US 11,715,450 B2
Acoustic panel core cell with funnel shaped septum
Marc W. Quesada, Yucaipa, CA (US); Jose S. Alonso-Miralles, Chula Vista, CA (US); Michael Scamardo, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US); Kathryn Mireles, San Diego, CA (US); Richard S. Alloway, San Diego, CA (US); Luby Weaver, Redlands, CA (US); and Yves Klett, Gerlingen (DE)
Assigned to Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed by Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/130,424.
Prior Publication US 2022/0199064 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G10K 11/172 (2006.01); G10K 11/168 (2006.01); G10K 11/175 (2006.01)
CPC G10K 11/172 (2013.01) [G10K 11/168 (2013.01); G10K 11/175 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An acoustic panel, comprising:
a perforated first skin;
a second skin; and
a core connected to the perforated first skin and the second skin, the core including a plurality of chambers, a first chamber body, a second chamber body and a plurality of septums respectively arranged with the plurality of chambers;
the plurality of chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber extending vertically between the perforated first skin and the second skin; and
the plurality of septums including a first septum that extends laterally across the first chamber, the first septum including a first septum orifice, and the first septum tapering laterally inward towards the first septum orifice as the first septum extends vertically towards the second skin;
the first chamber body circumscribing and forming the first chamber between the perforated first skin and the second skin, and the first septum connected to the first chamber body;
the second chamber body circumscribing and forming the second chamber between the perforated first skin and the second skin; and
a first wall of the first chamber body laterally adjacent and angularly offset from a second wall of the second chamber body, and an edge of the first wall abutted against an edge of the second wall.