Supports – Machinery support
Patent
1982-06-10
1984-12-18
Britts, Ramon S.
Supports
Machinery support
92169, 285196, F16M 700
Patent
active
044887019
ABSTRACT:
A structure for mounting a housing, such as the housing of a hydraulic cylinder, on a support plate or panel by a simple manual push and twist motion exerted on the housing. The support plate or panel, such as the floorboard or bulkhead of a motor vehicle, is provided for example with a generally square opening, and the housing has a generally cylindrical mounting portion provided on one side with a circular flange of an outer diameter larger than the largest dimension of the square opening, and on its other side provided, for example, with a substantially square flange dimensioned such as to pass freely through the square opening. A resilient gasket is installed between the two flanges and is compressed such as to permit rotation of the housing for disposing the corners of the square flange in a locked position in engagement with rear surface areas of the plate or panel adjacent each straight side of the square opening. The cylindrical peripheral surface of the housing engaged in the mounting opening has tangential flat portions forming abutments engaging the edge of the square aperture, allowing rotation of the housing in one direction only and limiting rotation of the housing in that direction during installation. Abutment projections on the cylindrical peripheral surface oppose reverse rotation of the housing after installation. During installation, the elastomeric gasket is compressed, and the surface of the ears or lugs defined by each apex of the square flange in engagement with the rear surface areas of the mounting plate or panel are in the form of a ramp causing longitudinal motion of the housing during rotation to the locked position for further compressing the elastomeric gasket.
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Automotive Products Plc.
Britts Ramon S.
Lechok Sarah A.
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