Abstract: The invention relates to a spring suspension system comprising a helical spring, a sheath, and at least one centering and bearing cup, said spring having an end turn with at least a fraction thereof being covered by said sheath, and which is centered on and bears against said centering and bearing cup. The sheath presents an opening extending around the inner periphery of the sheath and facing towards the spring axis. The fraction of the end turn covered by the sheath is centered on and bears against the centering and bearing cup via spacer means between said sheath and said centering and bearing cup.

Abstract: A spring element comprises an insert (1) of a compact material having a rigidity which is higher than that of the material of which the spring element consists, and comprises a part (2) which acts as an additional spring and a part (3) which acts as a spring pad.

Abstract: The invention concerns a shock strut for a MacPherson wheel suspension comprising a shock absorber with a body (21) and a rod (22). A coil spring (24) is mounted on a lower spring retainer (23) integral with the shock absorber body (21). The first turn of the spring (24) of the MacPherson strut can be immobilized on and relative to the lower spring retainer (23) in various predetermined positions on the lower spring retainer (23).

Abstract: A shear mount assembly and a compression mount assembly are combined to control ride harshness of a shock absorber. The shock absorber includes a body and a shock rod having a hydraulically sealed portion within the body and a distally extending free portion. A mount assembly is connected at the free portion having both a compression mount and a shear mount therein. The shear mount absorbs low-input vertical loads transferred from the shock rod, and the compression mount limits vertical displacement of the shear mount and absorbs a medium-input vertical load. The shear mount and the compression mount are tuned by selecting the durometer, dimensions, and physical configuration of each mount.

Abstract: A two stage damping system is provided for a trim cylinder mount of a marine drive unit. The mounting bushings comprise inner and outer tubes with an elastomeric material disposed between the inner and outer tubes. The elastomeric material is structured to provide a soft rate of stiffness in response to relatively light loads, such as shifting loads, and a harder rate of stiffness in response to higher loads, such as during high thrust loads or wide open throttle operation of a marine vessel. The two rates of stiffness are provided by the appropriate placement of cavities either within the elastomeric material or between the elastomeric material and the inner or outer tubes. Alternatively, two different types of elastomeric material can be used to provide the two rates of stiffness.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension includes a dock height holding device. First and second jounce bumper portions preferably each include a surface configuration that faces generally toward the oppositely facing jounce bumper portion. By moving at least one of the jounce bumper portions between first and second alignment positions, the clearance between suspension components is controlled in a manner that controls the height of a truck bed or trailer deck. In one example, each jounce bumper portion includes four projections and four spaced recesses. In the first alignment position the projections on one jounce bumper portion are received within the recesses on the oppositely facing portion during normal driving conditions. In the second alignment position, the projections of the jounce bumper portions engage each other and maintain a larger clearance between the suspension components to ensure an appropriate deck height when the vehicle is parked for loading or unloading.

Abstract: A vibration isolator having a stopper function being able to prevent accumulation of water penetrating onto the top surface of a flange, and allowing the dies axially to be parted, includes a cylindrical body fitting connected to an upper side attachment fitting having a flange for the stopper via a vibration isolating substrate. A cylindrical stopper fitting extending outside the vibration isolating substrate up to above the flange is fixed to the body fitting, being folded inside so that the upper extremity portion of the stopper fitting lies above the flange. A stopper rubber is provided on the top surface and outer circumferential portion of the flange. The flange abuts the stopper fitting through the stopper rubber when the upper side attachment fitting moves substantially. A notch groove for drainage continuous from the top surface to the outer circumferential portion is provided at at least one place circumferentially on the stopper rubber.

Abstract: A vibration isolator includes a first metallic mounting member; a metallic body member disposed away from the first metallic mounting member in the vibration input direction; an elastic body portion elastically connecting the first metallic mounting member and the metallic body member; and a second metallic mounting member. The metallic body member includes a flange portion protruding radially outward from a part of its end facing the first metallic mounting member and a first protrusion protruding radially outward from the remaining part of the end to a greater extent than does the flange portion. The opposite end of the metallic body member is plugged with a seal member to thereby form a liquid chamber within the metallic body member. The second metallic mounting member is fixedly press-fitted onto the metallic body member and includes a second protrusion. The first and second protrusions are superposed to thereby form a stopper portion. The stopper portion is covered and held by a stopper covering portion.

