Patent ID: 6719482
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: B60S,F16B,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
A floating support structure for floatingly supporting a mountable member relative to a mount member, the floating support structure comprising a mount assembly, wherein the mount assembly has:a collar including: a hollow cylindrical body, which has female threads formed along an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical body, wherein the female threads of the cylindrical body are threadably engageable with a screw member, which is inserted through a fastening hole of the mount member, to secure the collar to the mount member; a larger diameter flange, which is provided at one end of the cylindrical body located apart from the mount member; and a smaller diameter flange, which is provided at the other end of the cylindrical body; and a vibration damping member including: a tubular body, which extends in an axial direction of the cylindrical body of the collar and has a receiving through hole, wherein the receiving through hole axially penetrates through the tubular body, and the tubular body is received in the recessed opening of the mounting portion of the mountable member; a first flange, which is provided at one end of the tubular body located adjacent to the mount member; and a second flange, which is provided at the other end of the tubular body located apart from the mount member, wherein the other end of the collar is inserted through the receiving through hole of the tubular body of the vibration damping member, and the vibration damping member is clamped between the larger diameter flange of the collar and the mount member when the screw member is threadably engaged with the female threads of the cylindrical body, so that the mountable member is floatingly supported relative to the mount member.