soft skin layers (22,23,26,27,28) ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080619 | Air intake apparatus An air intake apparatus includes an air intake duct provided with an inlet through which intake air should be introduced, an air cleaner disposed on the downstream side of the air intake duct and for filtering the intake air, and an air cleaner hose disposed on the ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055649 | Multi-density sound attenuating laminates and methods of making same Sound attenuating laminates, and methods of making the same, are provided. Heat is applied to a surface of a non-woven, fibrous layer of material to form a stratum of melted fibers having a density greater than that of the remainder of the fibrous layer. The density... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047912 | Work vehicle cooling system A work vehicle cooling system comprises a cooling fan (18) driven by the output from an engine (16), and a flow path for allowing an airflow (27) generated by the cooling fan (18) to be flown between the engine (16) and an operator... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7017250 | Vehicle cockpit assemblies having integrated dash insulators, instrument panels and floor coverings, and methods of installing same within vehicles Vehicle cockpit assemblies and methods of installing same within vehicles are provided. A vehicle cockpit assembly includes a dash insulator that is configured to be attached to a vehicle firewall, an instrument panel attached to the dash insulator, and a floor cove... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011181 | Sound insulation system A sound insulation system for use with a vehicle includes a layer of fibrous padding material having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface includes multiple spaced apart recesses. The second surface includes a substantially flat surface p... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000729 | Five-layer sound absorbing pad: improved acoustical absorber An acoustical absorber, having the structure: scrim/film/batt/film/scrim. Preferably, the batt is made from about 60% to about 90% by weight natural fiber and about 10% to about 40% synthetic fiber. Also, a method of making the acoustical absorber is provided. Addit... | 02/21/2006 |
