ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,398, issued on May 20.
"Apparatus and method for eliminating hood noises in tractor trailer trucks" was invented by Joel Justin West (Cheyenne, Wyo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for noise reduction in a semi-truck tractor. The semi-truck tractor has hood cowling that is carried on an upper hood support mounted to a firewall of the semi-truck tractor. The invention includes applying a resilient sleeve to the upper hood support to eliminate a noise generated by vibration of the hood cowling when supported by the upper hood support. The resilient sleeve has an opening at a proximal end of the sleeve. The sleeve ...