US 6,616,160 B2 · Strut mount

Abstract

In a strut mount to be interposed between a shock absorber and a vehicular body in a suspension of a vehicle, a strut mount is provided which can reduce the rigidity in a wrench direction of the rod of the shock absorber. A strut mount 10 has a fixing surface portion 18 vertical to a rod 5, an inner member 12 having an aperture 20 provided at the fixing surface portion 18 to which a tip of the rod 5 is inserted from the below, an outer member 14 surrounding an outer periphery of the inner member 12 and mounted on a vehicular body 3, and an elastic member 16 uniting together the both. On an upper side of the fixing surface portion 18, the elastic member 16 unites together the inner member 12 and the outer member 14, while, on the lower side of the fixing surface portion 18, a gap 28 is secured circumferentially between the inner member 12 and the outer member 14.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A strut mount to be interposed between a shock absorber and a vehicular body in a vehicular suspension, comprising:

an inner member having a fixing surface portion vertical to a rod of said shock absorber and an aperture provided in said fixing surface portion to which a tip of said rod is inserted from below;
an outer member surrounding an outer periphery of said inner member and to be mounted to a vehicular body;
an elastic member uniting said inner member and said outer member together on a side above said fixing surface portion fixed with said rod;
and
a gap being secured circumferentially between said inner member and said outer member on a side below said fixing surface portion, wherein, along a horizontal plane perpendicular to a vertical axis of said rod, said gap varies in size in a circumferential direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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