Patent ID: 6382341
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60K,Y10S

Abstract:
A support apparatus for a vehicle drive unit having a center of gravity and an inertial coordinate system defined by three inertial principal axes orthogonally intersecting at a single point that coincides with the center of gravity, said support apparatus comprising:a vehicle support member; and at least three elastic mounting members coupled to said vehicle support member with supporting members lying within a mounting plane, said elastic mounting members defining an entire elastic support system having an elastic coordinate system with three elastic principal axes orthogonally intersecting at a single point that coincides with an overall elastic center of said elastic mounting members, said elastic mounting members further being dimensioned and arranged on said vehicle support member so that said elastic mounting members are adapted to support the drive unit such that two of the inertial principal axes of the drive unit are within said mounting plane of said elastic mounting members.