Mounting for a heat producing element of an automobile

Claim 1

A mounting for a heat-producing element of an automobile exhaust system which includes an upper heat shield fixedly mounted above the heat-producing element to the underside of the automobile in spaced relationship therewith, said upper shield having downwardly extending flanges paralleling a longitudinal axis of the heat-producing element and covering an upper surface and a substantial portion of the side surfaces of said heat-producing element, said mounting comprising a lower heat shield rigidly attached to said heat-producing element in spaced relationship therewith covering a lower surface thereof and having a bottom portion and upwardly extending flanges at its longitudinal edges extending upwardly into said flanges of said upper heat shield defining therebetween ventilation openings, a mounting bracket positioned adjacent the side of said lower heat shield remote from said heat-producing element and having lateral extensions perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, and elastic members connected to said lateral extensions and attached to a body member of the automobile, said upwardly extending flanges having portions which extend laterally for shielding said elastic members from heat radiated from said heat-producing element, said ventilation openings extending longitudinally and opening downwardly, said bottom portion and said flanges of said lower heat shield dissipating heat conducted from said heat producing element, said mounting bracket and said elastic members being positioned completely exteriorly of said heat shields and exposed to air flow beneath the automobile.