Patent ID: 8109492

Claim:
A strut top mount and body structure of a motor vehicle, comprising: a strut tower comprising a support shell, said support shell comprising a shell sidewall and a shell top wall; and a mount dome having a dome sidewall, said mount dome comprising: a polymeric primary support member composed of a polymeric material; and a resilient body bonded to said polymeric primary support member, said resilient body having a metallic insert disposed therewithin in distal relation to said polymeric primary support member; wherein said polymeric support member comprises: a central polymeric wall; an outer polymeric wall; and a top polymeric wall spanning said central and outer polymeric walls; wherein said resilient body is bonded to said outer and top polymeric walls forming thereat an outer resilient assembly, wherein said dome sidewall is disposed at said outer resilient assembly in superposed relation to said outer polymeric wall; wherein said resilient body is bonded to said central polymeric wall forming thereat a central resilient assembly at which is disposed said metallic insert; wherein said mount dome is seated in abutting relation with said support shell such that said outer resilient assembly is in abutting relation with said shell sidewall and said shell top wall; and wherein said dome sidewall and said shell sidewall have a mutual predetermined size relationship and a mutual predetermined angular relationship such that said polymeric primary support member is placed under compression by a resilient compression of said outer resilient assembly between said outer polymeric sidewall and said shell sidewall.