Engine mounting
AssigneeMTD Products Inc
InventorJuergen Kaesgen
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Abstract
Means for mounting an engine to a tractor or the like to minimize transmission of vibration between the engine and the tractor or the like, wherein metal to metal contact is avoided and the engine is firmly held down in position on the tractor or the like and against lateral movement. This is an abstract only of the specific illustration of the invention given by way of example, and is not to be used in the interpretation of the claims nor as a limitation on the scope of the invention.
Claims9
Mounting means for use in mounting an engine to a tractor or the like for minimizing transmission of vibration between the engine and tractor or the like, the said tractor or the like having a supporting portion disposed in a generally horizontal plane, comprising the combination of a four-sided plate member adapted to have an engine secured thereto, said plate member at each of its four sides having outwardly facing peripheral edge portions disposed along spaced edges thereof, the edge portions along one pair of opposite sides being spaced from the edge portions of another pair of opposite sides to isolate said edge portions of adjacent sides, a plurality of resilient rubber-like pads, said pads having a U-shape cross-section to provide a recess therein directed toward said plate member, the said peripheral edge portions of said plate member at each of said four sides being disposed in the recesses of said pads, respectively, to be firmly embraced by the spaced arms and base of the U-shaped pad, said pads extending along substantially the lengths of said peripheral edge portions, respectively, of said plate member, and said recesses of the pads extending through the length of the respective pads and accommodating the said peripheral edge portions of the plate members along the lengths of said peripheral edge portions to open toward the said plate member along the lengths of the pads, and a plurality of clamping members for holding said pads to said supporting portion of the tractor or the like, said clamping members having generally horizontally disposed off-set portions disposed to engage the upper surface of a said pad and having first generally upright portions disposed to engage the outer longitudinally extending surface of a said pad whereby a pad is firmly embraced by a said clamping member, said clamping members each having a securing portion adapted to be secured to said supporting portion of the tractor, said securing portions being generally in a plane parallel to the plane of said off-set portions and being extended from said upright portions, respectively, in a direction opposite to that of the off-set portions to extend away from said plate member, each said pad being held firmly down on said supporting portion of the tractor or the like by a said clamping member, the peripheral edge portions of the plate member being spaced from contact engagement with said supporting portion of the tractor or the like by the said pads embracing said peripheral edge portions of the plate member.
Mounting means for use in mounting an engine to a tractor or the like to minimize transmission of vibration therebetween, comprising a rigid plate member adapted to have a said engine secured thereto, said plate member having peripheral edge portions disposed along opposite spaced sides thereof longitudinally and laterally of said tractor, said peripheral edge portions projecting forwardly and rearwardly from the body of the plate member longitudinally of the tractor and projecting in opposite lateral directions from the body of the plate member laterally of the tractor, a plurality of resilient rubber-like pads, each pad engaging a said peripheral edge portion along the top surface, bottom surface and outer edge surface of a respective peripheral edge portion, each said peripheral edge portion being firmly embraced by a pad and the plate member being embraced between pads on opposed spaced sides thereof by opposed pads, and a plurality of clamping members secured to said tractor or the like, each said clamping member engaging a said pad along its upper and outer longitudinal surface thereof to clamp the pad to the tractor or the like holding the plate member embraced by the pad to the tractor or the like and for holding the plate member between the pads on opposite spaced sides of the plate member, opposed clamping members and the respective pads clamped thereby being disposed to firmly hold the plate member therebetween against longitudinal and lateral movement relative to said tractor, whereby the plate member is isolated from the tractor or the like and from said clamping member by said pads.
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