Floating support structure having vibration damping member
AssigneeAsmo Co., Ltd.
InventorYuji Morita
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Abstract
A collar includes a larger diameter flange and a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body has female threads formed along an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical body. A stopper is provided in the larger diameter flange of the collar. A vibration damping member includes a tubular body. The cylindrical body of the collar is received in a receiving through hole of the tubular body of the vibration damping member. The stopper is located between opposed side walls of a mouth of a recessed opening that is recessed in a mounting portion of a pivot holder. A bolt, which penetrates through a fastening hole of a vehicle body, is threadably engaged with the female threads of the cylindrical body of the collar, so that the pivot holder 16 is floatingly supported relative to a vehicle body.
Claims19
A floating support structure for floatingly supporting a mountable member relative to a mount member, the floating support structure comprising a mount assembly, wherein the mount assembly has:
- a collar including:
- a hollow cylindrical body, which has female threads formed along an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical body, wherein the female threads of the cylindrical body are threadably engageable with a screw member, which is inserted through a fastening hole of the mount member, to secure the collar to the mount member;
- a larger diameter flange, which is provided at one end of the cylindrical body located apart from the mount member;
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- a smaller diameter flange, which is provided at the other end of the cylindrical body;
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- a vibration damping member including:
- a tubular body, which extends in an axial direction of the cylindrical body of the collar and has a receiving through hole, wherein the receiving through hole axially penetrates through the tubular body, and the tubular body is received in the recessed opening of the mounting portion of the mountable member;
- a first flange, which is provided at one end of the tubular body located adjacent to the mount member;
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- a second flange, which is provided at the other end of the tubular body located apart from the mount member, wherein the other end of the collar is inserted through the receiving through hole of the tubular body of the vibration damping member, and the vibration damping member is clamped between the larger diameter flange of the collar and the mount member when the screw member is threadably engaged with the female threads of the cylindrical body, so that the mountable member is floatingly supported relative to the mount member.
A floating support structure for floatingly supporting a mountable member relative to a mount member, the floating support structure comprising a mount assembly, wherein the mount assembly has:
- a collar including:
- a hollow cylindrical body, which has female threads formed along an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical body, wherein the female threads of the cylindrical body are threadably engageable with a screw member, which is inserted through a fastening hole of the mount member, to secure the collar to the mount member;
- a larger diameter flange, which is provided at one end of the cylindrical body located apart from the mount member;
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- a smaller diameter flange, which is provided at the other end of the cylindrical body located adjacent to the mount member, wherein the smaller diameter flange is urged against a circumferential edge of the fastening hole of the mount member when the screw member is threadably engaged with the female threads of the cylindrical body;
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- a vibration damping member including:
- a tubular body, which extends in the axial direction of the cylindrical body of the collar and has a receiving through hole, wherein the receiving through hole axially penetrates through the tubular body and receives the cylindrical body of the collar in such a manner that the other end of the cylindrical body of the collar is inserted through the receiving through hole of the tubular body of the vibration damping member, and the tubular body is received in a recessed opening that is recessed in a mounting portion of the mountable member in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the cylindrical body of the collar;
- a first flange, which is provided at one end of the tubular body located adjacent to the mount member;
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- a second flange, which is provided at the other end of the tubular body located apart from the mount member, wherein the vibration damping member is clamped between the larger diameter flange of the collar and the mount member when the screw member is threadably engaged with the female threads of the cylindrical body, so that the mountable member is floatingly supported relative to the mount member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.