Mount for supporting a suspension strut assembly on a vehicle body

Claim 1

In a mount for attaching a suspension means to a vehicle body at a location of support; the suspension means having a shock absorber including an upwardly extending piston rod having an upper end, a coil spring having an upper end and a spring seat disc engaging the upper end of the coil spring; an antivibration unit; means connecting the upper end of the piston rod and the spring seat disc to the antivibration unit; the mount connecting the antivibration unit to the vehicle body and having an outer flange forming part of the antivibration unit; an aperture provided in the vehicle body; securing screws tightening the outer flange from below to a rim zone of the aperture; the improvement wherein said outer flange has an elongated, at least approximately oval-shaped outline and wherein the outline of said aperture is of substantially lesser dimension than the length dimension of the elongated outer flange, and further wherein said aperture has, at least in one direction, a diametral dimension that is slightly greater than the width dimension of said elongated outer flange and further wherein the diameter of said spring seat disc is sufficiently small to permit upward removal of said antivibration unit and said spring seat disc after loosening said securing screws and upon tilting said antivibration unit about a transverse axis thereof.