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AssigneeNavistar International Transportation Corp.
InventorsJ. Larry Williams, Melvin A. Kautz
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An accessory mounting apparatus for use on a heavy duty truck engine comprises a unitary bracket having parallel lateral walls defining an interior cavity which securingly receives a side portion of a front engine cover. The lateral walls extend to an outermost ear portion, to which an alternator is mounted in depending relationship, and upwardly to a horizontal plate portion having a mounting pad forward of the ear portion to which a coolant corrosion filter is dependingly mounted, and a mounting platform rearwardly inwardly of the mounting pad to and above which an air conditioning compressor is mounted, and forwardly extending boss attached to a forward wall of the bracket to which a constant tension pulley assembly is mounted to tension a belt which drives the compressor.
An accessory mounting apparatus for use on a heavy duty engine, the apparatus comprising a unitary structure configured for secure engagement with a front cover of an engine, said unitary structure including spaced walls defining an interior cavity of said structure, said interior cavity being configured to snugly receive thereinside a side portion of the front cover of the engine, and including means for mounting an alternator thereon, means for mounting a coolant corrosion filter thereon, means for mounting an air conditioning compressor thereon, and means for mounting a constant tensioning belt idler on said unitary structure in a position disposed to engage an air conditioning compressor drive belt.
A bracket for mounting thereon a plurality of components of a heavy duty engine, the bracket including means for dependingly mounting an alternator, means for supported mounting of an air conditioning compressor, and means providing the sole cantilevered mounting to said engine of a constant belt tensioning idler, said bracket further including an integrally formed horizontal upper plate portion having a planar mounting platform, said air conditioning compressor mounting means comprising means on said mounting platform for securing said compressor thereabove
In combination with a heavy duty engine having a front cover, an air conditioning compressor, an alternator, a drive pulley, and belts for driving said compressor and said alternator, an improved accessory mounting apparatus for mounting said compressor and alternator comprising:
A bracket for mounting thereon a plurality of components of a heavy duty engine, the bracket including means for dependingly mounting an alternator, means for supported mounting of an air conditioning compressor, means providing the sole cantilevered mounting to said engine of a constant belt tensioning idler, and a constant tensioning belt idler mounted on said mounting means.
A bracket for mounting thereon a plurality of components of a heavy duty engine, the bracket including means for dependingly mounting an alternator, means for supported mounting of an air conditioning compressor, and means providing the sole cantilevered mounting to said engine of a constant belt tensioning idler, said bracket further including spaced walls defining an interior cavity of said structure, said interior cavity being configured to snugly receive thereinside a side portion of the front cover of the engine.
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