Abstract: A vehicle engine suspension for a transverse engine has at least three engine cushions (6, 7, 8) which support the engine (3) and take up vertical loads exerted by the engine. A first torque brace (12) extends transversely to the main axis of the engine and is pivotally connected between the engine and the vehicle chassis or vehicle body. A second torque brace (21) extends transversely to the main axis of the engine (3) and is pivotally connected between the engine and the vehicle chassis or vehicle body. This second brace is located at a level beneath the first brace (12) and lies in the same upright plane as that first brace. This upright plane is disposed at right angles to a horizontal plane (H) which is the nearest common plane of the engine cushions (6, 7, 8).

Abstract: A vehicle engine suspension arrangement includes at least one pair of compressible engine cushions (6, 7) which are connected to the engine (3) and which are provided with supports (17) for attachment against seats (20) located on an engine bed (1). The cushions and seats have axes of symmetry that are inclined upward toward one another. The distance (a) between the axes of symmetry of the supports (17) in the unloaded expanded condition of the cushions (6, 7) is greater than the distance (b) between the axes of symmetry of the seats (20). The compressibility of the cushions (6, 7) is adapted to the weight of the engine so that, when the cushions are subjected to the static weight of the engine, those axes of symmetry coincide and the cushions are essentially free from shear forces. The supports and seats have interengaging conical surfaces, and the supports have the form of inverted truncated cones and the seats are conical recesses.