Support structure for power transmission cables

Claim 1

In a vehicle body structure wherein a reinforcement panel is arranged at an angle within a vehicle compartment and fixed at one end thereof to the upper portion of an upright fire-wall panel in the form of a rear wall of an engine room and at the other end thereof to a floor panel of the compartment for mounting a power transmission unit together with an internal combustion engine in said engine room, wherein said fire wall panel is between said engine room and said reinforcement panel and wherein each of said panels is provided with a through hole through which at least a push-pull cable of said transmission unit extends into the compartment to be connected to a manual shift lever, a support structure for said push-pull cable comprising: a first cover member of elastic material coupled over said through hole of said fire-wall panel, and a second cover member of elastic material coupled over the through hole of said reinforcement panel and, together with said first cover member, closing an interior space between said panels, each of said first and second cover members being integrally formed at a substantially central portion thereof with a grommet through which said cable extends into the compartment from said transmission unit, wherein a first bracket is coupled over said first cover member and fixed to said fire-wall panel in such a way as to resiliently clamp said cable in place, and said second cover member is fixed at a peripheral portion thereof to said reinforcement panel by means which resiliently support said cable but do not clamp said cable, whereby noise and vibrations are not transmitted from said engine room to said vehicle compartment.