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US 7,201,367 B2Granted
Load-bearing resilient mount
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorRoss Paul Wietharn
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Abstract
A resilient mount including a first mounting member and a second mounting member is provided. The mount may include a first plurality of stiffening elements located between the first and second mounting members. At least a first stiffening element may be non-parallel to a second stiffening element. The mount may also include a resilient material located between and coupled to adjacent stiffening elements of the first plurality of stiffening elements.
Claims8
A resilient mount, comprising:
- a first mounting member;
- a second mounting member;
- a first plurality of stiffening elements located between the first and second mounting members, at least a first stiffening element of the first plurality of stiffening elements being non-parallel to a second stiffening element of the first plurality of stiffening elements and each of the first plurality of stiffening elements having a material thickness and an out-of-plane dimension, which is greater than the material thickness;
- a resilient material located between and coupled to adjacent stiffening elements of the first plurality of stiffening elements;
- a second plurality of stiffening elements located between the first and second mounting members, each stiffening element of the second plurality of stiffening elements having a material thickness and an out-of-plane dimension which is greater than the material thickness;
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- a resilient material located between and coupled to adjacent stiffening elements of the second plurality of stiffening elements,
- wherein the first plurality of stiffening elements are arranged in order of increasing out-of-plane dimension, and the second plurality of stiffening elements are arranged in order of decreasing out-of-plane dimension.
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A resilient mount comprising:
- a first mounting member;
- a second mounting member;
- a resilient material coupled to the first and second mounting members;
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- a first plurality of non-planar elements, each non-planar element at least partially embedded in the resilient material and having an out-of-plane dimension, and at least a first of the non-planar elements being non-parallel to a second of the non-planar elements;
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- a second plurality of non-planar elements, each non-planar element of the second plurality of non-planar elements at least partially embedded in the resilient material and having an out-of-plane dimension, wherein the first plurality of non-planar elements are arranged in order of increasing out-of-plane dimension, and the second plurality of non-planar elements are arranged in order of decreasing out-of-plane dimension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.