Pendulum type mount system
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsManabu Yokawa, Keisuke Oba
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Abstract
A pendulum type mount system includes a pair of upper mounts that mount upper portions of a powerplant unit on a vehicle body, and a pair of first and second lower torque rods. The first and second lower torque rods are located on opposite sides to each other with respect to a reference plane including a gravity center of the powerplant unit. A first spring constant of the first lower torque rod is not smaller than a second spring constant of the second lower torque rod. A distance between a first plane including the first lower torque rod and the reference plane is not larger than a distance between a second plane including the second lower torque rod and the reference plane.
Claims4
A pendulum type mount system comprising:
- a powerplant unit that includes an internal combustion engine and generates a drive force for running a vehicle;
- an upper right mount that mounts an upper right portion of the powerplant unit on a vehicle body;
- an upper left mount that mounts an upper left portion of the powerplant unit on the vehicle body;
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- a pair of first and second lower torque rods that connect a lower portion of the powerplant unit with the vehicle body on a rear side of the powerplant unit,
- wherein the first and second lower torque rods are located on opposite sides to each other with respect to a reference plane that includes a gravity center of the powerplant unit and is perpendicular to a lateral direction of the vehicle body,
- wherein a first spring constant of the first lower torque rod is not smaller than a second spring constant of the second lower torque rod, and
- wherein, when a plane that includes a connecting point of the first lower torque rod with the powerplant unit and is perpendicular to the lateral direction is denoted as a first plane and a plane that includes a connecting point of the second lower torque rod with the powerplant unit and is perpendicular to the lateral direction is denoted as a second plane, a distance between the first plane and the reference plane is not larger than a distance between the second plane and the reference plane.
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