Flexible motor mounting

Claim 1

A flexible vibration dampening assembly for securing an electric motor having a main frame to a housing having bolt hole means therein to receive bolts and the dampening assembly being adapted to lie against the motor frame during shipping of the motor, which comprises at least one mounting arm of generally thin heat treated steel extending from the main frame of the motor, an elongated hook disposed at the inner end of the arm with the axis of said hook being generally parallel to the axis of the motor, a mounting pad having bolt holes therein secured to the outer end of the arm and extending circumferentially of the axis of the motor, and a cold formed non-rotatable hinge pin fixed to the main frame of the motor prior to assembly of the mounting arm with the hinge pin and in slightly spaced relation therefrom, and the hook at the inner end of the arm being of substantially the same length as the hinge pin and latched over the hinge pin to secure the inner end of the arm to the latter but permitting rotation of the hinge pin to line up at least one bolt hole in the pad with the bolt hole means in the housing to receive a bolt to secure the mounting arm and housing together and at the same time permit the attachment of the generally thin heat treated steel mounting arm to the frame of the electric motor so as to completely eliminate the possibility of embrittlement of the mounting arm due to heat generated by a welding operation.