WO2002036338A1 - Expansible synthetic resin baffle with magnetic attachment - Google Patents
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- This invention concerns baffle assemblies useful inside cavities or other open areas of metal structures wherein the baffle assembly may be readily temporarily held in place by magnetic attachment. More particularly, the present invention concerns a baffle assembly having a layer of flexible thermally expandible material and an adjacent layer of flexible magnetic material which permits the baffle to be made into a desired shape and temporarily held against a ferromagnetic metal prior to expansion.
- baffle assemblies in automobiles is well known to inhibit sound transmission through panels, pillars, rails and the like of a chassis or unibody structure. While rigid foam materials were initially employed in the cavities, it is now known to use thermally expansible baffle compositions which undergo heat induced expansion to expand in the cavity. Such heat activation may occur when the automobile is passed through a paint baking oven forming a part of the primer or paint curing step of the automobile manufacturing process.
- thermally expansible baffle compositions which undergo heat induced expansion to expand in the cavity. Such heat activation may occur when the automobile is passed through a paint baking oven forming a part of the primer or paint curing step of the automobile manufacturing process.
- Various types of materials have been used, including the dry expansible sealant and baffle composition and product disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 5,266,133 and 5,373,027.
- the thermally expansible baffle composition must typically be placed in a particular location within the cavity of the vehicle to be effective. After activation and expansion of the baffle composition, it readily conforms to the surrounding panels and adheres thereto, but prior to activation the composition must be at least temporarily held in place. This has required the use of a separate carrier or component on which the thermally expansible baffle composition is mounted, and which in turn is mounted on the vehicle. Examples disclosing various types of parts and components for retaining a baffle composition in place include those shown in U.S.
- These carriers attach to the expansible baffle composition, but require a hole in the surrounding structure for mounting. Such holes may therefore permit the intrusion of corrosion forming agents therethrough.
- primer and other coatings applied to the metal inhibit adhesive attachment.
- mounts for insertion into a hollow space of a hollow structure such as a vehicle pillar, which mounts include an expandable foam substrate and at least one support panel secured to the substrate using a tack as shown in U.S. Patent No. 5,904,024. The mount is then secured to the interior wall of He hollow space through either a clip, a magnet, or a suction disc.
- the expansible synthetic resin baffle with magnetic attachment of the present composition has largely been met by the expansible synthetic resin baffle with magnetic attachment of the present composition. That is to say, the baffle hereof is simple, inexpensive to manufacture, convenient to install, requires no additional mounting structure or holes in the wall of the structure forming the cavity, and may be cut or formed to a desired shape.
- the baffle of the present invention is provided as adjacent layers of magnetic material and expansible baffle material.
- the layers may be co-extruded to form the baffle, or molded into layers.
- the expansible baffle material is preferably an initially non-tacky thermally expansible material which activates at a temperature preferably within the range of about 100 ° C to about 200 ° C, and which is resilient and flexible prior to expansion.
- a baffle material is disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,266,133 and 5,373,027, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the expansible material preferably expands to at least 300% and preferably 400% or more of its initial volume during baking.
- the baffle material may be provided as a relatively thin layer which may be conformed to irregular surfaces, or formed into a three dimensional part of a greater thickness which is pre-conformed to an irregular shape.
- the magnetic material is in laminated relationship to the baffle material, whereby the baffle material and magnetic material is side-by-side.
- the magnetic material may be provided as strips which may cover all or only a portion of the baffle material. Further, the magnetic material is preferably flexible to conform to irregular shapes.
- the magnetic material may also be perforated to permit enhanced bonding between the baffle material and the wall of the structure after activation and cooling, thereby providing an enhanced bonding between the expanding baffle material and the structure.
- the magnetic material retains its position in proximity to the wall of the structure throughout the expansion period, and thus the magnetic attachment of the magnetic layer is unaffected by the expansion.
- the baffle of the present invention is simple to install, and involves merely placement in a desired position and permitting the magnetic material to attach to the wall of the structure.
