Abstract: A vibration damper assembly is provided which includes a first attachment element or bracket for securing the damping mechanism to a first component, the vibrations of which are to be damped. A visco-elastic spacer is secured to the element or bracket at one end, and to a cylinder of a piston/cylinder assembly at its other end. A piston is slidably received in the cylinder with a predetermined clearance between the peripheral surface of the piston and the cylinder wall. A piston rod extending from the piston and the opposite end of the cylinder is received within a housing of a viscous damping device, the piston rod having a plurality of discs mounted thereon in predetermined, spaced relationship. An interior wall of the housing is also formed with a plurality of disc-like surfaces projecting toward the radial center of the housing, with aligned apertures therein to accommodate the piston rod.

Abstract: An optical table active leveling and vibration cancellation system is disclosed. The system includes an optical table with three active isolation devices connected to the optical table, and one sole pneumatic device, such that the table is supported on all four corners. Each of the isolation devices includes a pneumatic suspension device and an electromagnetic suspension device. The pneumatic suspension device includes a pressurized load chamber, a gimballed piston received in the pressurized load chamber and coupled to the walls of the pressurized load chamber by a thin walled diaphragm, and a support rod extending from the optical table to the floor level. The electromagnetic bearing suspension device includes a magnetic bearing rotor having two planar surfaces and a peripheral surface, and two magnetic bearing stators, the stators each defining a central aperture and each stator being in a spaced apart relationship from each of the rotor planar surfaces. The rotor is secured to the support rod.

Abstract: An elastic engine mount includes upper and lower bearing plates. A hollow-cylindrical spring block has top and bottom ends being clamped between the bearing plates and defining an inner space. A bolt protrudes into the inner space from the upper bearing plate. The spring block is formed of an elastomer and has conduits formed therein with at least one open end and a varying cross section. The conduits are disposed in a plurality of planes and are mutually parallel within each respective plane. A transverse elastic wall for additional damping is centrally fixed to the bolt for dividing the inner space into two liquid-filled chambers. The elastic wall has through openings formed therein and has an outer periphery clamped between the lower bearing plate and the bottom end of the spring block.

Abstract: The shock isolation system for CT equipment or the like employs a C-support holding isolation unit on either side of a support plate for the CT machine. Each isolation unit is made up of an elastomeric tube capped by a diaphragm and enclosing an air-tight volume. Different spring constants are produced by the isolation unit depending on whether only the diaphragm or the entire tube is compressed, allowing effective vibration isolation and shock protection for the supported equipment. The elastomeric tube provides both axial and lateral isolation eliminating the need for isolation units along multiple axes.

Abstract: A vibration isolating apparatus is disclosed which comprises an inner tube and an outer tube disposed in a parallel axis state to each other and an elastic member stretched therebetween, the elastic member being provided with a pair of liquid chambers disposed in the interior thereof at opposite sides through the inner tube. These liquid chambers communicate with each other through a restricted passage. The elastic member is provided with a pair of cavities on opposite outer sides of the inner tube. The cavities absorb relative displacement between the inner tube and the outer tube. When an amount of absorption becomes a predetermined amount, a compressing force is applied to the liquid chambers.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount wherein an elastic body elastically connecting a first and a second support partially defines a fluid chamber filled with a non-compressible fluid. The elastic mount includes an oscillating plate which partially defines the fluid chamber and which is supported by the second support such that the oscillating plate is displaceable relative to the second support, and an actuator for oscillating the oscillating plate to thereby change a pressure of the fluid in the fluid chamber. The elastic mount further includes an elastic support member for flexibly connecting the oscillating plate to the second support such that the oscillating plate is movable toward and away from the fluid chamber. This elastic support member is formed of an elastic material which substantially permits shearing deformation of the elastic support member and inhibits its compressive and tensile deformation.

Abstract: A hydraulic mount assembly includes a pair of mounting members connected together through a hollow elastomeric body. This hollow body is closed by a resilient diaphragm so as to form a cavity for a damping liquid. A partition divides the cavity into a primary chamber formed between the partition and the hollow body and a secondary chamber formed between the partition and the diaphragm. The partition also includes a primary (damping) track and a secondary (dynamic rate reducing) track providing fluid communication between the chambers. A decoupler is held for limited reciprocating movement in an annular groove in the secondary track. In operation, high amplitude vibratory inputs seat the decoupler forcing damping fluid to flow between the primary and secondary chambers through the damping track. The resulting high level of damping and high dynamic rate serve to suppress the vibrations and control engine movement/noise.

