CPC G10K 11/172 (2013.01) [B60R 13/0861 (2013.01); B60R 13/0884 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A sound absorbing structure comprising:
a vehicle structure having a surface;
at least one acoustic scatterer coupled to the surface, the at least one acoustic scatterer having a resonant frequency;
the at least one acoustic scatterer having an opening and a plurality of channels;
the plurality of channels each have a channel open end and a channel terminal end, the channel open end being in fluid communication with the opening; and
wherein the plurality of channels extend parallelly along the length of the at least one acoustic scatterer and the volumes of each of the plurality of channels are substantially equal to each other.
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