| 摘要 |
A damped heat shield for a high temperature portion of a vehicle exhaust system. The heat shield has inner and outer metal layers of substantially different thicknesses and substantially different resonant frequencies, which causes the shield to damp vibrational energy and reduce radiated sound energy and noise. Between the metal layers is a layer of sound and heat shielding material such as aluminum foil or ceramic fiber paper. The metal layers are preferably stainless steel, cold rolled steel, aluminized steel, aluminum-clad steel, or aluminum. If cold rolled steel is used, the exterior of the shield is preferably coated with a corrosion-resistant coating.
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