Abstract: An engine mounting for mounting an engine on the chassis of a motor vehicle has at least two fastening parts which are connected to one another with elastomeric springs. The engine mounting also has a hydraulic damping apparatus, and is configured so that the elastomeric springs have a hard shear-compression characteristic in two axes, and a soft shear characteristic in a third axis, the hydraulic damping apparatus being disposed in a direction parallel to the direction of the third axis.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount including first and second support members and an elastic body interposed between these support members for elastically connection thereof. The elastic mount has a pressure-receiving chamber partially defined by the elastic body, first and second equilibrium chambers defined by first and second flexible diaphragms and communicating with the pressure-receiving chamber through first and second orifice passages, respectively, and a vacuum-receiving chamber which is separated by the second diaphragm from the second equilibrium chamber. In operation, the vacuum-receiving chamber is selectively subjected to a sub-atmospheric pressure or exposed to the atmosphere to control the elastic deformation of the second diaphragm. The elastic mount further has an auxiliary air chamber which cooperates with the vacuum-receiving chamber to accommodate a volumetric change of the second equilibrium chamber when the vacuum-receiving chamber is exposed to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount including a first and a second support member, an elastic body for elastically connecting the two support members, and a closure member fixed to the second support member to form a fluid chamber therein. The closure member includes a flexible diaphragm and a metallic member secured to the outer periphery of the diaphragm. The metallic member is press-fitted in a large-diameter portion of the second support member remote from the first support member, and fixed by caulking to the large-diameter portion. At least one sealing rubber lip is pressed between the metallic member and the second support member to assure the fluid tightness of the fluid chamber. Further, a fluid discharge passage is formed radially outwardly of the sealing rubber lip(s), between the metallic member and the large-diameter portion of the second support member, for permitting the fluid to be discharged from the fluid chamber. Also disclosed is a method of producing such a fluid-filled elastic mount.

Abstract: The present invention features a vibration attenuation assembly designed for the protection of single axis instruments such as accelerometers. The assembly includes an inner cylinder housing one or more single axis accelerometers co-aligned with a principle axis of the cylinder. The inner cylinder is suspended by three or more equally spaced springs at each end. The springs also function as electrical conductors for transmitting power and signals to the accelerometer. The inner cylinder is longitudinally shiftable within the outer cylinder and a main fluid cavity exists between the exterior surface of the inner cylinder and the inner surface of the outer cylinder. A rigid outer cap is provided at both ends of the outer cylinder and a rigid inner cap is provided at both ends of the inner cylinder.

Abstract: A sleeping bed for a motor vehicle which is effectively isolated from jars and vibrations encountered during highway travel comprises a movable frame which is supported by inflatable air bags from a stationary frame affixed to the floor of the vehicle. Three position valves control the in-flow and out-flow of air from the air bags, the valve being mechanically coupled by linkages to the movable frame so that its relative displacement controls the pressure within the air bag. The movable frame is supported on the pistons of the air bags by first and second slide members which permit longitudinal and transverse horizontal movement of the movable frame. Springs are employed to restore the movable frame to a neutral horizontal position following acceleration/deceleration forces tending to move the movable frame and mattress in the fore and aft direction and when longitudinal sway forces act on the bed.

Abstract: A vibration damper of a rotating shaft includes a floating housing attached to the shaft for radial vibratory displacement as a unit therewith, a plurality of cylindrical bores in the floating housing parallel to the axis of rotation of the shaft, and a plurality of smaller cylindrical impactors in the cylindrical bores. Each impactor is a metal sleeve having a smaller cylindrical tungsten rod therein with a damping medium around the rod. When the shaft experiences radial vibratory displacement, the sleeves impact the bores. When the sleeves impact the bores, the damping medium is squeezed from between the tungsten rods and the sleeves for vibration damping energy absorption in one mode. In addition, the tungsten rods impact the bores through the sleeves and initiate local plastic deformation of the bores the sleeves and the rods for energy absorption in another mode.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount including first and second support members and an elastic body interposed between these members for elastic connection thereof. The elastic mount has a pressure-receiving chamber partially defined by the elastic body, first and second equilibrium chambers defined by first and second flexible diaphragms and communicating with the pressure-receiving chamber through first and second orifice passages, respectively. The second orifice passage has a higher ratio of the cross sectional area to the length than the first orifice passage. The present elastic mount further includes a pressure control device for selectively applying a vacuum pressure to a vacuum-receiving chamber which lies behind the second equilibrium chamber via the second diaphragm, to thereby restrict elastic deformation of the second diaphragm.

