Abstract: An engine mounting frame includes longitudinal and transverse beams, the former being of paired channels. The longitudinal beams have upper and lower channels which open oppositely, the inner surface of the upper flange of the lower channel engaging the inner surface of the lower flange of the upper channel. The channels are joined by staggered intermittent fillet welds placed at the free edge of the said flanges. A beam so fabricated.

Abstract: An oil pan for an automobile engine comprising an upwardly open pan having first and second bottoms located at different distances from an upper edge, and an auxiliary compartment pan beneath the bottom which is closer to the upper edge and joined to it; a wall extending between the two bottoms of the pan has an aperture communicating the oil pan and the auxiliary compartment.

Abstract: A vibration damping base for an engine and shaft. A pair of spaced shaft bearings are coaxially supported in a pair of spaced, parallel plates. Upper and lower support arms are connected to the plates and extend transversely of the bearing axis. The support arms are tubes of rectangular cross-section which are engaged adjacent their ends by facing, U-shaped brackets having elastomeric linings. The support arms are connected to flanges of longitudinal beams forming part of the base and made of two channels. One support arm is welded at each end to a flange of a first channel which has surface engagement with a flange of a second channel.