Abstract: An upper strut assembly comprising a strut rod, a jounce bumper, a jounce bumper cup, and an upper strut mount attached to the strut rod by a fastener is disclosed. The strut rod extends about a vertical axis. The jounce bumper axially encompasses the strut rod. The jounce bumper cup includes an upper surface that is fixed about a top portion of the jounce bumper. The upper strut mount limits an anticipated peak force applied to the upper strut assembly.

Abstract: Mount for a piston-cylinder assembly, especially for a vibration damper, where one end of the piston rod is immovably connected to upper and lower flanges of the mount. A radial, ring-shaped space is formed at least at the lower support flange of the mount, and an elastomeric body is clamped between the lower support flange and the upper support flange, this body being connected to the component to be damped. A support body, which is connected immovably to the support flange and immovably to the piston rod, is provided in the ring-shaped space to absorb the support forces acting on the support flange.

Abstract: A mount for an upper portion of a vehicle damper suspension includes an elastic member interconnecting a bracket fixed to a vehicle body and a bracket fixed to a damper rod protruding from a damper case and formed into a tubular shape to surround an outer periphery of an upper portion of the bracket, a first liquid chamber defined in part by the elastic member, and a second liquid chamber defined in part by a diaphragm communicate with each other through a communication passage. The elastic member is shear-deformed vertically with the vertical movement of the damper rod. Thus, it is possible to reduce the vertical dimension of a damper mount, while ensuring a large amount of change in the volume of the first liquid chamber, as compared with a conventional damper mount in which the block-shaped elastic member provided at the upper portion of the damper case is deformed under compression or tension, to thereby change the volume of the first liquid chamber.

Abstract: Suspension strut comprising a cylinder and a spring perch which is axially displaceable relative to the cylinder for adjustment of the position, wherein the spring perch has a sleeve portion by which the connection to the cylinder is carried out. A chamber is arranged on the cylinder side which is at least partly filled with a moldable material. The sleeve portion contacts the moldable material, which in a solid state transmits a supporting force from the cylinder to the spring perch.

Abstract: An hydraulic damping mount has an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve for securing thereto a piston of a spring strut (activatable in at least one direction), an elastomeric body and two chambers. The two chambers are interconnected via a gap. The inner sleeve comprises a radially projecting boss separating the two chambers from each other. The connection between the two chambers is configured in accordance with the invention as a gap between the boss and the outer sleeve so that when activated, the fluid flow through the gap is in the direction opposite to the movement of the boss, resulting in a reduction in the stiffness. This simplifies assembly whilst enhancing the stiffness response of the mount. The invention relates furthermore to a mount for supporting a spring strut in making use of such a mount.

Abstract: Conventional gas spring damper units generally develop a lot of noise, which, in the first case, may be traced back to a lack of insulation in the upper support bearing. According to the invention, the upper support bearing (16) should thus be fitted with an additional pressure equalisation chamber (30) on the side of the rubber element (18), facing away from the spring chamber (12), which is connected to the spring chamber (12), by means of a pressure equalisation channel.

Abstract: In a dust cover mounting structure of a hydraulic shock absorber (10), a spring seat (15) is formed in a non-annular outer shape, a standing-up rib (34) is provided in an outer edge thereof, and a mounting portion (51) of a dust cover (50) is formed in a non-annular outer shape profiling an inner periphery of the rib (34) of the spring seat (15) and is received in the inner periphery of the rib (34).

Abstract: An air spring includes a flexible member which, on the one hand, is attached to a housing and, on the other hand, to a roll-off piston and which encloses an air volume. The surface of the housing, which faces toward the air volume of the air spring, is charged with the air pressure of the air volume; and, the air spring can be connected to the chassis of a motor vehicle with the interposition of an elastic bearing. The housing includes at least two parts of which a first part serves as the connection of the air spring to the chassis of a motor vehicle and a second part serves as the attachment of the flexible member; and, the elastic bearing is configured to have an annular shape and is mounted between the two parts of the housing.

Abstract: A suspension stop device, for a motor vehicle driving wheels, including a filtering block, having an upper housing fixed relative to the vehicle body and co-operating with a lower housing mobile in rotation about a shock absorber rod and supporting a suspension spring, and a ball bearing. The upper and lower housings are made of thermoplastic material and have opposite surfaces hollowed out in a circle, about the rotation axis of the shock absorber rod, to receive a raceway for the ball bearing. The upper housing further incorporates an impact stop molded around the leading stop of the shock absorbing device, and the thermoplastic structure of the upper housing is reinforced by a ring made of overmolded elastomer.

