Vibration dampening engine mount and modular vibration dampening engine mount system
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorsJennifer Valenzuela, Marco Antonio Flores Valdez
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Abstract
A vibration dampening engine mount configured to mount an engine to a vehicle frame includes: a first bolt receiver having a first through hole configured to receive a first bolt; a second bolt receiver having a second through hole configured to receive a second bolt; and a mass damper connector integrally connecting the first bolt receiver and the second bolt receiver, wherein the vibration dampening engine mount has a predetermined mass.
Claims16
A vibration dampening engine mount configured to mount an engine to a vehicle frame, the vibration dampening engine mount comprising:
- a first bolt receiver having a first through hole configured to receive a first bolt;
- a second bolt receiver having a second through hole configured to receive a second bolt;
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- a mass damper connector integrally connecting the first bolt receiver and the second bolt receiver,
- wherein the mass damper connector extends from the first bolt receiver at one end at a first angle measured from a straight line between the first bolt receiver and the second bolt receiver, and extends from the second bolt receiver at an opposite end at a second angle measured from the straight line, the one end and the opposite end connected by a bridge portion;
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- wherein the vibration dampening engine mount has a predetermined mass.
A modular vibration dampening engine mount system, comprising:
- a first vibration dampening engine mount, comprising:
- a first pair of bolt receivers, each of the first pair of bolt receivers having a through hole configured to receive a respective bolt;
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- a first mass damper connector integrally connecting the first pair of bolt receivers, wherein the first mass damper connector is substantially U-shaped such that the first mass damper connector does not extend along a direct line connecting the first pair of bolt receivers, and wherein the first vibration dampening engine mount has a first predetermined mass;
- a second vibration dampening engine mount, comprising:
- a second pair of bolt receivers, each of the second pair of bolt receivers having a through hole configured to receive the respective bolt;
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- a second mass damper connector integrally connecting the second pair of bolt receivers, wherein the second vibration dampening engine mount has a second predetermined mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.