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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2018
Nitto Denko Corporation, Osaka, JP;
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The waterproof sound-transmitting member of the present disclosure includes: a waterproof sound-transmitting membrane configured to prevent entry of water while permitting sound to pass therethrough, and a support layer joined to a main surface of the waterproof sound-transmitting membrane. The waterproof sound-transmitting membrane has an air permeability of 10,000 seconds/100 mL or more as expressed by Gurley number, the support layer includes a resin foam material and has a through hole extending in a thickness direction thereof and serving as a path for sound transmitted through the waterproof sound-transmitting membrane, and a side air permeability of the support layer between the through hole and an outer peripheral side surface of the support layer when the support layer is compressed in the thickness direction thereof at a compression ratio of 20% is 0.1 mL/(min·mm) or more as a value per unit volume of the support layer.