Flexible fender mount
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsRandy Charles Rush, Rodney Keith Rowland
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Abstract
A flexible fender mounting assembly supports a fender on a vehicle. The assembly includes a vibration isolator with a hollow housing fixed to the vehicle, a rod attached to the fender and the isolator. The isolator also has a hollow resilient member received in the housing. A rigid hollow tube is received by the resilient member and extends to an outer end spaced apart from the resilient member. The rod is received by the tube and is welded to an end of the tube. The fender has a plurality of pairs of tabs, each pair of tabs forming a slot therebetween. The rod is received by the slots and is clamped to an inner surface of the fender by a clamps.
Claims8
In a flexible fender mounting assembly for supporting a vehicle fender, the assembly having a fixed hollow housing, a hollow resilient member received by the housing, a hollow tube received by and attached to the resilient member, and a fender support rod attached to the fender and to the tube, the improvement wherein:
- the tube has a first portion received by the resilient member and a second portion which projects out from the resilient member to an outer end which spaced apart from the resilient member, and said outer end is bonded to an outer surface of the fender support rod.
A flexible fender mounting assembly for supporting a vehicle fender, the assembly comprising:
- an elongated rod having a portion attached to the fender, and
- a vibration isolator, the isolator having a fixed hollow elongated housing, a hollow resilient member received in the housing, a rigid cylindrical tube having a first portion received by the resilient member and a second portion projecting outwardly from the housing and the resilient member to an outer end, the second tube portion receiving an end of the rod, and said outer end is bonded to an outer surface of the rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.