Abstract: A mount assembly for connecting a damper rod to a body includes a tower including an annular opening and a proximal attachment portion. The tower is connected to the body at the proximal attachment portion. The mount assembly further includes a mount housing having a vertical portion extending through the annular opening and a flange disposed on one side of the tower. A nut is disposed on a side of the tower opposite the one side and engaged with the vertical portion of the mount housing. The mount assembly further includes a resilient cushion assembly disposed within the vertical portion of the mount housing so that the damper rod extends through the resilient cushion assembly, and a spring engaged with the tower and adapted to transfer loads to the tower.

Abstract: An upper portion of a rod protruding telescopically from an upper end of a hydraulic cylinder of a hydraulic shock absorber which suspends a wheel from a vehicle body is inserted from below into a mounting hole in an upper wall of a wheel house, and with a lower portion and an upper portion of the mounting hole being held by a lower damper mount bushing and an upper damper mount portion, respectively, a nut is then screwed on the upper portion of the rod to thereby fasten the rod to the upper wall of the wheel house. A temporarily fastening locking portion which is brought into engagement with the mounting hole in the wheel house to prevent the fall of the hydraulic shock absorber is integrally formed on the lower damper mount bushing fixed to the rod.

Abstract: A suspension damper including a tube and a damping piston assembly disposed within the tube and slidably mounted therein for reciprocal movement in the tube. The suspension damper also includes a piston rod extending through the tube and connected to the damping piston assembly, a rod guide assembly closing a top end of the tube, and a rebound cut-off disk and spring suspended in the tube between the rod guide assembly and the damping piston assembly and cooperating with the damping piston assembly to provide a rebound cut-off effect between the rebound cut-off disk and the damping piston assembly. The rebound cut-off disk and spring have specific gravities that are less than the specific gravity of the fluid in the tube, such that the disk and the spring are floatable in the fluid.

Abstract: A damper support is provided which is especially for supporting shock absorbers in motor vehicles. The damper support is built in on the vehicle body between two clamping surfaces in axial direction of a piston rod of a shock absorber and is connected through a central opening to the piston rod of the shock absorber. At least one outer axial end face has at least one rise and one low in peripheral direction and the rises and lows of the outer axial end faces generate a waveform in the peripheral direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a travel-limiting stop device for a motor-vehicle shock absorber. The device is characterized in that the compression stop (2) and the vibration-damping element (8) are disposed within the envelope of the suspension spring (14) in such a way as to limit the total length of the shock absorber (1). The invention is applicable in the motor-vehicle sector.

Abstract: In a motor-vehicle spring-strut support bearing for mounting a piston rod of the spring strut to a vehicle support element, the piston is mounted in the support element to a connecting element which is connected to the support element by an annular resilient spring element disposed between the connecting element and the support element and axial stops are provided including a spherically curved surface on the support element, which limit axial movement of the piston rod upon compression of the spring strut by a vehicle wheel in one direction and upon rebound of the wheel in the opposite direction, the arrangement providing a force-centering support of the spring strut piston rod on the spring strut support.

Abstract: A spring strut support bearing, has a top bearing that can be affixed by its inner ring to the front end of an automobile, e.g. to the end of a piston rod of a shock absorber facing a vehicle body. The inner ring is surrounded by an outer ring with radial clearance; at least one elastic spring element made of rubber-elastic material is arranged in a gap formed by the clearance. The outer ring is disposed in a stationary manner with respect to the vehicle body; and only the component of the loading force of the shock absorber extending through the elastic spring element of the top bearing reaches the vehicle body. The inner ring has on each of its two end faces at least one elastically flexible stop buffer for limiting extreme deflection movements in moving direction of the shock absorber, the stop buffers each having the capability of being brought into contact with counter stop faces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic strut mounting assembly including a plurality of chambers formed within a strut mount, in which the chambers are communicated with each other and are filled with hydraulic fluid for supplying a hydraulic pressure, thereby reinforcing capability of a shock absorber and a coil spring and thus further improving a ride quality of a vehicle. The hydraulic strut mounting assembly comprises a strut mount coupled to a shock absorber, a decoupler provided across an interior space of the strut mount, an upper and lower chamber formed in the strut mount by the decoupler, an orifice communicating the upper chamber with the lower chamber, a fluid filled within the lower chamber, and a plunger for pressurizing the fluid in line with the shock absorber when a vibration is generated.

