Motor mount assembly
AssigneeThe Louis Berkman Company
InventorJames A. Kost
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Abstract
A motor mount assembly for use with a hydraulic system of a snowplow. A motor mount has a mounting surface for receiving a motor and a recessed surface from which interengaging components protrude. A motor has a suitable mounting surface for mating with the motor mount and a pilot surface from which interengaging components are recessed. The proper alignment of the interengaging recesses of the motor with the complementary interengaging protrusions of the motor mount allow the mounting surfaces to abut such that the motor can be securely attached to the motor mount.
Claims16
A motor mount assembly for affixing an auxiliary motor to a motor vehicle, said motor mount assembly being comprised of:
- a motor having a front end, a back end, a first mounting surface and a pilot surface generally parallel to said first mounting surface, said first mounting surface and said pilot surface each being toward said front end of said motor;
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- a motor mount having a second mounting surface for receiving said first mounting surface, and a base wall having a front surface generally parallel with said second mounting surface, said pilot and said front surfaces having complementary interengaging means for ensuring the proper engagement of said motor and said motor mount.
A motor for use with a hydraulic system of a snowplow, said snowplow being pivotally attached to a structural frame which is rigidly affixed to the exterior of a motorized vehicle, said hydraulic system including a motor mount, said motor having a front and a back, said motor including an end plate at said front, and said end plate and motor mount having complementary interengaging means for ensuring proper engagement between said motor and said motor mount;
- said end plate having a mounting surface and a pilot surface extending parallel with said mounting surface, each of said mounting surface and said pilot surface having a periphery, said periphery of said pilot surface being radially inwardly spaced from said periphery of said mounting surface, and said portion of said interengaging means on said motor originating from said pilot surface.
A motor mount for use with a pump of a hydraulic system for a snowplow, said snowplow being pivotally attached to a structural frame which is rigidly affixed to the exterior of a motorized vehicle, said pump having a front and a back, said motor mount being attached at said front of said pump, said motor mount having interengaging means for receiving a motor, and said motor having complementary interengaging means;
- said motor mount including a mounting surface and a base wall, each of said mounting surface and said base wall being located toward said front of said motor mount said base wall having a front side and back side and being located on a plane parallel to said mounting surface, each of said mounting surface and said front side of said base wall having a periphery, said periphery of said front side being radially inwardly spaced from said periphery of said mounting surface, said base wall being oriented such that said front side thereof is toward said front of said motor mount, and said protuberance extending from said front side of said base wall toward said mounting surface.
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