Apparatus and method for noise reduction in a vehicle
AssigneeNissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
InventorRandy Lorenzo
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Abstract
An area-reducing surface texture applied to a noise-prone portion of a vehicle panel or part where it makes contact with an unsecured length of wire harness, duct or other conduit. A plurality of small spaced structures is formed on or in the surface with their distal ends in contact with the wire harness, duct or other conduit. The total area of the contact ends of the structures is less than the original noise-prone surface area. This reduces the area of contact between the noise-prone portion of the panel and the wire harness, duct or other conduit.
Claims10
A vehicle, comprising:
- a conduit including an unsecured conduit portion;
- a component having a surface placed in close proximity to the unsecured conduit portion;
- and
- a plurality of texture structures on the component surface, the textured structures defining a plurality of spaced-apart contact surfaces for the unsecured conduit portion;
- wherein the contact surfaces have a total area that is less than the total area of the component surface.
A method for installing a conduit in a vehicle, comprising:
- installing in the vehicle a component having a noise-prone surface with a plurality of texture structures, the texture structures defining a plurality of spaced-apart contact surfaces;
- wherein the contact surfaces have a total area that is less than the total area of the noise-prone surface;
- and
- installing in the vehicle a conduit adjacent to the vehicle component so that an unsecured portion of the conduit is in close proximity to the contact surfaces defined by the plurality of texture structures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.