Abstract: A dust cover receiving structure of a hydraulic shock absorber 10 is disclosed in which a cover-receiver 50 receiving an end surface of a dust cover 30 is disposed on an upper surface of a spring seat 21. The cover-receiver 50 is fitted and fixed to an engaging portion 21C provided on the spring seat 21 without holding a damper tube 11.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to reduce the weight of the suspension support without increasing its production cost. An inner and outer cylinders (1), (2) are made of aluminum. Out of the upper and lower inner circumferential flanges (6), (7) which hold vertically a rubber elastomer (3) in between, one flange is formed on an open condition when the outer cylinder (2) is forged, and after inserting the rubber elastomer (3) from the opening (11) a circumferential edge of the opening (11) is inwardly folded to form the inner circumferential flanges (6), (7), thus completing a product.

Abstract: The present invention provides a strut mount comprising an inner member 12 to which an upper extremity of a rod of a buffer is fixed, an outer member 14 attached to a vehicle while surrounding an outer circumference of the inner member, and an elastomer 16 interposed between both members to dampen vibration, wherein an attachment piece 28 of an outer fitting 14 and an attachment plate 2 of the vehicle body are curved in the form of a sphere to raise rigidity and improve vehicle running stability. Besides, a non-fastening surface portion 36 is provided by being lowered via a different level portion 34 around a bolt fastening surface portion 30 of the attachment piece 28, preventing rubber burr from being produced on the fastening surface. Furthermore, by the use of a caulking nut 52 stuck to the underside of the attachment piece 28, the weight of the products can be reduced, and cost reduction is accomplished by laborsaving during operations.

Abstract: In a strut mount to be interposed between a shock absorber and a vehicular body in a suspension of a vehicle, a strut mount is provided which can reduce the rigidity in a wrench direction of the rod of the shock absorber. A strut mount 10 has a fixing surface portion 18 vertical to a rod 5, an inner member 12 having an aperture 20 provided at the fixing surface portion 18 to which a tip of the rod 5 is inserted from the below, an outer member 14 surrounding an outer periphery of the inner member 12 and mounted on a vehicular body 3, and an elastic member 16 uniting together the both. On an upper side of the fixing surface portion 18, the elastic member 16 unites together the inner member 12 and the outer member 14, while, on the lower side of the fixing surface portion 18, a gap 28 is secured circumferentially between the inner member 12 and the outer member 14.

Abstract: The invention concerns a shock strut for a McPherson wheel suspension comprising a shock absorber with a body (21) and a rod (22). A coil spring (24) is mounted on a lower spring retainer (23) integral with the shock absorber body (21). The shock strut comprises means capable of blocking the first turn of the spring (24) on and relative to the lower spring retainer (23) in various predetermined positions on the lower spring retainer (23).

Abstract: In a motor-vehicle spring-strut support bearing for mounting a piston rod of the spring strut to a vehicle support element, the piston is mounted in the support element to a connecting element which is connected to the support element by an annular resilient spring element disposed between the connecting element and the support element and axial stops are provided including a spherically curved surface on the support element, which limit axial movement of the piston rod upon compression of the spring strut by a vehicle wheel in one direction and upon rebound of the wheel in the opposite direction, the arrangement providing a force-centering support of the spring strut piston rod on the spring strut support.

Abstract: A mount assembly for a vehicle suspension strut includes a mount plate assembly having upper and lower plate members secured together and supporting a cushion member. The cushion member is secured to a retainer which is secured directly to a damper piston rod or through a bearing assembly. Multiple load paths may be provided by a bumper mounted on a spring seat member secured to the piston rod and engageable with the lower plate of the plate assembly for transferring jounce loads directly to the vehicle body structure. The steering bearing may be mounted to engage the lower plate for transferring loads directly through the bearing and the lower plate to the body structure. The plate assembly may include a composite upper plate member.

Abstract: A body mount for a vehicle includes a rebound cushion assembly in which a first cushion portion provides a progressive rate buildup to provide travel rebound control and a second cushion portion prevents an upper cushion of the body mount from hitting against the vehicle frame. A clamp member partially encloses the first and second cushion portions. The portions are preferably inner and outer rings interconnected by a thin membrane that allows independent action. The first portion is an elongated member always in compression that has a minimal impact on the system rate and loaded height and the second ring comes into selective contact with the vehicle frame to prevent the upper cushion from being lifted from the vehicle frame.

