Resiliently mounted radiator assembly

A resilient mounting for a radiator assembly used in an automotive vehicle including relatively fixed upper and lower support members, which mounting comprises:

• a lower support means provided on the lower support member and including at least one cushioning member for the support of the radiator assembly from below;
• at least one generally cylindrical protuberance formed on a portion of the radiator at a location opposite to the lower support means,
• at least one generally elongated plate member secured at one end to the upper support member by means of at least one set of bolt and nut and protruding therefrom to a position immediately above the protuberance, said plate member having a peripheral lip region defining a mounting hole, said mounting hole defined in a portion thereof adjacent to the other end thereof;
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• at least one elastic mount of one-piece construction including a generally cylindrical hollow body, a pliable mounting flange protruding radially outwardly from the hollow body, a plurality of circumferentially spaced crests integral with and extending radially inwardly from the hollow body into to hollow of the hollow body, and a pliable flared flange protruding outwards from one end of the hollow body, said elastic mount being mounted on the plate member with the other periphery of the mounting flange engaged to the peripheral lip region of the plate member which defines the mounting hole, said protuberance being received in the hollow of the hollow body in resilient contact with the crests while said flared flange is held in contact with an annular surface area of the radiator assembly around the protuberance, said mounting flange having a thin-walled area defined therein exterially adjacent to the hollow body.