Abstract: An opening which is formed in a cylindrical outer housing of a bush and which facilitates the draining of superfluous working fluid after an assembly process which is carried out totally immersed in the fluid, and which is reinforced by a bridged portion which extends in the direction in which a force and reaction to that force act and spans the opening so as to resist deformation when the bush is force fitted into an associated bracket.

Abstract: Presented is a way to stabilize and support a secondary structure, such as a passenger compartment in a moving vehicle, so that the supported or secondary structure remains substantially level and stable and mostly free of primary or parent structure undesired motions. Application can be to stationary parent structures or to vehicular parent structures such as boats, trains, aircraft, and the like. The secondary structure is stabilized and supported by a pressurized gas cushion. The pressurized gas cushion can be used in combination with gyrostabilizers and/or connectors that may be in the form of active or passive systems. Connectors may be in the form of simple ball and socket or hinge arrangements. The latter would preferably be positioned proximal the most stable and motion free part of the parent structure.

Abstract: Elastic rubber bearing consisting of an inner part, an outer part located at some distance from it, and interposed between them a rubber part, to which axial tension and/or pressure can be applied and which allows cardanic that is, rotational and/or non-axial, movements with very low friction forces. For this purpose, the rubber part, together with the inner part and the outer part, forms a cavity which is filled with fluid, which transmits the corresponding support forces in the direction of the principal load.

Abstract: An isolation platform for use with an entertainment system component having a plinth for supporting the entertainment system component and a granular vibration absorption medium for dissipating mechanical vibrations. The granular vibration absorption medium is in communication with the plinth for isolating the entertainment system component from mechanical vibrations. A base structure is provided for containing the granular vibration absorption medium. The isolation platform functions to isolate the entertainment system component from mechanical vibrations to prevent degradation of performance of the entertainment system component. The base structure includes a plurality of shock-absorbing support feet for absorbing mechanical vibrations. A gap is located between the plinth and the base structure for minimizing the transfer of mechanical vibrations between the plinth and the base structure. The gap is filled with the granular vibration absorption medium.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount including an elastic body which is interposed between radially spaced-apart inner and outer sleeves and which at least partially defines a first pressure-receiving chamber containing a non-compressible fluid. A partition is provided for partially defining at least one second pressure-receiving chamber filled with the fluid. The partition includes a displaceable flexible layer which permits a pressure change in the first pressure-receiving chamber to be transmitted to the second pressure-receiving chamber or chambers. A variable-volume equilibrium chamber filled with the fluid is partially defined by a flexible diaphragm, and communicates with the first pressure-receiving chamber through a first orifice passage, and with each second pressure-receiving chamber through a second orifice passage whose ratio of a transverse cross sectional area to a length is larger than that of the first orifice passage.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount is disclosed which includes a first and a second support member, an elastic body for interconnecting the support members and partially defining a pressure-receiving chamber, and a partition structure which cooperates with a first and a second flexible diaphragm to define a first and a second equilibrium chamber. The elastic mount has a first and a second orifice passage for fluid communication between the pressure-receiving chamber and the first and second equilibrium chambers, respectively. The elastic mount further has an air chamber on one side of the second diaphragm remote from the second equilibrium chamber, and an operating chamber separated from the air chamber by a flexible partition wall.

Abstract: A hydraulic damping device has a pair of supporting members to be secured to a vibrating body and a frame, respectively, and a rubber block disposed between the supporting members. A concave surface of the rubber block and a rubber sheet which is joined to the rubber block together define a liquid chamber filled with a damping liquid. A partition defines the liquid chamber into a main liquid chamber and an auxiliary liquid chamber. The partition has an opening which is closed with an elastic rubber wall. The partition is also provided with a throttle passageway which communicates with both the main liquid chamber and the auxiliary liquid chamber. The elastic rubber wall has a flat surface facing the main liquid chamber, and a concavely curved surface facing the auxiliary liquid chamber so as to have an arch-shaped cross-section.

