Patent ID: 8235350

Claim:
A support structure for a hydraulic unit, the support structure comprising: a bracket having a slot and seat surfaces formed around the slot; and a shock-absorbing member attached to the hydraulic unit, wherein the shock-absorbing member is fitted into the slot of the bracket so that the hydraulic unit is supported on the bracket by the shock-absorbing member, wherein the shock-absorbing member has a small-diameter portion that is inserted into the slot of the bracket and large-diameter portions that contact the seat surfaces of the bracket around the slot, the slot of the bracket having a length in a long-axis direction greater than a diameter of the small-diameter portion, wherein the slot of the bracket has an insertion-fit region formed on a side of a first end of the slot in the long-axis direction, the insertion-fit region having a radius of curvature generally corresponding to a radius of the small-diameter portion of the shock-absorbing member, and a reduced width region formed at a first position spaced apart toward a second end of the slot, which is opposite the first end, from the first end in the long-axis direction by a distance substantially corresponding to the diameter of the small-diameter portion, the reduced width region having a width smaller than the diameter of the small-diameter portion of the shock-absorbing member in a short-axis direction orthogonal to the long-axis direction, and wherein the long-axis direction of the slot makes an angle of no greater than 90 degrees with respect to a motor rotation axis of the hydraulic unit, when viewed from a top in a center axis direction of the shock-absorbing member.