Patent ID: 9586466
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B60K,B62D,E02F

Claim:
1. A cradle assembly for mounting an engine and a pump assembly to a machine, comprising: a body including a front end, a rear end, a first side, and a second side, the body having a length defined between its front end and rear end; a first elongated member disposed along the first side of the body between the front end and the rear end, the first elongated member including a length defined between a first end and a second end thereof; a second elongated member disposed along the second side of the body between the front end and the rear end, the second elongated member including a length defined between a first end and a second end thereof; a pump mount positioned at a terminating end of the front end of the body and coupled between the first member and the second member, the pump mount adapted to be coupled to the pump assembly; a flywheel cover coupled between the first member and the second member at a location between the front end and the rear end, the flywheel cover adapted to be coupled to the engine; and a coupling mechanism disposed at the rear end of the body and coupled at the second end of the first elongated member and at the second end of the second elongated member, the coupling mechanism including a through hole adapted to be coupled to a chassis of the machine; wherein, the first elongated member includes at least one transverse bend tapered inwardly toward the second end of the second elongated member and defined along its length at a location between the front end and the rear end, and the second elongated member includes at least one transverse bend tapered inwardly toward the second end of the first elongated member and defined along its length at a location between the front end and the rear end; and wherein the first elongated member and the second elongated member converge inwardly toward the pump mount which is longitudinally aligned with the through hole of the coupling mechanism.