FOLDABLE INSULATING ELEMENT FOR ENGINE COVER

• Main Authors: HERREMAN, KEVIN, M, WALSH, ERIC, S, TILTON, JEFFREY, A, POOLE, PAUL, W, CANADY, FELTON, SCHUTTE, STEPHEN, A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 02.12.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; LIGHTING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

An insulating element (10) includes a sheet of polymer based blanket material (12) having multiple panels, (14, 16, 18, 20, 22) and at least one hinge (24) for interconnecting the multiple panels. A method for making such an insulating product includes the forming of a sheet of polymer based blanket material with multiple panels and at least one hinge for interconnecting the multiple panels and erecting the sheet of polymer based blanket material into a three-dimensional insulating product by folding the sheet about the hinge. Cet élément isolant (10) est constitué d'une feuille de matériau isolant à base de polymères (12) en plusieurs panneaux (14, 16, 18, 20, 22), au moins une articulation (24) reliant les divers panneaux entre eux. Le procédé utilisé pour la fabrication d'un tel produit isolant nécessite de former une feuille de matériau isolant à base de polymères en plusieurs panneaux ainsi qu'au moins une articulation pour relier entre eux les divers panneaux, puis de plier la feuille de matériau isolant à base de polymères autour de l'articulation pour la dresser et obtenir un produit isolant en trois dimensions.