Abstract: An active control precision damping table supported by air springs. Level displacement and vibrations of the table are detected by a sensor or sensors, and sensor outputs are fed to a variation adder which carries out an adding operation on one of the sensor outputs and an inversion signal produced by inverting the other sensor output 180 degrees. The adder outputs results of the operation to a drive circuit, which in turn outputs a drive signal to a control valve. The control valve is operable in response to the drive signal to adjust air pressure in pressure vessels of the air springs.

Abstract: A fluid mount with the capability of actively controlling the amount of vibrational energy transmitted thereacross. An actuator is provided in series or in parallel with the inertia track passageway of a double pumper isolation mount to permit the dynamic stiffness of the mount to be varied so as to control the amount of vibrational energy transmitted in a desired manner. A control system for permitting frequency-shaped force feedback control of the device is also disclosed. Utilization of the device as a tuned absorber is also described.

Abstract: A hydraulic antivibratory sleeve comprises, on the the one hand, two rigid tubular frames (1, 2) with an axis X, one surrounding the other, joined together by an elastomer body (3) shaped so as to form therewith at least two sealed pockets (A, B) diametrically opposite in a direction Y perpendicular to axis X and communicating together through an narrow channel (4). The assembly formed by these pockets and the channel is filled with liquid. The sleeve includes, on the other hand, at one of its axial ends, an annular work-chamber (C) defined partially by a resilient wall (7) resisting axial compression. This sleeve further comprises at its other axial end an annular compensation chamber (D) defined partially by a flexible membrane (12), a narrow channel (13) connecting the two annular chambers directly together and the assembly formed by the channel and the two chambers being filled with liquid.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount including a first and a second support member which are spaced apart from each other in a load-receiving direction, an elastic body for elastically connecting these support members, and a partition structure supported by the second structure. The elastic mount has a pressure-receiving chamber partially defined by the elastic body, and a first and a second equilibrium chamber partically defined by respective first and second flexible diaphragms. The elastic mount further has a member which cooperates with the first diaphragm to define a first air chamber separated from the first equilibrium chamber by the diaphragm, and a pressure control device for applying a selected one of two different pressures to the first diaphragm or the above-described member, so as to selectively permit and inhibit elastic deformation of the first flexible diaphragm.

Abstract: An optical mirror is kinematically mounted at its sides on one fixed point and two movable points which points are supported by a frame spaced from the mirror. One of the movable points is a ball on a cantilevered arm which rests in a cone or groove in the mirror, the other movable point is a mechanical flexure prelaod mounting or a pneumatic preload mounting, which mountings serve to apply constant preload to such mirror. The mirror is made of ceramic material, of low thermal expansion or contraction and has water cooling passages therein. The frame is made of metal of higher thermal expansion or contraction. However such mirors, when reflecting a high intensity laser beam can thermally expand relative to the frame and must do so with minimal deformation from the desired optical contour thereof which result is accomplished by the resilient and constant preload mountings of the present invention.

Abstract: A vibration isolating device has a liquid chamber which is hollow space defined mainly by a vibration absorbing main body made of an elastic material containing a natural rubber having a low loss factor and a flexible membrane made of an elastic material containing a heat- and ozone-resistant rubber and in which a liquid is charged, the liquid chamber being divided into liquid sub-chambers which communicate through a passage. The vibration absorbing main body in which an inner cylinder is inserted and the flexible membrane are attached by vulcanizing to an intermediate cylindrical case. A metallic cylinder in which the aforementioned passage is formed and the intermediate cylindrical ase are press fitted in an outer cylinder. The passage exctends from the outer circumference of the intermediate cylindrical case to the outer cylinder.

