Patent ID: 6802386
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G10K

Abstract:
Method of muffling the noise of successive components, by which an intermediate layer is placed between the two components, which are spaced away from one another at least in regions, and by which method, as a result of the intermediate layer, sound transmission and/or vibration transmission from one component into the other is reduced, said method comprising:inserting an air cushion as the intermediate layer; and expanding the air cushion so that the air cushion rests at least indirectly against at least one surface respectively of each of the components; wherein, in a motor vehicle, particularly a passenger car or a truck, a gas space of the air cushion is fluidically connected with a blower, particularly with a heater and/or an air conditioner; and wherein warm air and/or air-conditioned air is caused to flow through gas passage openings arranged in a cover of the air cushion into the vehicle occupant compartment of the motor vehicle.