Support apparatus for a power unit in a motor vehicle

Claim 1

In a motor vehicle of the front engine-front drive or rear engine-rear drive type having a body including a walled engine compartment and a power unit therein supported by said body, said power unit including an integral engine-drive assembly of an internal combustion engine and a transmission, said power unit including a wheel axle extending therefrom laterally of said body for imparting rotation to at least one wheel positioned externally of said body, an improvement comprising; means for supporting said power unit from said body, said means including first and second longitudinally spaced supports coupled to said power unit at opposite ends thereof, said body having a floor with longitudinally extending sill members at the edges thereof, said first suppOrt being supported from at least one wall of and within said engine compartment, said second support including a supporting arm member extending generally longitudinally along the vehicle body below the floor thereof, and said second support further comprising transverse arms connected to said longitudinally extending arm member in proximity to one end of and below said car body and having ends supported from the body floor in the vicinity of said sill members.