Patents Assigned to Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 9347516
    Abstract: A relief valve is provided in a central part of an elastic diaphragm. A relief hole is provided in the central part of the relief valve. The relief valve is formed thinner than a main body section on an outer circumferential side thereof. Pressing projections protrude from the relief valve upper surface at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. The pressing projections contact a projection support section, and a central opening of a central section is located above the relief hole. During excessive deformation on a negative pressure side, the hydraulic liquid of a secondary liquid chamber allows an inner peripheral portion of the relief valve to cause such a preceding deformation as to be lifted up, and the relief valve is rapidly brought out of contact with the seal section, so that the hydraulic liquid leaks rapidly from the central opening to a primary liquid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 9322450
    Abstract: A torque rod having an arm portion, a ring portion formed on each end of the arm portion in a longitudinal direction of the arm portion, and a rubber bushing that is integrally provided with the ring portion. The arm portion is formed from a material that is lower in specific gravity than iron. A weight is provided in a potion of the rubber bushing other than a principal spring portion. The principle spring portion, which absorbs principle vibration to be isolated, is formed by an elastic arm portion that extends radially outwardly from an inner cylinder located substantially in a center of the rubber bushing and is connected to the ring portion. An aperture, which is a separation space, is provided between the elastic arm portion and the ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironao Nishimae, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Patent number: 9212720
    Abstract: A partition member for partitioning a primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber is provided with a damping orifice passage and an elastic partition member. A stopper leg portion is integrally formed with and projects from a lower wall of an elastic diaphragm portion provided in a central region of the elastic partition member 30 so as to be pressed on a pressed surface of a support wall of a frame member. A third liquid chamber is defined by the support wall, the elastic partition member and the stopper leg portion and is opened in the vicinity of a primary liquid chamber side opening of the damping orifice passage through a relief passage. The pressed surface is increased in diameter as it goes upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Satori, Yukinobu Hirano
  • Publication number: 20150328969
    Abstract: Annular liquid chamber resonance in an inverted type liquid sealed mount is controlled without using flow resistance. In an engine mount including a secondary liquid chamber located in an upper position, a primary liquid chamber located in a lower position, a main body section of an insulator projecting upwardly in substantially a chevron shape, and an annular liquid chamber formed around the main body section, a control projection is provided on an outside wall of the main body section to project upwardly and configured to produce elastic body resonance in the vicinity of a resonance frequency of annular liquid chamber resonance. With this construction, the annular liquid chamber resonance is controllable by the elastic body resonance of the control projection, and the control projection is increased in size so as to endure flow resistance whereby to improve durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinobu Hirano, Hiroshi Murao
  • Publication number: 20150330476
    Abstract: An elastic partition member located in the partition member is integrally provided with a relief valve that opens and closes a leak passage to suppress the generation of the cavitation phenomenon. A pair of relief valves is formed in a crescent shape on the outer circumferential side of the movable diaphragm section in opposed relation. The crescent shape of the relief valve is formed by an inner circumferential side of elliptical arc shape and an outer circumferential side of circular arc shape. A valve length of the relief valve varies in the longitudinal direction such that a middle portion in the longitudinal direction is largest. is easily deformed when the extraordinary vibration is inputted. Each end portion in the longitudinal direction of the relief valve is short in valve length and high in rigidity whereby to prevent the leak when the normal vibration is inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicants: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Satori, Teruyuki Hirokawa, Yuuichi Nakamaru, Atsushi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 9004467
    Abstract: A partition member for partitioning a primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber is provided with a damping orifice and an elastic partition member. A leg portion integrally projects from a lower surface of the movable diaphragm so as to be pressed vertically against a stopper surface formed on an upper surface of the bottom portion of a frame member. A third liquid chamber is defined between an outer circumferential portion of the leg portion and the support wall. When a bottom surface of the leg portion is pressed against the stopper surface, the third liquid chamber is sealed to confine a hydraulic fluid thereby increasing the internal pressure. When the leg portion is brought out of contact with the stopper surface, the third liquid chamber is opened to the secondary liquid chamber, thereby allowing the hydraulic fluid to flow out of the third liquid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Satori, Yukinobu Hirano
  • Publication number: 20150048562
