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Active noise attenuation system
Assignee: Siemens Canada Ltd
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Filing: 1997-06-10
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Granted: 2000-07-04
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Expires: 2017-06-10
Abstract
Abstract A noise attenuation system for the air induction ducting particularly for an internal combustion engine has an outwardly facing loudspeaker mounted within an air inlet duct so as to lie in the plane of the air intake opening. Signals from an error microphone (and also optionally a detector microphone) are processed in a signal controller, the output driver used to drive the loudspeaker so that a cancellation sound field is produced, which attenuates the noise emanating from the air intake. The speaker is mounted on a fairing body creating an annular flow passage, a filter element ring inserted in the annular space.
Inventors
- 👤 Ian R. McLean
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 09:05
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10K; G10K11/00; G10K11/16; G10K11/175; G10K11/178; F; F02; F02M; F02M35/00; F02M35/12; F02M35/1244; F02M35/125; F02M35/10; F02M35/10373; G10K11/1785; G10K11/17857; G10K11/1787; G10K11/17879; G10K11/17881; G10K2210/00; G10K2210/10; G10K2210/128; G10K2210/1282; G10K2210/30; G10K2210/301; G10K2210/3028; G10K2210/321; G10K2210/3214
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
An active noise attenuation system for an air induction system, said system comprising: an air inlet duct having an open end into which air is drawn; a fairing body concentrically mounted within said air inlet duct to define an annular flow passage at said open end thereof; a loudspeaker mounted to be facing outwardly from said air inlet duct and lying substantially in a plane defined by said open end of said air inlet duct; a sound detector disposed to sense noise from said air inlet duct and produce an electrical signal corresponding thereto; and a signal controller means receiving said electrical signal and amplifying and phase shifting said signal, said amplified and phase shifted signal applied to said loudspeaker to broadcast a sound field within a noise sound field emanating from said annular flow passage, whereby said emanating noise is attenuated by the interaction of said loudspeaker sound field with said emanating noise sound field, further including an air filter ring element inserted in said annular flow passage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
An active noise attenuation system for an air induction system, said system comprising: an air inlet duct having an open end into which air is drawn; a fairing body concentrically mounted within said air inlet duct to define an annular flow passage at said open end thereof; a loudspeaker mounted to be facing outwardly from said air inlet duct and lying substantially in a plane defined by said open end of said air inlet duct; a sound detector disposed to sense noise from said air inlet duct and produce an electrical signal corresponding thereto; and a signal controller means receiving said electrical signal and amplifying and phase shifting said signal, said amplified and phase shifted signal applied to said loudspeaker to broadcast a sound field within a noise sound field emanating from said annular flow passage, whereby said emanating noise is attenuated by the interaction of said loudspeaker sound field with said emanating noise sound field, further including an air filter ring element inserted in said annular flow passage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one fairing piece is positioned upstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one fairing piece comprising two fairing pieces, one positioned upstream of the loudspeaker, the other positioned downstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The new method according to claim 3, wherein the microphone is disposed within the upstream fairing piece and a second microphone is disposed within the downstream fairing piece.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
180 words
An active noise attenuation system for an air induction system, said system comprising: an air inlet duct having an open end into which air is drawn; a fairing body concentrically mounted within said air inlet duct to define an annular flow passage at said open end thereof; a loudspeaker mounted to be facing outwardly from said air inlet duct and lying substantially in a plane defined by said open end of said air inlet duct; a sound detector disposed to sense noise from said air inlet duct and produce an electrical signal corresponding thereto; and a signal controller means receiving said electrical signal and amplifying and phase shifting said signal, said amplified and phase shifted signal applied to said loudspeaker to broadcast a sound field within a noise sound field emanating from said annular flow passage, whereby said emanating noise is attenuated by the interaction of said loudspeaker sound field with said emanating noise sound field, further including an open cell foam forward fairing piece mounted to said fairing body and projecting out from said plane of said air inlet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
180 words
