US1484582A - Motor-vehicle engine-supporting structure - Google Patents

Description

Feb; 19 1924.

` A. T. STURT MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE Filed June 5, 1922 Patented Feb. 19, 1924i.

RATED, A COR-POicLTION DEE Application fue@ um s,

To all 107mmv t may concern:

Be it known thatl l, ALrRnD T. STURT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Flint, county ofrGenesee, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Motor-Vehicle Engine- Supporting Structures, of which the foilowing is a specification.

This invention relatesV to motor vehiclesl and particularly to improved means for sup porting the engines of such vehicles.

@ne object of the invention is to provide a support for the engine which is light in weight yet amply strong to form a rigid foundation or mounting for said engine.

Another object is to provide means f or supporting the engine so that vibration will be reduced to a minimum. A further object is to provide a structure whereby the engine can be so mounted that its center of gravity is low thus improving the riding qualities of the vehicle and tending to help the vehicleto hold the road when traveling at a high speed or when making sharp turns. Another object is to combine the various parts so as to perform the functions set forth. A

These and other objects are attained in the structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which illustrate one embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings in which similar parts are identied by similar characters in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a top plan showing an engine supported by my improved structure.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a. transverse vertical section on line 8 8 of Fig. 1.

The supporting structure in general terms comprises longitudinal side members 10 and 12 which form part of the chassis, a front transverse member 14, diagonal braces 16 and 18 secured at their ends respectively to the front member 14 and to the side members 10 and 12, and another transverse member 2O secured to said side members. The engine 22 is supported at the front end by the diagonal braces 16 and 18 and at the rear by the transverse member 20.

The supporting members are all made of pressed steel which is light in weight yet amply strong enough to rigidly support the -UCURE.

1822. Serial No. 585,754.

low.

The side members are of channel cross section as showi in Fig. 3. and the transverse member iff and diagonal members 16 and 18 are of simiiar shape in cross section. At each end the member le is pro vided with integral ears and 2t. the ears 21- being formed by bending a right angie portion from the web 28 of the member and the ears 26 being formed by bending over he ends of the top iange of saidmei` These ears are secured to the webs of the side members by rivets 82 and 841- as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

rlhe inner ends of the diagonal braces 1G and 18 are out away at 86 and 88 so that the ends 40 and 42 of the lower flanges of said braces can extend under the lower fiance 31 of the member let. rihese ends are sec red to said flange by rivets L14. Fiars t6 and L1-8 are bent out from the web portions 50 of the braces 16 and 18 and are secured to the web 28 of the member 1i by suitable rivets 50. The outer ends of the braces 1G and 18 are each formed with integral ears 52 and 54 which are secured to the ad jacent side members 10 and 12 by rivets 56. As shown in Fig. 2 the diagonal braces are disposed lower than the top of the side members. This arrangement affords a comparatively low support for the front of the engine which is provided with front sup,- porting lugs 58 and 60 which are secured to the braces 16 and 18 by bolts 62 and 6&1.

The engine is supported at the rear by the member 2O and this member is so shaped shaped and associated with the side members that.

members 2() and rivets 82 and 84 pass through said ears to secure said member to the side members l0 and l2. Rivets S6 and 88 also pass through suitable holes in the ends ot the flange G8 to secure the saine to the side members.

rIhe engine is provided with rear` supporting lugs 90 and 92 which are seated on the iange 68 near the central portion thereof and suitable bolts S-land 90 are provided to securely hold the engine in place thereon.

rlihe engine carries a suitable flywheel clutch 98 and the iarts ot' the supporting structure are so associated that thee-entrai web portion 72 or the cross member 2t) serves as a guard or shield to prevent ohjects from striking the flywheel or clutch and also serves to protect the flywheel clutch from the destructive action ot water, mud and dust which thrown back as the vehiele travels iierward.

l/lihile I have described the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated in minute detail it `is not to be construed that I am limited to the specific construction shown, as it is clear that changes in details and substitution ot equivalents may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention as delined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A motor vehicle engine supporting structure comprising longitudinal side members, a transverse member, diagonal members secured thereto and to said side members for supporting the engine at one end and a second transverse member coniprising a web portion and oppositely extending flange portions, and means Jfor securing the opposite end ot the engine to the upper one of said flange portions at a lower level than the end supported on the diagonal members.

2. A motor vehicle engine supporting struct-ure including longitudinal side menibers ot channel shape cross section, a channel shaped transverse member having 1ntegral ears 'formed thereon which are se-V cured to said side members, channel sl'iaped diagonal members having integral ears formed at the ends thereof, the ears on the inner and outer ends respectively oi:l said diagonal being secured to said transverse member and said longitudinal side members, said diagonal members being adapted to support the front o'll the engine and afinenr ber for supporting the riar oijthe engine comprising a transverse member having a web portion, flange portions and inteev'al ears which are secured to said side nienib In combination with an internal coinbustion engine having a l'ly wheel clutch carried thereby,V a supporting structure t'ror the engine including longitudinal side niembers, means secured thereto for supporting the engine at the front end and a transverse member secured to said side niembeis7 having a 'flange for supporting the rear oi the engine and having a `web portion adapted to serve as a guard or shield tor the lower part of said ily wheel clutch.

il. In combination.*with an internal com".V bustion engine having a ily wheel clutch carried thereby,a supporting structure 'for the engine including longitudinal side niembers, means secured theretofor supporting the engine at the front end and a transverse member secured to said side members coniprising a web portion, the central portion ot Y,

vtral portion of said flange.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Long Island City, county of Queens, State of New York, this 3l day ot May, 1922.

ALFRED rr. s'rnnfr.

Images