Driveline bearing support

Claim 1

A BEARING ASSEMBLY HAVING A MOUNTING BRACKET, A BEARING AND A RIGID FIXTURE, SAID BEARING HAVING A CENTRAL AXIS AND A CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL CONCENTRICALLY ARRANGED ABOUT SAID AXIS HAVING AN AXIAL WIDTH DEFINED BY TERMINAL PORTIONS LYING IN SPACED PLANES PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BEARING AXIS, SAID BRACKET COMPRISING A BODY OF RIGID MATERIAL HAVING AT LEAST THREE GENERALLY FLAT FLANGES, A FIRST L-SHAPED FLANGE DISPOSED ADJACENT AND PARALLEL TO ONE OF SAID BEARING TERMINAL PORTIONS HAVING EACH LEG OF SAID L-SHAPED FLANGE GREATER IN DIMENSION THAN THE GREATEST DIMENSION OF SAID BEARING, A SECOND FLANGE DISPOSED TANGENTIAL TO SAID BEARING SIDE WALL AND GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS, SAID SECOND FLANGE HAVING ONE EDGE INTEGRALLY COMMON WITH AN EDGE OF ONE LEG OF SAID FIRST FLANGE, A THIRD FLANGE HAVING ONE EDGE INTEGRALLY COMMON WITH AN EDGE OF ANOTHER LEG OF SAID FIRST FLANGE AND BEING DISPOSED PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FLANGES, AND MEANS ON SAID THIRD FLANGE EFFECTIVE TO PERMIT FASTENING THEREOF TO SAID RIGID FIXTURE AND MEANS ON SAID SECOND FLANGE EFFECTIVE TO PROVIDE ADJUSTABLE FASTENING THEREOF TO SAID BEARING SIDE WALL, SAID THIRD FLANGE CARRIES A TONGUE EXTENDING IN A PLANE SPACED FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID SECOND FLANGE, SAID TONGUE HAVING EDGES INTEGRAL WITH BOTH SAID FIRST AND THIRD FLANGES.