US Patent Issued to ACS Industries on Dec. 9 for "Sound absorbing element with low profile micro-louver slits and muffler assembly using the same" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,654, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ACS Industries Inc. (Lincoln, R.I.).

"Sound absorbing element with low profile micro-louver slits and muffler assembly using the same" was invented by Christof Bock (Monterey, Mexico), Henry C. Howell III (Oak Creek, Wis.) and Stacey L. Smith (Oconomowoc, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel sound absorbing sheet material with a unique combination of micro-louver slit parameters and patterns provides superior noise attenuation and a reduced perforation area (less than 3.5%) to better protect fiberglass insulation when used in a muffler assembly. A muffler assembly is disclosed incorporatin...