Patent ID: 7011187

Claim:
A vibration-damping mounting apparatus for supporting a component with respect to a base structure, wherein the component has a mounting bracket extending therefrom, and wherein said apparatus comprises: a vibration damper that includes a housing and a damping element arranged in and connected to said housing, and that is adapted to be supported by and secured to the base structure; first and second clamping plates that clampingly hold the mounting bracket therebetween; an adjusting screw arrangement that passes through said clamping plates while being axially adjustable and fixable along a first axis perpendicular to said clamping plates, and that is secured at a first end thereof to said damping element, and that has a first visual position indicator at a second end thereof indicating a first axial adjustment position of said adjusting screw arrangement along said first axis; and an adjustment indicator pin arrangement that passes through said clamping plates while remaining axially slidable along a second axis perpendicular to said clamping plates, and that has a first end thereof contacting said housing, and that has a second visual position indicator at a second end thereof indicating a second axial adjustment position of said adjustment indicator pin arrangement along said second axis.