Abstract: An upper support for a wheel suspension system of a vehicle having a shock absorber, which comprises an inner member connected to a piston rod of the shock absorber, an outer sleeve member disposed radially outwardly of the inner member and fixed to the vehicle body, and an elastic body interposed between the inner and outer sleeve members. The outer member has an upper and lower stop portions formed at axially opposite open-end portions thereof, so as to extend radially inwardly. The elastic body is bonded at its inner circumferential surface to the outer circumferential surface of the inner member, and is held in close contact at its outer circumferential surface with the inner circumferential surface of the outer sleeve member, while being held in abutting contact at its axially opposite end faces with the upper and lower stop portions of the outer sleeve.

Abstract: Mount for a shock absorber includes a cap in working torque-transmitting connection with the entire mount. The twisting surface, which is in working connection with an opposing surface on the vehicle at least during the installation of the shock absorber in a mounting hole in the vehicle. The twisting surface and the opposing surface ensure the rotational alignment of the connecting means on the mount side with the connecting means on the vehicle side.

Abstract: This invention provides, in a vibration isolating bushing comprising an inner and an outer cylinders cencentrically spaced apart and a rubber elastomer interconnecting both cylinders by vulcanization forming, such that it is possible to ensure sufficiently a forcing allowance of the outer cylinder when press fitted to a support member, to improve the workability upon assembling, and to avoid the outer cylinder from releasing and dropping off from the inner cylinder even if the rubber elastomer is ruptured. According to its expedient, the inner cylinder is formed at its axial extremities with outwardly upset portions, the outer cylinder is formed at its one axial extremity with a flange portion having a larger diameter than an outside diameter of the upset portion, and an inside diameter of the extremity of the outer cylinder is made smaller than the outside diameter of the upset portion.

Abstract: A strut mount structure for a vehicle for supporting a strut of a strut-type suspension is disclosed. Since the strut mount structure does not have any protruded portions with respect to a front hood while maintaining equal distance between the strut mount unit and the front hood, it is possible to freely choose the design of the front hood. Furthermore, the strut mount structure with a satisfactory large distance between the strut mount unit and the front hood absorbs impact well when a pedestrian comes into contact with the vehicle on the front hood.

Abstract: A pneumatic suspension, has at least the following components, an air-spring cover, air-spring piston, air-spring bellows in the form of axial bellows or transverse bellows which form a first air-spring loop, a vibration damper and a connection to the chassis. The pneumatic suspension has an articulated component located on the air-spring cover in the vicinity of the air-spring bellows. The component allows pivotal displacements when under pressure and forms a second air-spring loop which extends substantially in a radial direction. It also relates to advantageous variants of the articulated component, both for the axial bellows with an external guide and for the transverse bellows without an external guide. It relates to the use of a supporting bearing with a connection to the axial bellows. The pneumatic suspension is used in particular for the front axle of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: Mount for a piston-cylinder assembly, especially for a vibration damper, where one end of the piston rod is immovably connected to upper and lower flanges of the mount. A radial, ring-shaped space is formed at least at the lower support flange of the mount, and an elastomeric body is clamped between the lower support flange and the upper support flange, this body being connected to the component to be damped. A support body, which is connected immovably to the support flange and immovably to the piston rod, is provided in the ring-shaped space to absorb the support forces acting on the support flange.

Abstract: A damper comprises a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a piston. At least one of the chambers includes an axially moveable member and an axially fixed member. A resilient or compressible member is positioned between the axially moveable member and the axially fixed member. The axially moveable member is displaced toward the fixed member during slight pressure increases to absorb small pressure fluctuations that may be insufficient to cause flow through the piston.

Abstract: A bushing block for use with a trunnion assembly of an independent suspension integrates a bearing cap and a bushing into a single component. A face seal is installed on a trunnion pin of the trunnion assembly. The bushing block is next assembled on the trunnion pin, the bushing block contacting the face seal. The trunnion assembly is installed on a lower control arm assembly, a pair of cap screw apertures on the bushing block aligning with a pair of cap screw apertures on the lower control arm assembly. Cap screws are installed therein. Grease grooves are formed on the interior surface of the bushing block to allow grease to flow down the exterior surface of the trunnion pin, eliminating additional machining on the trunnion pin.