- the structure needs only some ferromagnetic material in sufficient proximity to the baffle to permit magnetic attraction, and thus its use includes not only application to steel and other ferromagnetic metals, but also to compositions with a ferromagnetic metal backing or core. Because no adhesive or holes are required, there is no problem with reapplying or repositioning the baffle.
- the baffle's application is not limited to automotive uses, but may include placement in marine environments as well as in appliances or the like where sound deadening is desired.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an automobile chassis showing some possible placements for the baffle hereof;
- Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of one embodiment of the baffle ' hereof prior to placement in a cavity showing both the layer of baffle material and the layer of magnetic material in a substantially flat orientation;
- Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view of the embodiment of Fig.2 after placement on the interior of a wall of a structural member prior to expansion;
- Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 3 showing the baffle within the structural member after expansion;
- Fig. 5 is a top plan view of another embodiment of the baffle prior to expansion showing the use of two parallel and spaced strips of magnetic material located beneath a block of the baffle material, the strips being shown in broken lines;
- Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the embodiment of Fig. 5 after activation and expansion of the baffle material;
- Fig. 7 is a top plan view of a fourth embodiment of the baffle hereof, showing the use of a perforated strip of magnetic material located beneath the block of baffle material and shown in dotted lines, the perforated strip having its perimeter relatively inboard of the peripheral margin of the baffle material;
- Fig. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a fifth embodiment of the baffle hereof, wherein the magnetic material is provided as parallel strips magnetically attached to walls of the structural member oriented at right angles to one another, and the baffle material has a groove prior to expansion to facilitate folding and conformance to the walls.
- an automobile body 10 is one structure which may receive the expansible synthetic resin baffle with magnetic attachment 12 hereof.
- the body 10 includes a plurality of walls 14, rails 16, pillars 18 and channels 20 of steel or other ferromagnetic material which may receive the baffle 12 thereon or therein.
- the baffle 12 includes a first layer 22 of baffle material 24 and a second layer 26 of magnetic material 28.
- the baffle material 24 is preferably a dry, flexible, initially non-tacky, thermally expansible sealant and baffle composition. Two examples of such baffle material are described in U.S. Patent No. 5,373,027 and as Sikabaffle by Sika Corporation of Madison Heights, Michigan, and in co-pending and allowed U.S. Application Serial No. 09/407,820 filed September 28, 1999, both assigned to the assignee hereof and the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- a composition useful for preparing a sealant and baffle composition having the desired characteristics of the present invention includes a quantity of a grafted anhydride polymer, and an amount of polymer additive containing a terminal epoxide group which reacts with at least a part of the anhydride polymer when the component is heated to a temperature experienced by an automobile body cavity receiving the baffle material as the automobile body is conveyed through a conventional paint and/or primer bake oven forming a part of the automotive manufacturing operation, e.g. about 100° C to about 200° C.
- the baffle material 24 includes a suitable blowing agent which effects expansion of the baffle material 24 when the material 24 is subjected to heat during baking of the automobile body in the bake oven.
- the baffle material 24 also includes a tackifier which imparts tackiness to the outer surface of the dry, initially non-tacky baffle material 24 as it expands when subjected to bake oven heat.
- a tackifier which imparts tackiness to the outer surface of the dry, initially non-tacky baffle material 24 as it expands when subjected to bake oven heat.
- the grafted anhydride polymers useful in the present invention include ethylene-vinyl acetate, ethylene-n-butyl acrylate, ethylene-octane copolymer, polyethylene, polypropylene and ethylene-rubber, each grafted with an acid anhydride functionally; a preferred acid anhydride would be maleic anhydride.
- the grafted anhydride polymer is preferably present in the baffle material on a wt % basis of from about 10% to about 60%.
- a epoxide terminated polymer additive such as solid Bisphenol A or F diglycidyl ether polymer (derived from Bisphenol A or Bisphenol F and epichlorhydrin) characterized by an epoxide equivalent greater than about 400, is preferably present in the composition on a wt % basis of from about 1% to 10%.