Abstract: A resilient pressurized fluid articulation is disclosed which has variable stiffness, i.e. whose stiffness may be modified at will under the influence of an external agent. The articulation includes a resilient material block (5, 5a; 15, 15a) mounted between rigid bearing surfaces of a structure (7, 7a, 7b, 7c) which contains it. At least two of these surfaces of the block are movable with respect to each other in at least one direction, under the action of external forces acting in this direction. The resilient material block (5, 5a; 15, 15a) defines in the structure at least one chamber (3) adapted to be fed with pressurized fluid through a duct (2) opening to the outside. The block (3) also comprises at least one part (18, 18a) which is deformable under the effect of the pressure, deformation of the part then modifying the stiffness of the block in the direction.

Abstract: An insulating bushing through which an engine is supported on a vehicle body. The insulating bushing is comprised of a support elastomeric member tightly interposed between inner and outer cylinders. One of the inner and outer cylinders is connected to one of the engine and the vehicle body while the other is connected to the other of the engine and the vehicle body. The support elastomeric member is formed with main and auxiliary fluid chambers which are separate from each other in the peripheral direction. The main and auxiliary fluid chambers are in communication with each other through an orifice passage formed along the inner periphery of the outer cylinder. Additionally, a flange plate is fixedly disposed within main fluid chamber to divide the fluid chamber into two chambers located side by side in the diametrical direction.

Abstract: A bearing which includes an inner part and an outer part arranged in spaced apart relation. In between the inner part and the outer part is a rubber, or resilient, part which can be loaded axially for tension and/or compression and which permits cardanic loads with very little restoring torque. The rubber part, together with the inner part and the outer part, form a cavity which is filled with fluid which transfers corresponding load capacities in the main load direction.

Abstract: A flow control ring in a concentric groove in the outer surface of an outer rolling element bearing race of a shaft fluid damper has an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the groove and moves in the groove to control discharge of damper fluid through radial fluid flow passages in the groove for fluid pressure control in the damper.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount including a first support structure and a second support structure which are spaced from each other in a load-receiving direction, an elastic body for elastically connecting these structures, and a partition structure supported by the second support structure. The elastic mount has a pressure-receiving chamber partially defined by the elastic body, first and second variable-volume equilibrium chambers partially defined by respective flexible diaphragms, and first and second air chambers for permitting the respective diaphragms to elastically deform. The pressure-receiving chamber communicates with the first and second equilibrium chambers, through respective orifice passages which are tuned to different frequency ranges of vibrations. The present elastic mount includes a pressure control device connected to the second air chamber for changing a pressure in the second air chamber.

Abstract: A mounting device such as an engine mount for automobiles, which receives various types of vibrations over a wide frequency range, is required to exhibit a low dynamic spring constant with respect to the input vibrations in a middle- to high-frequency range, while assuring high damping characteristics with respect to the input vibrations in a low frequency range.

Abstract: A fluid-filled vibroisolating device includes a joint member adapted to be joined to a vibrating body such as an engine, a support member adapted to be supported on a supporting body such as a vehicle frame and defining an expandable and contractible auxiliary fluid chamber filled with a fluid, an elastomeric member interconnecting the joint and support members and disposed in a vibrating direction in which the vibrating body vibrating direction in which the vibrating body vibrates, the elastomeric member, the joint member, and the support member jointly defining an expandable and contractible main fluid chamber filled with a fluid, a partition mounted in the support member and separating the main and auxiliary fluid chambers from each other, the partition having flow regulator for regulating the flow of the fluid between the main and auxiliary fluid chambers, and a reinforcing member integrally formed with the elastomeric member for preventing the elastomeric member from being collapsed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a seat damper which is adaptable for a seat supporting mechanism for a motor boat and the like. The damper has a supporting column structure and a lower bracket, the supporting column structure is comprised of an outer tube, a damper cylinder arranged within the outer tube, a hollow piston rod movably inserted into the damper cylinder through a piston, an attenuation force generating mechanism arranged within the damper cylinder and a height adjusting mechanism, and the supporting column structure is removably inserted into the lower bracket and fastened by a fastening member. The supporting column structure can be made into a cartridge form and the lower bracket can be standardized.

