Method for calibrating an elastomer spring of a mount, and mount produced according to the method
AssigneeTrelleborg Automotive Germany GmbH
InventorKarl-Heinz Troyke
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Abstract
A mount has a housing and a mount core. An elastomer spring supports the mount core on a housing and a receiving part is vulcanized into the elastomer spring. The receiving part has a receiving opening for the mount core. As the mount core is inserted, a preload is applied to the elastomer spring. The receiving part has at least one first core guide and a second core guide, between which the mount core is held. The receiving part also has a web which connects the core guides to one another in a first state and which is removed before or during the insertion of the mount core. The production of a mount of this type is simplified in this way.
Claims5
A method for manufacturing an elastomer spring of a mount having a housing and a mount core, which comprises the steps of:
- providing a receiving part having at least one first and second core guide and an orifice formed there-between for receiving the mount core of the mount, the receiving part having a web interconnecting and formed integrally with the first and second core guide in a first condition;
- vulcanizing the receiving part to the elastomer spring and forming the elastomer spring to support the mount core on the housing;
- prestressing the elastomer spring by inserting the mount core in the receiving part;
- holding the mount core between the first and second core guides;
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- removing the web after vulcanization either before the inserting or on the inserting of the mount core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.