Patent ID: 6808045
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: B60R,G10K,Y10S

Abstract:
A vehicle comprising:an engine compartment; a passenger compartment; a metal wall separating the passenger compartment from the engine compartment; a primary acoustic barrier disposed adjacent the metal wall; an aperture defined through the metal wall for passage of a conduit; an aperture defined through the primary acoustic barrier for passage of the conduit, the aperture through the primary acoustic barrier being in registry with the aperture through the metal wall; a vehicle component case mounted in the passenger compartment adjacent the primary acoustic barrier; a moisture seal around the conduit for sealing between the conduit and the metal wall; and a secondary acoustic attenuator that is separate from the primary acoustic barrier and disposed between the primary acoustic barrier and to the component case, the secondary acoustic attenuator enveloping space around the conduit between the vehicle component case and the primary acoustic barrier.