Engine mount assembly for a vehicle drive unit
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsMarek Bujak, Andreas Fischer
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Abstract
An engine mount for a drive unit in a vehicle includes a bracket having first and second joining points for attachment of the bracket to the drive unit. A first mounting member connects the bracket to the drive unit in the first joining point along a first joining axis. An engine mount is arranged on a vehicle body and supports the drive unit via the bracket. A second mounting member connects the bracket to the drive unit in the second joining point along a second joining axis. The first and second joining axes extend at a slant to each other by an axis angle.
Claims13
An engine mount assembly for a drive unit in a vehicle, comprising:
- brackets having first and second joining points for attachment to the drive unit;
- first mounting members connecting the brackets to the drive unit in the first joining points along a first joining axis;
- engine mounts arranged on a vehicle body and supporting the drive unit via the brackets;
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- second mounting members connecting the bracket to the drive unit in the second joining points along a second joining axis, said first and second joining axes extending at a slant to intersect each other by an axis angle,
- said engine mounts having cylindrical body-side mounting eyes and cylindrical mount cores arranged inside of said mounting eyes, wherein each cylindrical mount core is hollow for engine to be stored therein, said engine mounts including two leading engine mounts and two trailing engine mounts spaced from the two leading engine mounts in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said two leading engine mounts being spaced from each other in a vehicle transverse direction and have screw axes extending in the vehicle transverse direction, and said two trailing engine mounts being spaced from each other in the vehicle transverse direction and have screw axes extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.