Abstract: A damping device is disclosed, intended to be inserted between two rigid assemblies, comprising two rigid elements (1, 2) which can be fixed respectively to the two assemblies and, mounted in parallel between these two rigid elements, on the one hand a main spring (3) and, on the other hand, a damping system comprising in series a rigid case (7) filled with a viscous liquid (L), a piston (5) ending in a rigid foot (4) and immersed in the liquid and an auxiliary spring (9.sub.1, 9.sub.2). The case (7) is independent of the main spring (3), the auxiliary spring (9) is inserted between the case and the rigid element (2) to which this case is connected and the foot (4) is connected to the edge of an orifice of the case, which it passes through, by a sealed and deformable bellows (8). The case is partially defined by a sealed and flexible membrane (10) with limited movements.

Abstract: A hydraulic antivibratory device is disclosed in which the restricted passage joining together the two chambers (A, B) comprises three portions (4, 5, 6) mounted in parallel, namely a first portion (4) whose flow section remains constant and two other portions (5, 6) whose flow sections are adjustable successively from a zero value to a maximum value by two rotary cams (9, 10) mounted on the same shift (11): the device thus provides good damping for oscillations whose frequencies increase (for example from 5 to 20 Hz) when the shaft is rotating.

Abstract: A rubber sleeve spring having hydraulic damping includes an internal and an external tube 1, 2 which are radial-elastically supported on one another by means of a first spring body 3. A second spring body 10 is provided corresponding to the first spring body 3. The second spring body is disposed in the gap between the internal and the external tube 1, 2 at a radial distance to the first spring body 3. The second spring body 10 can optionally be connected to the internal and/or the external tube 1, 2.

Abstract: The sleeve rubber spring consists of an inner mounting sleeve (1), an outer mounting sleeve (2) surrounding the inner mounting sleeve at a radially spaced location, and a rubber body (3) arranged rigidly adhering between the two mounting sleeves. The rubber body forms at least two chambers (5, 6) are formed, which are filled with damping medium and permanently communicate with each other. An elastically deformable body forms a protective tube (4), into which the inner and outer mounting sleeves (2) are sealingly inserted. An overflow channel (8) with a shut-off device, which opens automatically at a predetermined pressure differential in the two chambers (5, 6) by radial deformation of the protective tube (4), is provided between the chambers (5, 6).

Abstract: A vibration isolator in which an elastic body is stretched between inner and outer tubes connected to a vibration source and a vibration receiving member, respectively, and in which a pair of liquid chambers disposed on opposite sides of the inner tube communicate with each other through a restricted passage, and the vibration isolator has an intermediate tube provided between the inner and outer tubes and supported on the outer tube. The intermediate tube has a portion serving as a partition spaced apart from both the inner and outer tubes. One of the liquid chambers is formed between the partition and the elastic membranous member located outside the partition. Even if the inner and outer tubes are relatively displaced to a large extent, the relative dispalcement therebetween is limited by the contact between side inner and intermediate tubes.

Abstract: A fluid-filled elastic mount having a first and a second support structure, an elastic body interposed between the two support structures, a partition member cooperating with the elastic body to define a pressure-receiving chamber, a flexible diagraphm cooperating with the partition member to define an equilibrium chamber, and a resonance member fixedly disposed in the pressure-receiving chamber and including a flexible film which at least partially defines an air chamber. The elastic mount includes a pressure control device for changing the pressure in the air chamber, thus changing the vibration damping or isolating characteristics for the elastic mount.

Abstract: A hydraulic mount assembly includes an elastomeric hollow body connected to a pair of opposed mounting members. A resilient diaphragm closes the hollow body and forms therewith a closed cavity that is filled with a damping liquid. A partition plate is provided in the hollow body to divide the cavity into a primary chamber and a secondary chamber. The secondary chamber is enclosed by the diaphragm. An orifice track is provided in the partition plate. The orifice track provides communication between the primary and secondary chambers so as to effect damping. Three decouplers are provided in the partition plate centered relative to distinctive dome areas in the primary chamber; two recessed domes and a center projecting dome. The decouplers respond independently to localized dynamic pressure variations.

Abstract: A vibration damper for damping roll vibration of a power unit mounted on a vehicle body. The vibration damper is composed of a disc plate fixedly connected to the power unit in a manner that the axis of the disc plate is generally parallel with a roll axis of the power unit. The disc plate is sealingly disposed in a chamber formed in a generally circular casing which is coaxial with the disc plate. A viscous fluid is filled in a space defined between the disc plate and inner surface of the casing. The casing is formed of a plastic which has a higher linear expansion coefficient than a metal forming the disc plate, thereby allowing the space filled with the viscous fluid to expand along with thermal expansion of the viscous fluid.