Abstract: A body mount for a vehicle includes a rebound cushion assembly in which a first cushion portion provides a progressive rate buildup to provide travel rebound control and a second cushion portion prevents an upper cushion of the body mount from hitting against the vehicle frame. A clamp member partially encloses the first and second cushion portions. The portions are preferably inner and outer rings interconnected by a thin membrane that allows independent action. The first portion is an elongated member always in compression that has a minimal impact on the system rate and loaded height and the second ring comes into selective contact with the vehicle frame to prevent the upper cushion from being lifted from the vehicle frame.

Abstract: The air bellows device for use with automobiles has a bellows element as commonly understood for use in slidable engagement with for example the struts of an automobile to raise and lower the frame relative to the axles. The air pressure end plate and pressure end plate are attached to the end caps of the bellows element using five or more holes through which bolts pass to threadably engage five or more threaded holes in each end cap. In addition the gap between the strut shaft and the wall of the openings in each end plate to receive the strut shaft is sealed by the use of two O-rings.

Abstract: An automotive suspension assembly providing a jounce stop arrangement. The elastic bumper is placed into a flexible cup. The flexible cup connects to the surface of the cylinder of a strut assembly or other assembly. Upon application of a force upon the elastic bumper, the elastic bumper collapses into the flexible cup. The flexible cup also expands in reaction to the force upon the elastic bumper. The assembly provides dual system of absorbing the energy from an impact in the combination of collapsing and expanding of the elastic bumper and flexible cup.

Abstract: A method of making the load height of a suspension coil spring more consistent uses different sized isolators to make a combined spring and isolator height more consistent. The isolator or isolators may be attached to the top or the bottom, or to both the top and bottom of a spring. The load height of a spring is measured. Isolators of varying heights are attached to the springs to achieve more consistency in the overall load height.

Abstract: An anti-vibration mounting comprises first and second rigid frames, which can be joined respectively to two rigid elements to be connected, an elastomer body connecting the two frames to one another and being designed to support a permanent axial load along a first axis, the elastomer body being joined to a sleeve fitted onto a mounting bar belonging to the first frame and extending along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The sleeve is retained on the mounting bar by a clip-fit connection.

Abstract: An elastic member interconnecting a bracket fixed to a vehicle body and a bracket fixed to a damper rod protruding from a damper case is formed into a tubular shape to surround an outer periphery of an upper portion of the bracket. A first liquid chamber defined in part by the elastic member and a second liquid chamber defined in part by a diaphragm communicate with each other through a communication passage. The elastic member is shear-deformed vertically with the vertical movement of the damper rod. Thus, it is possible to reduce the vertical dimension of a damper mount, while ensuring a large amount of change in the volume of the first liquid chamber, as compared with a conventional damper mount in which the block-shaped elastic member provided at the upper portion of the damper case is deformed under compression or tension, to thereby change the volume of the first liquid chamber.

Abstract: A strut includes a shock absorber and an air spring. The air spring is positioned around and concentric with the shock absorber. A sealing system is employed which seals the pressurized air chamber of the air spring. The sealing system utilizes an elastomeric seal located between the air spring and the shock absorber. The elastomeric seal can be a rectangular annular seal, an O-ring seal or an elastomeric seal bonded to a metal plate.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension attachment assembly 10 including a spring 17, a pair of spring seats 16, 18 which are coupled to the spring 17, a bushing 25 which is coupled to seat 16, and an attachment member 24 which is received by the seat 16 and the bushing 25 and which is substantially concentric to the seat 16 and to the bushing 25, thereby reducing the overall packaging requirements of a vehicle suspension 12 incorporating the assembly 10.

Abstract: A liquid-encapsulated damper mount includes an outer member fixed to a vehicle body, and an inner member fixed to an upper end of a damper. The outer member and the inner member are connected to each other by first, second and third elastomer members. A first liquid chamber defined between the first and second elastomer members communicates with a second liquid chamber defined between the second and third elastomer members through a restriction. The restriction is defined in mating surfaces of the inner member and a ring member which are made of a metal and hence, even if the second elastomer member is deformed in any manner, the cross-sectional area of the restriction is not changed. Thus, when a load of a very low speed is inputted from a road surface, a stable damping force can be generated in the liquid-encapsulated damper mount, thereby preventing the resonance of an unsprung portion to enhance the riding comfort during traveling of a vehicle on a flat road.