Mounting of an engine

Details Mounting of an engine Mounting of an engine

1985-10-28

1987-05-12

Mitchell, David M.

Motor vehicles

Power

Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship

180297, 180312, 180902, 2671401, 280707, B60K 512

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046642196

ABSTRACT:
An engine is mounted on a motor vehicle chassis with at least one rubber metal mount acted upon hydraulically to vary its spring rate under the control of a hydraulic control device. The motor vehicle have has at least one wheel mounted in a sprung fashion to the chassis and the engine displacement vibrations are minimized by a displacement transducer placed between the wheel and the chassis that signals the control device to hydraulically increase the spring rate of the engine mount with increasing displacement between the wheel and chassis in advance of wheel movement passed through the chassis affecting the engine in a predetermined frequency range.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2921160 (1960-01-01), Lautzenhiser
patent: 3958654 (1976-05-01), LeSalver
patent: 4531484 (1985-07-01), Kimura et al.
patent: 4537275 (1985-08-01), Kimura et al.
patent: 4572321 (1986-02-01), Morita
European Patent Publication 0,081,055, Kimura, Jun. 15, 1983.

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