Patent ID: 7296850

Claim:
A vehicle roof panel dampening bracket comprising: a base part forming a vehicle roof bow attachment point; a connecting part coupled to the base part and disposed in a front to aft vehicle direction relative to the base part with the connecting part including at least one bent part that extends in a lateral vehicle direction in an area below the vehicle roof bow attachment point of the base part; and a mass adding part coupled to the connecting part and disposed in the front to aft vehicle direction relative to the connecting part with the mass adding part having a prescribed mass to function as a mass dampener that controls a resonance frequency of the roof panel by adding mass to the roof panel, the mass adding part having a forward roof panel attachment point and a rearward roof panel attachment point that are spaced apart in the front to aft vehicle direction with the forward and rearward roof panel attachment points to be bonded to a roof panel undersurface by an adhesive agent.