Patent ID: 8371634
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. In motor vehicle the combination comprising: a vehicle body structure having a front pillar; a vehicle door hingedly mounted on the pillar for swinging movement between open and closed positions; a weather strip mounted on the pillar and engaged by the door when the door is in the closed position; a fender mounted on the vehicle body structure forward of the vehicle door, the fender being spaced outwardly from the front pillar to define a hollow space, and the fender extending forward from the pillar adjacent a vehicle engine and a vehicle tire so that engine noise and tire noise is communicated into the hollow space; and a noise insulator panel mounted within and filling the hollow space between the pillar and the fender so as to block and absorb the communication of noise to the weather strip; the noise insulator panel including: