Abstract: A cap attachment system for securely and electrically attaching the primary metal components of an air/oil separator to one another comprises a plurality of unique metal clips and mating retainer strips used in conjunction with a tubular, perforated metal cylinder, or “cage;” and two cap members, namely, a flanged ring top and an end cap. Three of the retainer clips, spaced equidistant as around a circle, are connected to an inner side of the cap, as are three additional clips connected to an inner side of the ring top. Three of the retainer strips, bent to have the same radius of curvature as the cage, are connected to an inner surface of the cage equidistantly along its bottom edge. Three more retainer strips are likewise connected to the inner surface of the cage along its top edge.

Abstract: A hydraulic-elastomeric mount has a pair of liquid filled chambers formed by elastomeric walls and separated by a rigid partition having an orifice that connects the chambers to effect damping. The partition supports a rigid damping decoupler for free reciprocal movement between oppositely facing rigid sides of the partition so as to effect cyclic volume change in the chambers to eliminate damping under certain conditions. A tapered elastomeric cushion is added to the decoupler to both cushion and cause rocking of same to prevent noise thereby.

Abstract: A hydraulic-elastomeric mount is disclosed having a hydraulic damping decoupler mounted for reciprocal movement in a partition in response to alternating pressure buildup in two orifice connected chambers so as to effect cyclic volume change in the chambers to thereby permit vibratory amplitudes below a prescribed level without forcing liquid through the orifice and thus without hydraulic damping thereby and while also providing for limited flow through the partition between the chambers in bypass relation to the orifice so as to effect limited damping during decoupler operation and smooth transition between damping and no damping by the orifice.