Mounting device for an engine bearing of an internal combustion engine

US6148786A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Bernd Steiner · Bensberg, DE
• Walter Wolfgang Robert Blume · Kerpen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 21, 2000
• Expiry date: May 3, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K5/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a device for mounting an engine bearing of an internal combustion engine, a bracket is provided for attachment to an end face of a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The bracket includes a contact area to rest against the end face of the cylinder head, and further includes an angular component with a first arm as the mounting for the engine bearing and a second arm, formed integrally therewith, as an auxiliary unit carrier, thereby forming an engine bearing console with an integrated auxiliary unit carrier. In a further embodiment an eyelet-shaped engine lifting device is formed integrally therewith, preferably in the vicinity of the auxiliary unit carrier. Similarly, a mounting point for securing a guide pulley for the auxiliary unit may be integrated in a thickened front region of the component.