Patent ID: 8376330
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B60K,F16F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for elastically supporting an engine transmission unit to a motor vehicle body, the apparatus comprising: a rigid support member attachable to the engine transmission unit; a rigid flange attachable to the motor vehicle body and defining a horizontal, longitudinal direction configured to be aligned with a driving direction of the vehicle; and an elastomeric body via which the support member is elastically supported by the flange and which comprises at least one spring arm for receiving a weight force of the engine transmission unit acting essentially vertically as well as perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction and a horizontal transverse direction, wherein the support member is extending away from the flange in the transverse direction and has a mounting area offset with respect to the flange in the transverse direction as well as a coupling section projecting essentially vertically through an opening formed through the flange that the coupling section forms an abutment for restricting relative vertical movement between the support member and the flange, wherein the abutment is formed by a lower profile element adapted to face the motor vehicle body and an upper profile element adapted to face away from the motor vehicle body and attached to the lower profile element, wherein in-between the upper and the lower profile elements a support element comprising a support plate is attached to the support member, wherein the elastomeric body includes a support member side proximate to the support member and is supported exclusively by the support element at the support member side, and wherein the support element comprises two support sections inclined with respect to the horizontal, which respectively support the at least one spring arm of the elastomeric body at the support member side.