Patent ID: 6330930
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A container for the noise-muffling accommodation of a unit to be installed in a vehicle, such as an electric motor, pneumatic pump or the like, comprising:two container parts, each container part formed by foam parts and fitted together to form a closed housing, said housing adapted to be clipped to the vehicle bodywork for assembly on neighbouring parts of the vehicle;a U-shaped holder being partially integrated into one container part, said U-shaped holder being foamed in place, legs of the U of the holder each have a clipping member on mutually opposite wall parts of the container part supporting it, the clipping member extends beyond the aperture edge of the container part for clipping together the two container parts, a flange projects outwards from the container for securing the container in a gap in the bodywork, each flange, on its side remote from the respective clipping member, includes at least one supporting shoulder projecting laterally outward from the container part and said shoulder moulded on to a spring tongue cut out of the leg of the U, said supporting shoulder, when the container is installed, being supported on a marginal part of the bodywork gap located between the flange and the supporting shoulder.