Nov. 12, 1935.

w. D. APPEL
' ENGINE MOUNTING

Filed Aug. 13, 1934

2,020,597

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"UNITED _STATE PATENT

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rtis known in auteme?iies' to mount tbe en

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'gineonthe'frameinsuchawaythat itcanoscil

I and 2', on which'arefastened the prjectionslate around

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M~and Il_attachejd to thev engine housing, with`of gravity or _early through the center of gravity.' the inter-position ofrubber buifers it 'and I1, also
andWhich, starting from ahigh point of the front 'bymeansoftheboltsilaandilh Thefasten- ._
ward.
endoftheenginehousing.
The inclination of' the axis is
_such?a
ingatboththefrontandreargendsiseifectedin,
way that the engine housing-mmounted
determinedin suen a way that it intersects the
on all s_idesg- Also the inclinations of
driving shaft about the middle -of the
' _ the rear ysupporting surfaces Scand lb and of

io sion housing. In'the case of a four point suspen

_thefront ones iland Il are selected in such a 10..

sion of the engine the mounting itself isgeneraily

waythat the engine can osciliate around thelon- `

gitudinalaxis ishow?inFig. l. Inthepres

executed in such a way that the engineis moimt

cdelasticallyatallpointson simportingsurfaces r* ent case this axis, starting from the upper front

arrangedonbothsidesofthecenterlineofthe,

endo! the engine, runs inclined backward and.

car and fastened to the frame, and the slope of

inrsects theon housing -approximate- ll

thesesurfacesis dimensionedinsuchawaythat

lyintheaxisofthesame.

the axis of oscillation is given the desired slope.

_ In an elasticmounting yof the engine _at all

l ds a _result of the all aroimd> elastic support,

in the acceleration'and braking of the car there

occursa movement of the engine housing with
b_iem arises of providing special means ofpre
Arelation to the.i'rame of the car. In order to20
_venting lo tudinal movements of the engine prevent this, on the right and left sides of the
housing wi relation tothe frame of thewcar part 2l of the engine housing are mounted links
when the automobile accelerates or'siows down, Il and 22-,-which are articulated to'the engine
without', on the other hand, preventing the ostili--Y housing itself and to the projections 23 and 2l.
lations of the engine around the longitudinal axis. -whicharefastened tothe cross member lin any 25 A

_points inthe manner described above, the prob-'

According to the invention 'this is obtained. by

the fact that the engine is connected with time
frame of the car- by means 'of links, that is, rods,which are placed on'both sides of the engine

,suitable_manner."'1'hese links extend substan-|

tially parallel to the axis il and prevent move

~ ments of'the engine housing in the direction of

the longitudinal _axis without, on the other hand,

housing and mounted rotatably to the housing' Y interfering with the oscillations or the housing 3
as well as'tg the frame of the car. Thedrawing which take place around the axis I9.
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'shows,'asa example, one form of constructions!! _
It is known to make the fender support in the

the inven on, in which'Fig-ure 1 is the engineY form of a through _supporting beam and to' moimt
housing vand the arrangement of the links in a it elastically on the front cross member of the
side view; Figure 2 is the arrangement of the ' car. In that way the torsions to/which lthe frame 35

linksinaplanviemFigureMstherearviewofx
the engine mounting,y and Figure 4 is the front

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_isllbiected due to the unev
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way, are prevented from being transmitted to the

`view _of the mounting of the engine.

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. fenders. On account of the elasticmountins of
Theframe ,of the car consists of the' side mem
this support it is necessary moreover to connect
bers i and 2, which are connected together in it- with e, point wiiiciiis~ not innueneed by the 0
vfront _by across member 3 and at the location _torsions of the frame and as far as possible also

oftheonhousingl oftheengine iby

- a cross member 6.

As a result of the form which

does not have any longitudinal _movement with

relation to the frame.- In the four point suspen
sion shown, in which, by the use of the links 2|
and 22 all longitudinal movement oftheengine 5

has been given to it the cross member 8 forms

two inclined surfaces 6a and 8b, which serve for
the mounting of the e'ngine.l For this purpose a i housing is prevented, Athe above requirements are
_cross member 1 with' surfaces 'iaand'lb bent up
fulililed by the intersection of the axis of oscil
' ward is fastened below the transmission hous
lation is with the _front wall. The point thus
ing, these bent up surfaces running parallel with designated does not, in fact, undergo any oscil- -

_the inclined surfaces ya and 6b. By means o_f 'lationa . It can'therefore be used for the fasten- 5
these surfaces the engine housing is fastened by ing of the fender support.
' _means of=the screws i0 and Il tothe surfaces'la - vIn the drawing the fender support is desig-

and 6b, with the interposition of the rubber bui'

fers l and 9.

_ For the mounting

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at the front_;end, supporting

hated by 25. It is Imounted elastically on the

ross member. 3 in a'. known nanner-with the
\ interpontion of a rubberbuer 28. Also it is 55

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connected to the-iront end ot the engine housing porting structure'to the engine adiacent the axis'.
aboutwhichtheengineistreetorock,
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by means of two lateral struts l1 and 1I, -up

proximately at the pointof intersection of the

longitudinal
I! with this en'd oi' the housing.
'Ihe inextensiblestruts may be ilexible or piv
otally connected at opposite ends to the engine

3. In a motor vdcle. a chassis frame having

apairotside'membersandbeingsubiectedto
weavingactionduetoirregmaritiesoftheroad. l
'an engine having a tendency to rock about a

longitudinal axis under certain operating condi

tions, means flexibly mmmting the engine in the
From the'above description it will
appar
ent that oscillations oi. the engine, accommo-l i'rame and including a pair oi rubber connectims

and Iender'uDPOrt.

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10 dated at the points of resilient support, are not

imparted to the fender support and frame, and

that in the same manner weaving of the `side

frame members due to road action, occurs with

out affecting the position of the fender

and engine.I claim:

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1. In combination a supporting'structure. an
1 engine mounted on said structure to rpck about a

longitudinal ax'is, a tender support also mounted

on said structure and a tie connection extending
`from the fender support -and .connected to said

engine in' proximity to saidaxis of rocking move

ment.
y2. Amotor vehiclehaving a -frame, an engine,

means movably'mounting theen'gine tor rocking

movement relative to the frame, a fender sup

porting structure alsomovably mounted on the

_frame and means connecting the `fender sup

located near said side members at adjacent ends 10

of the engine .and frame, a fender support mov
ably mounted at a central point on the frame' so

astobesubstantiallyunailectedbytrameweaw.

ing and means projecting from the tendersup

Eport and connecting the enginethereto substan- l5

tially'on the axis of rocking movement of the
engine.

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4. In a motor vehicle, a chassis frame. an en

gine flexibly mounted inthe frame for oscilla

tion about a longitudinal axis, means to resist 20
relative longitudinal movement-between the en
gine and frame, a fender support flexibly mount
ed on the frame for relative tilting movement,V
and positioning means
with the fender

support and-connected with the engine adjacent as

said longitudinal axis of oscillation.
w-ALTER, D. APPILI.>
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