Acoustic Seal With Deformable Protrusions For Uneven Floor Gaps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Open plan office environments face challenges in providing flexible, soundproofed spaces due to immobile isolated rooms and issues with soundproofing when relocating soundproof booths on uneven floors, which create gaps that diminish soundproofing effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
An acoustic seal comprising an extrusion with a body portion and deformable protrusions, specifically designed to be flexible and adaptable, allowing it to bend around corners while maintaining rigidity to prevent over-compression, and featuring a self-adhesive coating for easy attachment to supporting members, effectively sealing gaps between the booth and the floor or supporting structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If soundproof booths are relocated on uneven floors, then flexibility and mobility are improved, but gaps between panels and supporting structure are created which diminish soundproofing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible acoustic seal comprising an elastomeric extrusion with deformable protrusions that can bend and conform to uneven surfaces. The seal includes a body portion with multiple protrusions that can independently deform to accommodate floor irregularities while maintaining continuous contact, ensuring soundproofing integrity during relocation without requiring rigid fixed structures
Solution Approach 2:
The acoustic seal incorporates deformable protrusions that can dynamically adjust their shape and position in response to uneven floor surfaces. The elastomeric material allows the seal to flex and adapt during relocation, maintaining effective sealing between the booth panels and supporting structure despite changes in floor level and booth position
2Reliability
If permanent isolated rooms are built into the structure, then soundproofing effectiveness is improved, but flexibility and adaptability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible acoustic seal made from elastomeric material that can be used with movable freestanding booths rather than permanent built-in structures. The seal's ability to deform and conform to various surfaces allows freestanding booths to achieve effective soundproofing without requiring permanent structural integration, enabling relocation and reconfiguration
Solution Approach 2:
The deformable protrusions in the acoustic seal allow freestanding booths to be dynamically repositioned and reconfigured. The seal maintains effective acoustic sealing through its ability to adapt to different floor levels and booth positions, providing the flexibility of movable structures with the soundproofing effectiveness traditionally associated with permanent construction
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The acoustic seal provides effective soundproofing by accommodating uneven floor levels and allowing for easy reconfiguration of soundproof booths, ensuring consistent sound attenuation and adaptability to changing office space requirements.
Implementation Method 1
an acoustic seal comprising an extrusion, which comprises a body portion and a plurality of deformable protrusions that project from the body portion
Implementation Method 2
featuring a self-adhesive coating for easy attachment to supporting members
Data Source
AI summary
An acoustic seal comprising an extrusion, which comprises a body portion and a plurality of deformable protrusions that project from the body portion, the protrusions comprising a first protrusion and a second protrusion that are spaced from one another. A sound proof booth comprising the seal.