Abstract: A vehicle article carrier system for clamping a roof rail to a roof of a vehicle. The system enables a variation in the spacing between an outer layer of the roof and an underlying roof structure to be taken up when clamping a roof rail to the vehicle roof without causing deformation of the outer layer of the vehicle roof.

Abstract: A vehicle article carrier system for clamping a roof rail to a roof of a vehicle. The system enables a variation in the spacing between an outer layer of the roof and an underlying roof structure to be taken up when clamping a roof rail to the vehicle roof without causing deformation of the outer layer of the vehicle roof.

Abstract: An elastic engine mount includes upper and lower bearing plates. A hollow-cylindrical spring block has top and bottom ends being clamped between the bearing plates and defining an inner space. A bolt protrudes into the inner space from the upper bearing plate. The spring block is formed of an elastomer and has conduits formed therein with at least one open end and a varying cross section. The conduits are disposed in a plurality of planes and are mutually parallel within each respective plane. A transverse elastic wall for additional damping is centrally fixed to the bolt for dividing the inner space into two liquid-filled chambers. The elastic wall has through openings formed therein and has an outer periphery clamped between the lower bearing plate and the bottom end of the spring block.