Patent ID: 9694655
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60J,B60R

Claim:
1. A noise abatement device for a vehicle having a body including a sunroof and a sunroof drain hose open for a fluid to flow from the sunroof to an outside of the body, the noise abatement device comprising: a housing having an interior wall and configured to form an entry port connectable to the drain hose and an exit port openable to the outside of the body, wherein the entry port is at a first elevation and the exit port is at a second elevation, and wherein the second elevation is lower than the first elevation; and a multiplicity of baffles attached to the interior wall of the housing and configured to allow the fluid to flow via gravity from the entry port to the exit port and to create a tortuous path through the housing to prevent noise from the outside of the body from entering the drain hose; wherein the multiplicity of baffles are finger shaped projections extending from the interior wall of the housing; wherein the finger shaped projections have a length extending from the interior wall of the housing and a width perpendicular to the length and parallel to a ground plane; and wherein the length is greater than the width.