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US 6,318,796 B1Granted
Vehicle floor of a passenger car
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorHans-Jürgen Felsen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle floor of a passenger car having a base plate, having a soundproofing floor covering applied to the base plate, an air-conditioning duct which extends in the floor covering, a duct outlet which opens into the vehicle rear, and carries conditioned air from an air-conditioning device of the vehicle into the vehicle rear. To reduce the introduction of sound into the vehicle rear through the air-conditioning duct, the invention provides for a sound and vibration decoupler portion extending between the air-conditioning device and the duct outlet.
Claims8
A vehicle floor comprising:
- a base plate;
- a soundproof floor covering over the base plate;
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- an air duct carrying conditioned air from an air conditioning device through a portion of the soundproof floor covering to an outlet, the air duct including an elongated sound and vibration decoupler portion, the sound and vibration decoupler portion composed of a sound and vibration absorbing material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.