Patent ID: 7328767
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A power train supporting apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising: a power train including an engine and a transmission arranged in series with an output axle of the engine, said power train having a weight center; and three mount portions that support the power train on a frame of a vehicle body such that the output axle of the engine intersects a center line of a vehicular longitudinal direction as viewed from a top of the vehicle, wherein the three mount portions comprise engine front and rear side mounts arranged, respectively, on a vehicular front side and a vehicular rear side with respect to the engine and a transmission side mount arranged in the vicinity of the transmissions, wherein the engine front and rear side mounts are located on one side of the weight center of the power train while the transmission side mount is located on the other side of the weight center as seen from the front side of the vehicle, and the three mount portions being arranged such that distances from the weight center of the power train along a principal axis of inertia to respective lines running through each of the engine front and rear side mounts and intersecting perpendicularly to the principal axis of inertia are shorter than a distance from the weight center of the power train to a line running through the transmission side mount and intersecting perpendicularly to the principal axis of inertia.