Electric propulsion motor mounting and drive means

Claim 1

In a vehicle including a frame, sets of front and rear wheels journalled at the opposite ends of said frame, a differential carried by said frame and coupled to one of said sets of wheels, and an electric propulsion motor having a rotary drive shaft for coupling to an input shaft of said differential, the combination comprising a pair of support brackets respectively rigidly secured adjacent the opposite ends of said electric propulsion motor, means for resiliently securing said brackets to sAid frame to suspend said motor in a horizontal position, and drive means for coupling said drive shaft of said motor to said input shaft of said differential, further defined by said brackets being rigidly bolted to the opposite end faces of said motor and having oppositely laterally projecting horizontal ears for securance to inwardly transversely projecting horizontal members of said frame, said resilient securing means comprising resilient pads traversing apertures in said horizontal members and having enlarged heads engaging the upper surfaces thereof, bolts extending through apertures in said ears and traversing said pads, and nuts threadably secured to said bolts and bearing against the lower surfaces of said horizontal members, said ears bearing against said heads of said pads, further defined by said brackets having end plates and integral right-angularly projecting upper plates, said end plates having apertures therethrough, said upper plates having said ears projecting from the opposite side edges thereof, and bolts traversing said apertures of said end plates and threadably engaging circumferentially spaced taps in the end faces of said motor, said upper plates engaging the upper periphery of said motor.