Apparatus for supporting catalytic converters on motor cars
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYukio Shimada
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Abstract
A catalytic converter installed in the exhaust system of an engine of a motor car is mounted on a member arranged to vibrate substantially integrally with the engine through a bracket and a cushion member.
Claims6
In a motor vehicle having an engine and a transmission gear box supported through cushion means on a beam secured to the body of said vehicle, and an exhaust system having a catalytic converter operatively connected to an exhaust manifold of said engine through an exhaust pipe, the improvement comprising:
- a basic member interposed between said transmission gear box and said cushion means and secured to said transmission gear box so that said basic member is vibrated substantially integrally with said engine;
- a cushion member;
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- an exhaust pipe holding member having one end connected to said basic member through said cushion member, and the other end securing said exhaust pipe.
In a motor vehicle having an engine and a transmission gear box supported through cushion means on a beam secured to the body of said vehicle, and an exhaust system having a catalytic converter operatively connected to an exhaust manifold of said engine through an exhaust pipe, the improvement comprising:
- a basic member having a generally U-shaped cross section mounted on said cushion means, said basic member being interposed between said transmission gear box and said beam, and secured to said transmission gear box so that said basic member is vibrated substantially integrally with said engine;
- a cushion member including a ring-shaped metal spring having an upper end connected to said basic member through a first bracket;
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- an exhaust pipe holding member including a second bracket secured at its one end to a lower end of said ring-shaped metal spring, and an U-shaped fastening member connected to the other end of said second bracket in order to fasten a portion of said exhaust pipe adjacent said catalytic converter to said second bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.