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US 11,131,363 B2Granted
Vibration attenuating fluid mount with partitioned compensator
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsMichael Reaugh Smith, Frank Bradley Stamps, Craig Turner, Maurice Griffin
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Abstract
A vibration attenuating fluid mount with a partitioned compensator includes an inner member, an outer member, a flexible member having a castellated transition between a fluid passageway and at least one operating chamber. A membrane may be disposed in a volume compensator in fluid communication with one or more operating chambers. The inner member and outer member may be connected via a castellated connection, a swaged lock ring, or a split-lock ring.
Claims17
A fluid vibration isolator assembly, comprising:
- an inner member;
- an outer member;
- a first operating chamber;
- a second operating chamber;
- a first fluid passageway connecting the first operating chamber and the second operating chamber, wherein an inertial fluid is disposed in the first operating chamber, the second operating chamber, and the fluid passageway;
- a volume compensator comprising a gas-filled portion and a fluid-filled portion, wherein the fluid in the fluid-filled portion of the volume compensator is connected to one of the first or second operating chamber by a second fluid passageway;
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- a flexible member disposed between the inner member and the outer member, wherein the flexible member includes a castellated terminal end, wherein the castellated terminal end comprises at least one stepped portion that is stepped at an angle normal to a longitudinal axis defined by the first fluid passageway.
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A fluid vibration isolator, comprising:
- an inner member;
- an outer member;
- a first operating chamber;
- a second operating chamber;
- a first fluid passageway connecting the first operating chamber and the second operating chamber, wherein an inertial fluid is disposed in the first operating chamber, the second operating chamber, and the fluid passageway;
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- a flexible member disposed between the inner member and the outer member, wherein the flexible member includes a castellated terminal end having at least two stepped portions that step upwardly from the outer member toward the inner member, wherein the at least two stepped portions are stepped at an angle normal to a longitudinal axis defined by the first fluid passageway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.