- the baffle material 24 is also provided with a blowing agent, selected from the group of a modified or unmodified azodicarbonamide, p,p'-oxybis(benzene-sulfonyl) hydrazide, p-toluene sulfonyl hyddrazide, and dinitroso pentamethylene tertamine, present in the baffle material 24 on a wt % basis of from about 1 % to 10%.
- a blowing agent selected from the group of a modified or unmodified azodicarbonamide, p,p'-oxybis(benzene-sulfonyl) hydrazide, p-toluene sulfonyl hyddrazide, and dinitroso pentamethylene tertamine, present in the baffle material 24 on a wt % basis of from about 1 % to 10%.
- a filler polymer such as, for example, ethylene-vinyi acetate, ethylene n-butyl acrylate, ethylene-octane copolymer, polyethylene, polypropylene, and ethylene methacrylic acid copolymer, is present on a wt% basis of from about 1% to about 50%.
- a rubber-like constituent may also be included in the baffle material 24, which is selected from, e.g., styrene-butadiene rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, butadiene rubber, styrene isoprenet-styrene Block copolymer, styrene-butadiene-styrene B lock copolymer, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene Block copolymer, styrene-ethlylene/propylene Block copolymer, nitrile rubber and chlorinated polyethylene is present on a wt % basis of from about 1 to 15.
- a molding and processing aid may be included in the baffle material 24, selected from the group including as paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, polyethylene wax, polyamide wax, and natural wax, and may be present in an amount on a wt % basis of from about 1% to about 15%.
- a tackifier for enhancing tackiness pf the baffle material 24 after activation may be provided and selected from a group of aliphatic hydrocarbon resins, aromatic hydrocarbon resins, aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon resins, hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins, polyterpene resins, rosin ester resins, coumarone indene resins, ⁇ -methyl styrene resins and polystyrene resins, and is present on a wt % basis of from about 1% to about 15%.
- An inorganic or organic filler may be included in the baffle material 24 on a wt % basis of from about 1% to about 20%, and selected from the group of calcium carbonate, barium sulfate, silica, calcium sulfate, aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, potassium aluminum silicate, calcium metasilicate, pumice, glass spheres, and organic fillers.
- the baffle material 24 is preferably prepared by introducing " the individual constituents into a conventional continuously operable machine such as a screw or reciprocating extruder or compounding machine.
- the constituents of the baffle material except for the reactive agents, and including the blowing agent, are added at the first entrance port, and the reactive agents and the blowing agents are added at a downstream port.
- a nominal processing time is about 2 minutes.
- the baffle material may be cut into pellets for molding or co-extruded with the magnetic material.
- the magnetic material 28 is preferably a flexible and conformable material which will readily attach to ferromagnetic surfaces.
- the magnetic material 28 may be provided as particles of barium ferrite which are oriented and embedded in nitrile rubber.
- Plastiform® 1033 An example of such magnetic material useful in accordance with the present invention is sold as Plastiform® 1033 by The Arnold Engineering Company of Marengo, Illinois.
- the Plastiform® 1033 material measured at 23 ° C has an advertised elongation of 18% under ASTM D-412, flexibility sufficient to meet 180° bending on a mandrel equal to 7 times the sample thickness, maximum energy product (Bd Hd max) of 1.6MGOe/12.7 x 10 3 kJ/m 3 , residual induction of 2500 Gauss/255mT, and coercive force (pole-core hysteresigraph) of 2300 Oersteds/183kA/m.
- the baffle 12 may be formed in a variety of configurations.
- the baffle may be formed in co-extruded sheets with the baffle material 24 layered with the magnetic material 28.
- the thicknesses of the respective layers may be varied depending on the amount of magnetic attraction required and the volume of the area to be filled.
- the baffle 12 is provided as a laminated sheet 30, with the baffle 12 being substantially flat and the thicknesses of the baffle material 24 and magnetic material 28 being relatively equal.
