Support assembly for an exhaust system of a motor vehicle

Claim 1

A support assembly for an exhaust system of a motor vehicle, comprising: (a) a first U-shaped bracket adapted to be mounted at one side to the body of the motor vehicle and provided with two substantially parallel spaced side walls in such a manner that the open side of said U-shaped bracket faces upwardly; (b) a second bracket of substantially strip construction adapted for mounting at one end portion to the exhaust system and inserted at a second end portion between, and substantially parallel to, the two side walls of said U-shaped bracket in such a manner that the surface of said strip is normal to the bottom surface of the U-shaped bracket so as to form two spaces between the second end portion of the second bracket and each of the two side walls of the first bracket; (c) two vibration absorbing members being inserted into the two spaces, the two members being respectively joined firmly to the second end portion of the second bracket and the two parallel side walls of the first bracket to absorb lateral and vertical vibrations of the second bracket; (d) a stop extending from an upper portion of one of said two side walls toward the other side wall so as to prevent the movement of the second end portion of the second bracket beyond the stop; and (e) a third vibration absorbing member disposed on one of the facing surfaces of said stop and said second end portion of said second bracket in such a manner that there is an appropriate spacing between the third vibration absorbing member and the other of said stop and said second end portion of said second bracket.