Abstract: A heat insulating plate for use in a motor vehicle engine comprising a heat resisting metal plate adapted to be secured to an outer surface of the motor vehicle engine in slightly spaced apart relation with the outer surface of the motor vehicle engine at a portion heavily affected by heat from the motor vehicle engine and a vibration absorbing member comprising asbestos integrally joined to said heat resisting metal plate.

Abstract: A vibration-absorbing heat-insulating plate which is mounted such that there is a gap between the plate and a surface of a heat source. The vibration-absorbing heat-insulating plate includes at least one portion made from metal which is provided adjacent the greatest thermal effect of the heat source and at least one vibration-absorbing portion integrally coupled to the metal portion adjacent a smallest thermal effect of the heat source and the vibration-absorbing portion is made from a cloth-like material formed by weaving filiform asbestos and metal wire together.