US5466899A
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Arrangement for active sound damping
Assignee: Harman Audio Electronic Systems GmbH
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Filing: 1994-12-02
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Granted: 1995-11-14
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Expires: 2014-12-02
Abstract
Abstract It is known in the state of the art to dampen noise emissions by means of "anti-sound". In the gas exhaust installations of combustion machines, this is realized most often in that the exhaust gas flowing in the gas exhaust installation is charged with "anti-sound" produced by loudspeakers (12). However, such arrangements are disadvantageous in that the flow of hot exhaust gases reduces the service life of the loudspeakers, or that such measures are insufficient for actively damping the sound. The invention therefore presents an arrangement that avoids the disadvantages that exist in the state of the art. According to the invention, this is achieved in that the gas exhaust tube (10) ends in one of the two chambers of a double chamber box (17), and that a bass reflex tube (21) protrudes into this chamber of the double chamber box (17). The excellent sound cancellation at low loudspeaker output is achieved because the sound cancellation takes place in the chamber of box (17), where the ends of the bass reflex tube (21) and the gas exhaust tube (10) terminate, and that the radiation axis S intersects the center line M in space A between the two tubes (10, 21) or in tube (21), and the distance L between the dividing wall (18) and center line M is 75% of the largest diameter extension of loudspeaker 12.
Inventors
- 👤 Stefan Geisenberger
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 21:08
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N1/00; F01N1/06; F01N1/065; G; G10; G10K; G10K11/00; G10K11/16; G10K11/175; G10K11/178; G10K11/1785; G10K11/17857; G10K11/1787; F01N2470/00; F01N2470/18; G10K2210/00; G10K2210/10; G10K2210/101; G10K2210/112; G10K2210/128; G10K2210/1282; G10K2210/12822; G10K2210/30; G10K2210/321; G10K2210/3227; G10K2210/32272
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
215 words
An active sound damping system for gas exhaust installations, with at least one loudspeaker (12) placed into the dividing wall (18) of a loudspeaker box (17) that operates in accordance with the double chamber principle, where one of the volumes formed by the dividing wall (18) is equipped with a sound outlet opening (20) into which a tube (21) is placed, and with a gas exhaust tube (10) ending in the volume formed by the dividing wall (18), which is equipped with the sound outlet opening (20), where the facing ends of both tubes (10, 21), which share the same center line M at least in their outlet area (22), are separated from each other by space A, characterized in that the dividing wall (18) is arranged so that the radiation axis S of a loudspeaker (12) inserted into the dividing wall (18) intersects the part of the center line M that runs outside of the outlet area (22) of the gas exhaust tube (10), and that the distance E between the area of the dividing wall (18), in which the loudspeaker (12) is located, and the intersection point on the center line M of the radiation axis S of loudspeaker (12), is a maximum of 75% of the largest extension of the loudspeaker diameter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
215 words
An active sound damping system for gas exhaust installations, with at least one loudspeaker (12) placed into the dividing wall (18) of a loudspeaker box (17) that operates in accordance with the double chamber principle, where one of the volumes formed by the dividing wall (18) is equipped with a sound outlet opening (20) into which a tube (21) is placed, and with a gas exhaust tube (10) ending in the volume formed by the dividing wall (18), which is equipped with the sound outlet opening (20), where the facing ends of both tubes (10, 21), which share the same center line M at least in their outlet area (22), are separated from each other by space A, characterized in that the dividing wall (18) is arranged so that the radiation axis S of a loudspeaker (12) inserted into the dividing wall (18) intersects the part of the center line M that runs outside of the outlet area (22) of the gas exhaust tube (10), and that the distance E between the area of the dividing wall (18), in which the loudspeaker (12) is located, and the intersection point on the center line M of the radiation axis S of loudspeaker (12), is a maximum of 75% of the largest extension of the loudspeaker diameter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the radiation axis S and the center line M form an angle α between 20 and 90 degrees.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the distance E is equal to the radius of the largest extension of the loudspeaker diameter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the tube (21) placed in the sound outlet opening (20) is a bass reflex tube, and that the end of the bass reflex tube (21) which faces away from the box (17), forms the entire end of the gas exhaust installation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that space A is not longer than three centimeters.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the distance E is equal to the radius of the largest extension of the loudspeaker diameter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the tube (21) placed in the sound outlet opening (20) is a bass reflex tube, and that the end of the bass reflex tube (21) which faces away from the box (17), forms the entire end of the gas exhaust installation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the tube (21) placed in the sound outlet opening (20) is a bass reflex tube, and that the end of the bass reflex tube (21) which faces away from the box (17), forms the entire end of the gas exhaust installation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that space A is not longer than three centimeters.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
An active sound damping system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that space A is not longer than three centimeters.
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