- the baffle 12 may also be formed by molding, whereby the magnetic material 28 may be introduced into a mold cavity and pellets of the baffle material 24 thereafter introduced, heated to a temperature in the range of about 80° C to 100° C, and usually no more than about 120° C. It may thus be appreciated that the magnetic material 28 has a melting temperature in excess not only of the melting temperature of the baffle material 24, but also preferably above its activation temperature and the temperature encountered in the bake oven.
- baffle ,12 may be provided in sheet form 30 which is sufficiently flexible to conform to irregular shapes, it may be desirable to mold or extrude the baffle 12 into a pre-formed three-dimensional shape such as the embodiment of baffle 12a shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
- Baffle 12a may more readily attach to curved surfaces of a structural member, such as channel 32 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
- the channel 32 includes a lower panel 34 having an arcuate ridge 36, and an upper panel 38 configured to cap or cover the end legs 40 of the generally U shaped lower panel 34.
- the upper panel 38 is affixed to the lower panel 34 to define therein a cavity 42 into which a pre-configured baffle 12a is placed.
- the magnetic material 28 and the baffle material 24 are formed to present a groove 44 complemental in configuration to the ridge 36 of the lower panel 34.
- the baffle material 24, while flexible, is typically more rigid than the magnetic material 28, and thus a thicker layer of the baffle material 24 will not only fill a larger cavity, but will also serve to retain the shape of the baffle 42.
- a sufficient activation temperature typically about 1 10° C to 190° C, the baffle material expands to block and seal a cross-section of the cavity 40.
- the baffle 12b can be configured whereby the magnetic material 28 may be provided as strips 46 and 48 which are small than the overlying block 50 of the baffle material 24.
- the strips 46 and 48 are shown as positioned in substantially parallel and spaced-apart orientation, presenting a gap 52 therebetween and with the perimeter of each of the strips inboard of peripheral margin 56 of the block 50 to provide for adhesion by the baffle material 24 after activation between the perimeter 54 of the strips and the initial peripheral margin 56 of the block 50.
- This arrangement may be advantageous where only limited magnetic attachment may be needed to hold the baffle to the adjacent structure and where improved post-expansion adhesion is desired between the baffle material 24 and the body 10.
- the baffle material 24 expands substantially to adhere to the body 10 and provide an acoustical baffle.
- Fig.7 illustrates a fourth embodiment of the baffle 12c, where a strip 58 pf magnetic material 28 is perforated. Holes 60 enable the baffle material 24 of block 50 to flow therethrough for improved adhesion after activation.
- Fig. 8 illustrates a further embodiment as baffle 12d, wherein the baffle material 24 may be provided as a sheet 62 having an elongated groove 64 formed or cut therein to promote folding therealong, with the sheet 62 thus having panels 66 and 68 separated by the groove 64.
- the magnetic material 28 is provided in two separate members as spaced apart strips 70 and 72 and, as shown in Fig.8, positioned between the panels 66 and 68 and the adjacent walls 74 and 76 of the body 10.
- the groove 64 may be provided on the upper surface 78 of the sheet 62 away from the strips 70 and 72 as shown in Fig. 8 to facilitate placement on an inside comer, or the groove 64 may be provided on the bottom surface 80 of the sheet 62 which receives the strips 70 and 72 to facilitate mounting on an outside corner.
- the baffle 12 of the present invention thus presents considerable flexibility in use.
- the magnetic material 28 itself is flexible to conform to the underlying wall surface and may be perforated to permit passage of the activated baffle material 24 therethrough. Sheets of the baffle 12 may be cut into desired shapes, such as with dies, to thereby permit placement of the baffle 12 into desired positions of complex configuration.
- the thickness of the baffle material 24 may be varied according to the volume of the cavity to be filled.
- the baffle 12 may be removed or repositioned at any time prior to bake-out without any adverse affects on the body 10. It may be readily appreciated that the use of the automobile body 10 is illustrative of the uses of the baffle 12 hereof, and not intended to be limiting.
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