Fluid filled vibration damping device

A fluid filled vibration damping device comprising:

• a first mounting member;
• a second mounting member;
• a rubber elastic body disposed between the first and second mounting members;
• and
• a fluid chamber whose wall is partially defined by the rubber elastic body, and having a non-compressible fluid sealed therein,
• wherein initial load and vibration are caused to act on the rubber elastic body by means of the first and second mounting member, so as to produce vibration damping action on the basis of flow action of the non-compressible fluid created within the fluid chamber during vibration input, and
• wherein the first mounting member is independent of and separable from the rubber elastic body and is disposed in abutment with the rubber elastic body in an initial load acting direction, while the first mounting member is displaceable away from the rubber elastic body in an opposite direction from the initial load acting direction, and a rebound stop mechanism disposed between the first mounting member and the second mounting member to provide a cushion that limits an amount of displacement of the first mounting member away from the rubber elastic body,
• whereby tensile deformation of the rubber elastic body in the opposite direction from the initial load acting direction may be avoided.