Patent ID: 7562737
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A vehicle power unit supporting apparatus that supports a power unit, which is housed in a power unit accommodating chamber of a vehicle and has a configuration in which a speed reduction gear is connected to an end portion of a power source, the supporting apparatus comprising: left and right side mounts that support the power unit on the vehicle body, and respectively disposed on both sides in a vehicle width direction of the power unit at a position higher than a position of a center of gravity of the power unit such that the left and right side mounts do not receive the static load of the power unit, wherein a spring axis line of the left side mount and a spring axis line of the right side mount are inclined to intersect with each other at a position higher than the position of the center of gravity of the power unit when the vehicle is viewed from a front portion thereof, and an elastic center of the entirety of the power unit supporting apparatus is set to be at a position lower than the position of the center of gravity of the power unit, whereby a rolling direction of the power unit is adjusted to a rolling direction of the vehicle body when the vehicle turns.