US 7,111,705 B2Granted

Vibration isolating mount device

AssigneeKurashiki Kako Co., Ltd.

InventorsKatsutoshi Ohta, Sumio Uchida, Tetsuya Miyake

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Abstract

An oscillation limiting mechanism (4) is integrally provided to an engine mount (3) (a vibration proof mount device) of a power plant (P) mounted on an automobile in a traverse mount fashion. Not only is a stopper metal member (40) in the shape of an inverted U letter disposed so as to cross over a mount body portion (30), but a stopper rubber (42) is formed so that it protrudes from the rear end of a casing of the mount body portion (30) toward the rear side of the vehicle body. Not only is a hollow portion (43) formed in the interior of the stopper rubber (42), but a metal core body (44) is also embedded in the stopper rubber (42) so as to be revolvable around an axis in the vehicle body traverse direction as if it were a link. With such a construction adopted, the stopper rubber (42) is shear-deformed in the vertical direction with comparative ease even in a state where it is brought into contact with the rear side leg portion (40c) of a stopper metal member (40) and thereby receives a compressive force in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, and a dynamic spring constant of the mount (3) in the vertical direction does not rise so much even if the stopper acts in rapid acceleration or the like; therefore, enabling increase in surrounding sound in acceleration to be suppressed with a simple structure less of cost up while oscillation of the power plant (P) is limited in a similar way to that of a torque rod.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A vibration isolating mount device for elastically supporting one of left and right end portions of a power plant mounted on a vehicle with a length direction of the power plant aligned in a traverse direction of a body of the vehicle, the vibration isolating mount device having an oscillation limiting mechanism for limiting oscillation of the power plant in a roll direction thereof, wherein

the oscillation limiting mechanism has a receiving member for a force in a vehicle body longitudinal direction receiving at least a compressive force in the vehicle body longitudinal direction between a member of the vehicle body and a member of the power plant facing each other in the vehicle body longitudinal direction,
the receiving member is constructed of:
a rubber portion and a core body made of a material higher in stiffness than the rubber portion and provided integrally with the rubber portion in a single piece at least so as to be revolvable around an axis in the vehicle body traverse direction by a predetermined angle or more,
a hollow portion is formed in the rubber portion of the receiving member at least so that the core body can be revolved around an axis in the vehicle body traverse direction,
the hollow portion is formed so as to communicate with outside the rubber portion and
at least one of inner walls in front and rear portions of the rubber portion enclosing the hollow portion has a swell portion swelling relatively into the hollow portion on one of upper and lower sides thereof, the core body being embedded at least in the swell portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/810,625Filed 29 Mar 2004
Priority: JP 2004-0255512 Feb 2004
Published: US 2005/0167898 A14 Aug 2005
Granted: 26 Sep 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

F16F 13/101
The wall being at least in part formed by a flexible membrane or the like: characterised by buffering features or stoppers
F16F 1/371
Made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers: characterised by inserts or auxiliary extension or…
F16F
Springs