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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2020
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Gouma, Zama, JP;
Patrick Grattan, Wixom, MI (US);
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US);
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle roof structure includes a roof bow, a vibration dampening plate and a weighted member attached to the vibration dampening plate. The roof bow has a forward flange section, a rearward flange section and a central section, the central section defining a recessed area. The vibration dampening plate is installed to an upper surface of the roof bow proximate the central section. A weighted member is fixedly attached to a lower surface of the vibration dampening plate such that the weighted member is at a level above the upper surface of the recessed area of the roof bow and has a non-contacting relationship with the roof bow.