Patent ID: 8042793

Claim:
A mount for a motor vehicle power train, comprising: a housing attachable to a motor vehicle; an elastomeric bushing disposed within the housing; the elastomeric bushing having a single central bore; the elastomeric bushing having at least one frustoconical portion with an exposed end, wherein the mount having a first axis coaxial with the central bore, a second axis orthogonal to and coplanar with the first axis, and a third axis orthogonal to both the first axis and the second axis; the mount having a first stiffness measured along the first axis, a second stiffness measured along the second axis, and a third stiffness measured along the third axis; wherein the second stiffness is substantially the same as the third stiffness; and wherein the first stiffness is between about 20 percent and about 30 percent of the second stiffness.