Patent ID: 8607924

Claim:
An acoustic structure that is adapted to be located near a source of noise, said acoustic structure comprising: a honeycomb comprising a first edge to be located nearest said source of noise and a second edge, said honeycomb further comprising a plurality of wall, said walls comprising an upper edge located at said first edge of said honeycomb and a lower edge located at said second edge of said honeycomb, said walls further comprising side edges that extend between said first and said second edges of said honeycomb, said walls being connected to each other along said side edges, said walls defining a plurality of cells wherein at least one of said cells is defined by at least four of said walls and Wherein at least two of said walls defining said cell form a pair of walls that are substantially parallel to each other and wherein said walls define a perimeter around said cell wherein at least one of said parallel walls forms a larger portion of said cell perimeter than at least one of the cell walls that is not parallel with said larger wail; a septum located within said cell, said septum comprising an acoustic material that comprises a plurality of warp fibers and a plurality of weft fibers, said warp fibers and weft fibers being substantially perpendicular to each other, wherein each of said warp fibers comprises a resonator portion located within said cell and anchoring portions located at each end of said warp fiber and wherein each of said weft fibers comprises a resonator portion located within said cell and anchoring portions located at each end of said weft fiber, said septum being oriented in said cell such that resonator portions of either said warp or weft fibers are substantially perpendicular to said larger wall in the direction extending between the sides of said larger wall; and an adhesive that bonds said anchoring portions of said warp and weft fibers to said walls.