Nissan Motor Company Limited

Arifumi Inoue

Masao Okajima

Yukio Sakurai

Masakatsu Sano

Akira Muroi

Junichi Kamiya

A vibration-absorbing system for an automotive vehicle with a vehicle body, includes an automotive vehicle accessory and a mounting device. The mounting device has a resiliency. The mounting device attaches the accessory to the vehicle body so that the accessory will be resiliently supported on the vehicle body. The accessory with the mounting device is able to be vibrated and has an eigenfrequency in relation to the vibration thereof. The eigenfrequency is set to a relatively low value.

Vibration-absorbing system for an automotive vehicle

In an engine cooling water circulation system which comprises a radiator, a water jacket of the engine, a first hose feeding a cooled water from the radiator to the engine water jacket, a second hose feeding a heated water from the engine water jacket to the radiator, a heater core of a passenger room heater, a third hose leading from the engine water jacket to a lower portion of the heater core for feeding the heated water from the engine water jacket to the heater core; and a fourth hose leading from an upper portion of the heater core to the first hose for feeding the cooled water from the heater core to the first hose, there is provided a two-way valve which is disposed in the fourth hose at a portion near the upper portion of the heater core. The two-way valve has a condition wherein the interior of the heater core is communicated with the open air.

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Yokohama, Japan

Arifumi Inoue