US 11,440,365 B2Granted

Strut mount

AssigneeProspira Corporation

InventorMasaki Hosoda

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Abstract

The presently disclosed strut mount (10) attaches the tip end of a strut rod (S) to a vehicle body side panel (P), where the strut mount (10) includes a cylindrical body (11) attached to the strut rod (S), and a cylindrical main body rubber (12) that is fixed to the cylindrical body (11) and is in contact with the vehicle body side panel (P); the main body rubber (12) is provided with a projection (15) extending in the axial direction of the strut rod (S), which is separated from a main body (13) of the main body rubber (12) by a concave portion (12a) and is connected to the main body (13) by a connecting portion (14) that serves as the bottom of the concave portion (12a); and the minimum thickness (a) of the connecting portion (14) is smaller than the radial thickness (b) of the projection (15).

Claims7

Dependent claims

A strut mount that attaches and supports a tip end of a strut rod of a strut suspension provided on a vehicle to a vehicle body side panel of the vehicle, wherein

the strut mount comprises a cylindrical body attached to the strut rod, and a cylindrical main body rubber that is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body and is in contact with the vehicle body side panel,
the main body rubber is provided with a projection extending in an axial direction of the strut rod, where the projection is separated from a main body of the main body rubber by a concave portion, and is connected to the main body by a connecting portion that serves as a bottom of the concave portion,
a minimum thickness of the connecting portion is smaller than a radial thickness of the project,
a tip end of the projection of the cylindrical main body rubber is constantly in contact with a bent portion of a rebound stopper metal fitting over an entire circumference of the projection, the rebound stopper metal fitting being fixed to the strut rod above the cylindrical body.

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Facts

Application: 16/634,240Filed 2 Aug 2018
Priority: JP JP2017-15554910 Aug 2017
Published: US 2020/0276875 A13 Sep 2020
Granted: 13 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B60G 13/003
Arrangements for attachment of dampers: characterised by the mounting on the vehicle body or chassis of the damper unit
F16F 9/54
Details: arrangements for attachment
B60G 15/06
Having mechanical spring: and fluid damper
B60G 2204/128
Mounting of springs or dampers: damper mount on vehicle body or chassis

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