Engine mount structure
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorTomoki Takakura
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Abstract
An engine mount structure includes: an engine bracket 1 mounted to an engine; and an anti-vibration device 2 having an outer tube 7 fixed to a vehicle body, an inner tube 6 to which a front end portion of the engine bracket is inserted and fitted, and a rubber elastic body 8 interposed between the outer tube and the inner tube, wherein an engine bracket insertion hole 9 provided to the inner tube is offset from the center L of a mounting portion of the inner tube mounted to the rubber elastic body, toward the engine bracket. Accordingly, the bracket extending from the engine is allowed to have a natural frequency departing as much as possible from a natural frequency of the engine, and simultaneously, a reduction in weight can be achieved.
Claims6
An engine mount structure comprising:
- an engine bracket mounted to an engine;
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- an anti-vibration device having an outer tube fixed to a vehicle body, an inner tube to which a front end portion of the engine bracket is inserted and fitted, and a rubber elastic body interposed between the outer tube and the inner tube,
- wherein an engine bracket insertion hole provided to the inner tube is offset from the center of a mounting portion of the inner tube mounted to the rubber elastic body, toward the engine bracket.
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