Editing Floating Power

{{Short description|New form of vibration reduction in four-cylinder engines developed by Chrysler in the 1920s}}{{More citations needed|date=May 2021}}

'''Floating Power''' was a technology developed in the 1920s by the United States [[Car|automobile]] firm [[Chrysler]]. It is credited mostly to the engineering of [[Owen Ray Skelton]]. It was a new means of attaching an [[engine]] to its [[chassis]], with the intention of reducing vibration. Four-cylinder engines of the day transmitted [[torque]] to the entire chassis, producing considerable vibration. Attaching the engine at only two points ("fore-and-aft"), defining an axis that passes through the engine's [[center of mass]], allowed the engine to rotate slightly about this axis and reduce the transmission of torsional vibration to the chassis. One mounting attachment was at the upper front of the engine, directly below the water pump. The rear mount was under the transmission case. A transverse spring went from the bottom of the engine to a [[mechanical snubber|snubber]] bracket on the [[vehicle frame|frame]] rail to limit the engine's rotational travel.{{sfn|Curcio|2001|p=477}} The bracket was [[bushing (isolator)#History|lined with rubber]].

Advertisers gave this concept a meaningful name. It was used on the [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]] and other [[Chrysler Corporation]] cars starting in the 1930s. The French firm [[Citroën]] leased the technology for its [[front-wheel drive]] car of the 1930s.

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== Sources ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.lawrencesavell.com/pdf/cp.pdf|title=The "Floating Power" Lawsuit|last=Savell|first=Lawrence|access-date=2009-08-12}}
* {{cite book |last = Curcio |first = Vincent |title = Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius |publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] |edition = illustrated |date = 2001 |isbn = 0195147057}}

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