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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Brian Wood, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/10 ;
Abstract
Microperforated polymeric films and sound absorbers using such films are provided. The microperforated polymeric films may be relatively thin and flexible and may further include holes having a narrowest diameter less than the film thickness and a widest diameter greater than the narrowest diameter. The microperforated polymeric films of a sound absorber may also have relatively large free span portions, which, in certain embodiments, may vibrate in response to incident sound waves.