Nissan Motor Company Limited

Shinjiro Yukawa

Takanobu Ide

Yoichi Ozaki

Masami Tsuji

A power unit mounting structure through which a power unit of an automotive vehicle is supported to a vehicle body. The power unit mounting structure consists of a vehicle body side mount bracket bolted at its one end section to the vehicle body, and a power unit side mount bracket securely connected at its one end section to a transmission case of the power unit. The other end sections of the vehicle body side and power unit side mount brackets are elastically connected through an insulator member with each other. The insulator member is securely disposed inside a rigid support member secured to the other end section of the vehicle body side mount bracket. The insulator member is located lower in level than a joint portion of the vehicle body side mount bracket with the vehicle body. Additionally, a support member is disposed between the insulator support member and a center frame member securely connected to the vehicle body at the joint portion, thereby reinforcing the vehicle body side mount bracket.

Power unit mounting structure

A sound-absorbing structure in a vehicular compartment can prevent the air within the compartment from passing out through the lining and thus prevent deposition of dust onto the inner surface of the lining. The structure includes a panel forming part of a vehicular body and allowing air leakage, a porous sound-absorbing lining separated from the inner surface of the panel by a space and a partition for preventing air leakage, the partition being air-impermeable and disposed in the space. The lining and the partition define an air chamber enhancing the sound-absorbing properties of the lining.

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Isehara, Japan

Shinjiro Yukawa