Patent ID: 7178795

Claim:
A mounting assembly for a vehicle, said mounting assembly comprising: a support housing having an aperture and adapted to be mounted to the vehicle; a shaft at least partially disposed within said aperture and displaceable relative to said support housing along a line of travel; a rigid core fixedly mounted to said shaft and movable relative to said support housing daring displacement of said shaft; and an insulator disposed about said rigid core between said support housing and said rigid core; said insulator having a plurality of portions separable from each other and separately placed about said rigid core with each of said portions at least partially in direct contact with said rigid core and each of said portions having substantially identical interlocking sections cooperating with each other to couple said portions together and encapsulate said rigid core, and each of said portions of said insulator being formed of an elastomeric material such that said rigid core is isolated from said support housing; wherein said plurality of portions of said insulator are further defined as a first portion and a second portion, said first portion having a first body and a first interlocking section, said second portion having a second body and a second interlocking section; wherein said first body is further defined as a first planar section having a hole disposed therein and said second body is further defined as a second planar section having a hole disposed therein; and wherein said first interlocking section is further defined as a pair of first legs extending from said first body and equally spaced about said first planar section and wherein said second interlocking section is further defined as a pair of second legs extending from said second body and equally spaced about said second planar section with said first legs cooperating with said second legs to couple said first and second portions together.