A close coupled exhaust system support assembly comprises a mounting bracket coupled to an internal combustion engine having an extension including a through-hole. A support tab is fixedly attached to the exhaust system and has a terminal end located adjacent to the mounting bracket extension. A through-hole in the support tab is aligned with the through-hole of the mounting bracket extension. A mounting apparatus comprises a ferrule, having a through-hole extending therethrough and a spherical outer surface that is disposed within the through-hole of the support tab. The through-hole of the ferrule and the through-hole of mounting bracket extension define an axially extending receiving passage. A fastener disposed in the axially extending receiving passage fixes the mounting bracket extension relative to the support tab with an axial force exerted on the ferrule that deforms the spherical outer surface of the ferrule against the walls of the support tab through-hole.
SELF-ALIGNING MOUNT
2019-10-24
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | F01N GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL , Schalldämpfer oder Auspuffvorrichtungen für Gase von Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder von Kraftmaschinen allgemein / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |
Europäisches Patentamt | 2021
|NTRS | 1990
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