Engine mounting apparatus

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE HAVING FRONT AND REAR GROUND WHEELS, A VEHICLE BODY SUSPENDED RELATIVE TO THE WHEELS, A SILL AT EACH SIDE OF THE BODY AND SECURE THEREWITH, AN ENGINE HOUSING AND AN ASSOCIATED DRIVE TRAIN HOUSING EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE ENGINE HOUSING TOWARD THE REAR WHEELS, A MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING THE ENGINE HOUSING AND DRIVE TRAIN HOUSING RELATIVE TO THE VEHICLE BODY, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING: AN ELASTIC ENGINE HOUSING MOUNTS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE ENGINE HOUSING AND THE VEHICLE BODY; A BEAM SITUATED REARWARDLY FROM THE ENGINE HOUSING MOUNTS AND ESTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE VEHICLE BODY, THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE BEAM TERMINATING SHORT OF THE SILLS AND LYING IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE COMMON WITH THE HORIZONTAL PLANE OF THE SILLS; AN ELASTIC DRIVE TRAIN HOUSING MOUNT POSITIONED BETWEEN THE BEAM AND THE DRIVE TRAIN HOUSING; ELASTIC BEAM MOUNTS AT EACH END OF THE BEAM SPACED FROM THE ENGINE HOUSING MOUNTS ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF AN BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE BEAM ENDS AND THE SILLS IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT THEREWITH.