Abstract: A continuously active pressure accumulator power transfer system for a vehicle or the like comprises an engine, a pump driven by the engine, a main pressure accumulator maintained at a substantially constant fluid pressure and fluid volume by the pump during operation, a fluid motor for propelling the vehicle which is supplied with driving fluid pressure from the main pressure accumulator and a second pressure accumulator at a lower pressure than the main accumulator for supplying fluid to at least one vibration isolation mount.

Abstract: A hydraulically damped engine mount comprises liquid-filled working and equalization chambers 1, 2 which are separated by a resilient partition wall 3 and connected by a damping opening 4. The axially opposing working chamber 1 and the equalization chamber 2 are bounded by essentially non-deformable pistons, the latter being connected to a centrally disposed, annular fitting by means of an liquid-impermeable and elastically deformable annular body. These pistons are rigidly joined to one another by means of a connecting rod 7. The piston 9 bounding the equalization chamber 2 has a piston surface which is at least as large as the piston surface of the partition wall 3. The annular body corresponding to this piston is a first rolling membrane 6 which is curved in the axial direction toward the outside and the partition wall 3 is a second rolling membrane which is curved in the axial direction to extend into the working chamber 1.

Abstract: A hydraulic antivibratory sleeve comprising two rigid tubular frames (1, 2), one surrounding the other and joined together by an elastomer body (3) shaped so as to form therewith at least two diametrically opposite sealed pockets (A, B) communicating together through a narrow channel (9), the assembly of said pockets and said narrow channel being filled with a damping liquid, the portion of the elastomer body which defines one at least of the pockets (A) having in axial section the general form of a U or a V open radially outwardly and being adhered to two rigid annular shaped sections (8) one at least of which contains the narrow channel. The mutual axial spacing of the two shaped sections (8) is provided by means of bosses (12, 15, 16) formed on the internal face of this frame (2).

Abstract: A vibration isolating device is disclosed, which comprises two vibration-damping liquid chambers, and a partition member interposed between the two liquid chambers and provided with a restricted passage therein. In this device, the partition member comprises a pair of lapped plate materials, at least one of which is provided with a depression for defining the restricted passage in the lapping of the plate materials.

Abstract: A hydraulically damped rubber cartridge spring incorporates two chamber pairs (4, 6; 5, 7) isolated from one another by a wall (8 ). The chambers are located at a distance from one another in the direction of the introduced vibrations. The chambers of each chamber pair are connected by damping orifices (9, 10) of a channel-like configuration. The damping orifices (9, 10) are so dimensioned and coordinated with the bulge elasticity of the corresponding walls (11) of the bilaternally adjoining chambers, that the contained liquid mass enters into a resonant motion if the vibrations introduced by the spring's operation differ from one another in frequency. The dividing wall (8) contacts the external sleeve (1) loosely when vibrations are not introduced, and at the same time is resiliently deformed toward the internal tube (2) by the external sleeve (1).

Abstract: A fluid-filled cylindrical elastic mount including an inner and an outer sleeve, an elastic body interposed between the two sleeves, at least one fluid chamber filled with a non-compressible fluid, and a flow-restricting member freely movably accommodated in the fluid chamber. A flow-restricting portion is provided around the flow-restricting member. The flow-restricting member has a pair of opposite end faces facing the axially opposite walls partially defining the fluid chamber. The flow-restricting portion includes a pair of axially spaced-apart sections defined by the axially opposite walls and the opposite end faces of the flow-restricting member, and a pair of radially spaced-apart sections defined by the flow-restricting member and the radially opposite walls of the fluid chamber.

Abstract: An engine mount includes a main working chamber and an expansion chamber. Orifice passages in which electrodes are disposed, fluidly connect the main and expansion chambers. An auxiliary chamber which is hermetically separated from the main working chamber by a flexible partition is in part defined by a diaphragm the external surface of which is exposed to atmospheric pressure. The auxiliary chamber contains an ERF which develops a higher viscosity than the ERF which fills the main and expansion chambers. When a voltage is impressed on electrodes in the auxiliary chamber the viscosity of the ERF increases and the flexure of the flexible elastomeric partition is prevented.