An active noise attenuation system for an air induction system, said system comprising: an air inlet duct having an open end into which air is drawn; a fairing body concentrically mounted within said air inlet duct to define an annular flow passage at said open end thereof; a loudspeaker mounted to be facing outwardly from said air inlet duct and lying substantially in a plane defined by said open end of said air inlet duct; a sound detector disposed to sense noise from said air inlet duct and produce an electrical signal corresponding thereto; and a signal controller means receiving said electrical signal and amplifying and phase shifting said signal, said amplified and phase shifted signal applied to said loudspeaker to broadcast a sound field within a noise sound field emanating from said annular flow passage, whereby said emanating noise is attenuated by the interaction of said loudspeaker sound field with said emanating noise sound field, further including an open cell foam forward fairing piece mounted to said fairing body and projecting out from said plane of said air inlet.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system according to claim 5 wherein said sound detector comprises a microphone mounted within said forward fairing piece.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 6 further including the step of installing an acoustically transparent fairing piece over said speaker to project out therefrom.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 6 wherein the at least one fairing piece is positioned upstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 6 wherein the at least one fairing piece comprising two fairing pieces, one positioned upstream of the loudspeaker, the other positioned downstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 9, wherein the microphone is disposed within the upstream fairing piece and a second microphone is disposed within the downstream fairing piece.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system according to claim 5 wherein the fairing piece is of parabolic shape.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 11 further including the step of installing an acoustically transparent fairing piece over said speaker to project out therefrom.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 11 wherein the at least one fairing piece is positioned upstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 11 wherein the at least one fairing piece comprising two fairing pieces, one positioned upstream of the loudspeaker, the other positioned downstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein the microphone is disposed within the upstream fairing piece and a second microphone is disposed within the downstream fairing piece.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 5 further including the step of installing an acoustically transparent fairing piece over said speaker to project out therefrom.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 5 wherein the at least one fairing piece is positioned upstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 5 wherein the at least one fairing piece comprising two fairing pieces, one positioned upstream of the loudspeaker, the other positioned downstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 18, wherein the microphone is disposed within the upstream fairing piece and a second microphone is disposed within the downstream fairing piece.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
196 words
An active noise attenuation system for an air induction system, said system comprising: an air inlet duct having an open end into which air is drawn; a fairing body concentrically mounted within said air inlet duct to define an annular flow passage at said open end thereof; a loudspeaker mounted to be facing outwardly from said air inlet duct and lying substantially in a plane defined by said open end of said air inlet duct; a sound detector disposed to sense noise from said air inlet duct and produce an electrical signal corresponding thereto; and a signal controller means receiving said electrical signal and amplifying and phase shifting said signal, said amplified and phase shifted signal applied to said loudspeaker to broadcast a sound field within a noise sound field emanating from said annular flow passage, whereby said emanating noise is attenuated by the interaction of said loudspeaker sound field with said emanating noise sound field, further including an aft fairing piece of open cell foam mounted to the rear of said fairing body and projecting downstream, said sound detector mounted in said aft fairing piece generating feed forward control signals for said signal controller means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
196 words
An active noise attenuation system for an air induction system, said system comprising: an air inlet duct having an open end into which air is drawn; a fairing body concentrically mounted within said air inlet duct to define an annular flow passage at said open end thereof; a loudspeaker mounted to be facing outwardly from said air inlet duct and lying substantially in a plane defined by said open end of said air inlet duct; a sound detector disposed to sense noise from said air inlet duct and produce an electrical signal corresponding thereto; and a signal controller means receiving said electrical signal and amplifying and phase shifting said signal, said amplified and phase shifted signal applied to said loudspeaker to broadcast a sound field within a noise sound field emanating from said annular flow passage, whereby said emanating noise is attenuated by the interaction of said loudspeaker sound field with said emanating noise sound field, further including an aft fairing piece of open cell foam mounted to the rear of said fairing body and projecting downstream, said sound detector mounted in said aft fairing piece generating feed forward control signals for said signal controller means.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 20 further including the step of installing an acoustically transparent fairing piece over said speaker to project out therefrom.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 20 wherein the at least one fairing piece is positioned upstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 20 wherein the at least one fairing piece comprising two fairing pieces, one positioned upstream of the loudspeaker, the other positioned downstream of the loudspeaker.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 23, wherein the microphone is disposed within the upstream fairing piece and a second microphone is disposed within the downstream fairing piece.
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