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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Paul N. Sorvari, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC., Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
A hood mounting system and a mobile vehicle with this system installed provides improved sound dampening for the hood of the vehicle. The hood mounting system includes two lower hood brackets and one upper cowl guide mounted to the cowl or forward portion of the cab of the vehicle. The hood of the mounting system includes a rear support frame that has a center hood guide bracket for engagement to the upper cowl guide. The hood rear support frame also has two hood rear support guides, one each vertical side of the support frame. Each hood rear support guide mates with a lower hood bracket. The lower hood brackets each contain a liner insert that may be made from a rubber or urethane sheet or molded from this material. This liner insert acts as the component interface. The center guide bracket of the hood also has a urethane or rubber liner insert located within its fold receptacle. The guide components may each have urethane insert pad for mating with the urethane or rubber liner of the associated mating components. The insert-pad-to-liner of the associated components provide increased noise reduction and manufacturing play in regards to mating tolerances.