Patent ID: 7900873

Claim:
A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body; a structure mounted to the vehicle body exterior to the vehicle body, wherein, in operation, the structure has a first weight at a first time and a second different weight at a second different time; and, a plurality of vibration isolator attachment assemblies coupling the structure to the vehicle body at a plurality of pre-selected coupling locations exterior to the structure, wherein each of the plurality of vibration isolator attachment assemblies comprises: a vehicle body attachment having coaxial first and second through-holes and defining a clevis fitting; a structure attachment having a third through-hole disposed between and coaxial with the first and second through-holes; at least one flanged bushing disposed in the third through-hole; an elongated clevis pin extending through each of the first and second through-holes and the at least one flanged bushing in the third through-hole; and, first and second elastomeric isolators respectively disposed in the first and second through-holes and coupled between the clevis fitting and the clevis pin such that the vehicle body attachment and the structure attachment are non-rigidly coupled to each other through the two elastomeric isolators.