Engine mount assembly

Claim 2

In an engine mount assembly for resiliently interconnecting an engine and a frame, a U-shaped engine mounting bracket having a base section, end legs terminating in outwardly extending flanges and upstanding side flanges, an inverted U-shaped support member having a base portion, depending legs and depending side flange stops positioned in interlocking relation to said engine mounting bracket, compression pads secured between said upstanding side flanges and said depending legs, roll stop means secured to said end legs adjacent to said depending side flange stops, a primary engine mounting means positioned on said outwardly extending flanges of said engine mounting bracket in spaced relation to said base portion of said support member, and compression means sandwiched between said primary engine mounting means and said base portion and bonded thereto.

Claim 3

In an engine mount assembly according to claim 1 wherein said compression means, said compression pads and said roll stop means are of rubber.

Claim 4

In an engine mount assembly according to claim 2 wherein the rubber of said compression means is of a different composition than the rubber composition of the said compression pads and said roll stop means.

Claim 5

An engine mount assembly for supporting an engine on a support frame comprising a first support member including a primary engine mounting bracket, a compression sandwich and a support mounting bracket, said compression sandwich being secured to and positioned between said primary engine mounting bracket and said support mounting bracket, and a second support member including a U-shaped secondary engine mounting bracket, flexible roll stops secured to opposite ends of said secondary engine mounting bracket, and spaced apart compression pads secured to opposite sides of said secondary engine mounting bracket, said first support member and said second support member being positioned in interlocking relation to each other with said compression pads compressively sandwiched between said secondary engine mounting bracket and said support mounting bracket.

Claim 6

An engine mount assembly for supporting an engine on a support frame comprising a first support member including a primary engine mounting bracket, a compression sandwich and a support mounting bracket, said compression sandwich being secured to and positioned between said primary engine mounting bracket and said support mounting bracket, and a second support member including a U-shaped secondary engine mounting bracket, flexible roll stops secured to opposite ends of said secondary engine mounting bracket, and spaced apart compression pads secured to opposite sides of said secondary engine mounting bracket, said first support member and said second support member being positioned in interlocking relation to each other with said compression pads compressively sandwiched between said secondary engine mounting bracket and said support mounting bracket.

Claim 7

An engine mount assembly according to claim 4 wherein said compression sandwich includes compression elements of rubber and wherein said roll stops and said compression pads are of rubber having a different composition than the rubber of said compression elements.

Claim 8

In an engine mount assembly for resiliently interconnecting an engine and a frame, a first support member including a primary engine mounting bracket adapted to be secured to an engine, a compression means, and an inverted U-shaped support member having a base section, depending legs adapted to be secured to a frame, and depending side flange stops, said compression means being bonded on one side to said primary engine mounting bracket and the other side to said base section, and a second support member including a U-shaped secondary engine mounting bracket having a base section, end legs terminating in outwardly extending flanges defining planes of attachment to said primary engine mounting bracket and upstanding side flanges, a compression pad secured to each of said side flanges on the outer face thereof and a roll stop secured to each of said legs of said secondary engine mounting bracket on their opposing surfaces, said first support member and said second support member being positioned with said U-shaped support member and said U-shaped secondary engine mounting bracket in interlocking relation to each other with said compression pads compressed against said depending legs and with said depending side flange stops positioned between said roll stops and out of contact therewith.

Claim 9

In an engine mount assembly for resiliently interconnecting an engine and a frame, a first support member including a primary engine mounting bracket adapted to be secured to an engine, a compression means, and an inverted U-shaped support member having a base section, depending legs adapted to be secured to a frame, and depending side flange stops, said compression means being bonded on one side to said primary engine mounting bracket and the other side to said base section, and a second support member including a U-shaped secondary engine mounting bracket having a base section, end legs terminating in outwardly extending flanges defining planes of attachment to said primary engine mounting bracket and upstanding side flanges, a compression pad secured to each of said side flanges on the outer face thereof and a roll stop secured to each of said legs of said secondary engine mounting bracket on their opposing surfaces, said first support member and said second support member being positioned with said U-shaped support member and said U-shaped secondary engine mounting bracket in interlocking relation to each other with said compression pads compressed against said depending legs and with said depending side flange stops positioned between said roll stops and out of contact therewith.

Claim 10

In an engine mount assembly according to claim 6 wherein said compression means includes two rubber compression elements with a steel insert bonded therebetween and wherein said compression pads and said roll stops are of rubber having a different composition than that of said two rubber compression elements.