Bypass flow path open/close type active engine mount device using air chamber
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorSeung-Won KIM
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Abstract
An active engine mount has a liquid chamber for keeping liquid in a housing. The active engine mount includes a separation plate that is disposed in the liquid chamber, has a space at its center, and divides the liquid chamber into an upper liquid chamber and a lower liquid chamber. At least one primary flow path connects the upper liquid chamber and the lower liquid chamber. An orifice plate is disposed under the space at the center of the separation plate and has at least one bypass flow path connected with the lower liquid chamber. An air chamber is disposed between the orifice plate and the space at the center of the separation plate, and is configured to open or close the at least one bypass flow path by changing its size.
Claims7
An active engine mount that has a liquid chamber for keeping liquid in a housing, the active engine mount comprising:
- a separation plate that is disposed in the liquid chamber, has a space at its center, and divides the liquid chamber into an upper liquid chamber and a lower liquid chamber;
- at least one primary flow path that connects the upper liquid chamber and the lower liquid chamber;
- an orifice plate that is disposed under the space at the center of the separation plate and has at least one bypass flow path connected with the lower liquid chamber;
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- an air chamber that is disposed between the orifice plate and the space at the center of the separation plate and is configured to open or close the at least one bypass flow path by changing its size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.