Motor vehicles – Power – Hoods
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-13
2011-10-04
Dickson, Paul N (Department: 3616)
Motor vehicles
Power
Hoods
C180S068300, C180S069220, C296S193110
Reexamination Certificate
active
08028782
ABSTRACT:
A hood for a vehicle includes: a hood outer constituting a vehicle outer surface of the hood covering an engine room; a hood inner disposed on a rear face of the hood outer; an insulator for suppressing transmission of sound generated in the engine room to the outside; and an intercooler duct for guiding outer air flowing in the engine room to an intercooler. The insulator includes a through hole at least in a part of an overlap part overlapping the intercooler duct.
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Goda Naoki
Uchino Keiichi
Dickson Paul N
Freedman Laura
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
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