Patent ID: 9562587
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: F16F,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for elastically mounting an engine to a motor vehicle body, comprising: a support member with a support section and a mounting section to which the engine can be attached, said support member being rigid; a flange ring attachable to the motor vehicle body and completely surrounding the support section, said flange ring being rigid; and a spring body elastically supported at the support section of the support member and at an inner side of the flange ring, an insert attached to the spring body, the insert being rigid, wherein the insert is attached to the spring body at a side of the spring body facing the flange ring to fix the spring body to the flange ring, and wherein the insert is attached to the flange ring at a side of the insert facing the flange ring by a retaining lug structure comprising: at least one protrusion with an undercut on at least one of the insert and the flange ring, and at least one tapered depression on at least one of the insert and the flange ring, the at least one tapered depression comprising a complementary shape to the at least one protrusion, wherein the at least one protrusion engages hook-like into the at least one depression, wherein the flange ring comprises plastic, and the flange ring is overmolded on the insert and the insert is molded to the spring body under vulcanization without an adhesive.