Zin Technologies, Inc.

Bart F Zalewski

William B Dial

Arthur J Birchenough

An acoustic attenuation device includes resonator panels stacked in a thickness direction of the device. Each resonator panel is tuned to a different frequency range and includes a plurality of openings through which excited air resonates. The resonator panels are placed adjacent to other resonator panels such that all openings are accessible to the environment.

Layered chamber acoustic attenuation

An acoustic attenuation assembly includes a low frequency sound attenuation device having at least one sound attenuation chamber containing a volume and mass of air. First and second openings are associated with each low frequency chamber through which excited air resonates. The first and second openings extend through the first sheet into each low frequency chamber. Each chamber has an open side. A high frequency sound attenuation device is secured to the low frequency attenuation device and closes the open side of each chamber. The high frequency sound attenuation device includes a plurality of projections formed from a sound absorbing material that absorbs excited air.

Integrated broadband acoustic attenuator

An acoustic attenuation device extends from a first end to a second end and includes first and second sheets. A plurality of webs positioned between the first and second sheets cooperates with the first and second sheets to form a series of sound attenuation chambers containing a volume and mass of fluid. A first panel secured to the sheets closes the chambers at the first end of the device. A second panel secured to the sheets closes the chambers at the second end of the device. The device further includes first and second openings associated with each chamber and through which excited fluid resonates. The first and second openings extend through the first sheet into each chamber. The first openings have an invariable cross-section. At least one of the second openings has an adjustable cross-section for varying a resonant frequency of the chamber.

Tunable acoustic attenuation

A method for additive manufacturing a multilayered part includes optimizing a powder material based on at least one parameter characterizing the powder material. Each layer of the multilayered part formed from the optimized powder material is optimized based on at least one parameter characterizing the layer. The multilayered part is formed using additive manufacturing based on the optimized powder material and optimized layers constituting the multilayered part. The multilayered part is optimized based on at least one parameter characterizing the multilayered part.

Optimized additive manufacturing process

A method of manufacturing an acoustic attenuation device includes three-dimensionally printing a pair of sheets and webs that cooperate with the sheets to define attenuation chambers. Each chamber has at least one opening through which excited air resonates.

Low frequency acoustic attenuator and process for making same

A method of forming a composite structure can include providing a plurality of composite panels of material, each composite panel having a plurality of holes extending through the panel. An adhesive layer is applied to each composite panel and a adjoining layer is applied over the adhesive layer. The method also includes stitching the composite panels, adhesive layer, and adjoining layer together by passing a length of a flexible connecting element into the plurality of holes in the composite panels of material. At least the adhesive layer is cured to bond the composite panels together and thereby form the composite structure.

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Bart F Zalewski