Motor vehicles – Power – Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
Patent
1990-04-27
1992-04-07
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Power
Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
180293, 180297, 180300, 180312, 248638, 267160, 267230, B60K 510
Patent
active
051019280
ABSTRACT:
A suspension system for mounting a power pack including engine, transmission, and associated equipment to the frame of a land vehicle, such as a tank. The suspension system includes static supports for substantially immovably mounting the power pack to the frame at spaced locations and at least one dynamic support for yieldably mounting the power pack. The dynamic support includes at least one vertically disposed spring member fixed to the power pack together with a linkage connecting a free end of the spring member to the frame of the land vehicle. The suspension system accommodates a range of relative movement between the power pack and the frame of the land vehicle.
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Avco Corporation
Culbreth Eric
Mitchell David M.
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