Mounting system for an after-treatment component
AssigneeElectro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
InventorsStephen M. Bednarz, Satyajit Gowda
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Abstract
A mounting system for connecting an after-treatment component to a frame is disclosed. The mounting system may have a front center bracket connectable to a front end of the after-treatment component. The mounting system may further have a front link, which may have a first end connected to the front center bracket and a second end connectable to the frame. The mounting system may also have a rear center bracket connectable to a rear end of the after-treatment component. In addition, the mounting system may have a rear link, which may have a first end connected to the rear center bracket and a second end connectable to the frame.
Claims18
An exhaust system, comprising:
- a frame;
- a first rail attached to the frame;
- a second rail spaced apart from the first rail and attached to the frame;
- an after-treatment component having a front end and a rear end;
- a plurality of mounting feet connecting the after-treatment component to the first and second rails;
- a front center bracket connected to the front end of the after-treatment component;
- a rear center bracket connected to the rear end of the after-treatment component;
- a first set of front links connected between the front center bracket and the first rail;
- a second set of front links connected between the front center bracket and the second rail;
- a first rear link connected between the rear center bracket and the first rail;
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- a second rear link connected between the rear center bracket and the second rail.
A mounting system for connecting an after-treatment component to a frame, comprising:
- a front center bracket connectable to a front end of the after-treatment component;
- a first front link having a first end pivotally connected to the front center bracket and a second end pivotally connectable at a first front location on the frame;
- a second front link having a first end pivotally connected to the front center bracket and a second end pivotally connectable at a second front location on the frame opposite the first front location;
- a third front link having a first end pivotally connected to the front center bracket and a second end pivotally connectable at a third front location on the frame on a same side as and spaced apart from the first front location;
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- a fourth front link having a first end pivotally connected to the front center bracket and a second end pivotally connectable at a fourth front location on the frame opposite the third front location;
- a rear center bracket connectable to a rear end of the after-treatment component;
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- a rear link having a first end pivotally connected to the rear center bracket and a second end pivotally connectable to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.