    Abstract: In the inverted type liquid sealed engine mount in which a secondary liquid chamber is located above, an insulator protrudes in a mountain shape into a primary liquid chamber, and a resistor is provided within an annular recess section formed around the protruding portion. The resistor is mounted by insertion into an engaging recess of a lining layer and elastically supported by ribs so as to be movable in the annular recess section due to liquid flowing in the circumferential direction. A regulation gap is provided between the resistor and the insulator. Although a peculiar resonance occurs when the liquid passes through the regulation gap, the peak of the anti-resonance is decreased and the frequency is moved, since the resistor is movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Satori, Yukinobu Hirano
  • Patent number: 8876093
    Abstract: A partition member is provided with an elastic body for absorbing hydraulic pressure fluctuation of the primary liquid chamber and a frame member for supporting an outer circumferential portion of the elastic body while aiming to prevent the rotation of the elastic body. A relief aperture communicating between the primary liquid chamber and the secondary liquid chamber is located on the outer circumferential side in the elastic body supporting region of the frame member. A relief valve for opening and closing the relief aperture is integrally formed on the outer circumferential side of the elastic body. The relief valve is formed of a pair of right and left relief valves. A width across flat sections are formed on a thick-walled outer circumferential section of the elastic body which is located between the right and left relief valves, such as to serve as a detent means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Taiyo Gon, Jun Saito, Shunji Nagakura, Yasuharu Akai
  • Patent number: 8770559
    Abstract: A liquid sealed vibration isolating device has first and second mounting members and an insulator placed between the mounting members. A partition member partitions a liquid chamber into primary and secondary liquid chambers. A valve portion provided on a diaphragm enclosing the secondary liquid chamber opens and closes a port of a passage between the liquid chambers. The valve portion has an annular thick wall portion which contacts a valve seat portion provided around the port and a movable elastic diaphragm portion provided on an inside of the wall portion and is thinner than the wall portion so as to be elastically deformable by a pressure of the hydraulic liquid. The hydraulic liquid passing through the passage causes orifice resonance when the passage is opened by the valve portion. The diaphragm, including the valve portion, membrane-resonates at a frequency in the vicinity of a resonance frequency of the orifice resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kadowaki, Kazutoshi Satori
  • Publication number: 20140175718
    Abstract: A torque rod having an arm portion, a ring portion formed on each end of the arm portion in a longitudinal direction of the arm portion, and a rubber bushing that is integrally provided with the ring portion. The arm portion is formed from a material that is lower in specific gravity than iron. A weight is provided in a potion of the rubber bushing other than a principal spring portion. The principle spring portion, which absorbs principle vibration to be isolated, is formed by an elastic arm portion that extends radially outwardly from an inner cylinder located substantially in a center of the rubber bushing and is connected to the ring portion. An aperture, which is a separation space, is provided between the elastic arm portion and the ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironao Nishimae, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Publication number: 20140097564
    Abstract: A partition member for partitioning a primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber is provided with a damping orifice and an elastic partition member. A leg portion integrally projects from a lower surface of the movable diaphragm so as to be pressed vertically against a stopper surface formed on an upper surface of the bottom portion of a frame member. A third liquid chamber is defined between an outer circumferential portion of the leg portion and the support wall. When a bottom surface of the leg portion is pressed against the stopper surface, the third liquid chamber is sealed to confine a hydraulic fluid thereby increasing the internal pressure. When the leg portion is brought out of contact with the stopper surface, the third liquid chamber is opened to the secondary liquid chamber, thereby allowing the hydraulic fluid to flow out of the third liquid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Satori, Yukinobu Hirano
  • Patent number: 8684341
    Abstract: A torque rod having an arm portion, a ring portion formed on each end of the arm portion in a longitudinal direction of the arm portion, and a rubber bushing that is integrally provided with the ring portion. The arm portion is formed from a material that is lower in specific gravity than iron. A weight is provided in a portion of the rubber bushing other than a principal spring portion. The principal spring portion, which absorbs principal vibration to be isolated, is formed by an elastic arm portion that extends radially outwardly from an inner cylinder located substantially in a center of the rubber bushing and is connected to the ring portion. An aperture, which is a separation space, is provided between the elastic arm portion and the ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironao Nishimae, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Patent number: 8490954
    Abstract: To form a relief valve for preventing the generation of the cavitation phenomenon into a simple and accurately operable structure, there are provided a central thin wall portion and a fixing portion in an elastic diaphragm provided in the partition member to have the fixing portion fixed in position. A relief valve is integrally formed with an outer peripheral portion of the fixing portion. The relief valve is provided with an inclined surface formed on the side of a secondary liquid chamber and a recessed portion opened on the side of a primary liquid chamber and has a difference in rigidity in the circumferential direction. When the primary liquid chamber turns negative pressure, a hydraulic liquid in the secondary liquid chamber opens the relief valve and leaks to the primary liquid chamber so as to prevent the generation of the cavitation phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Patent number: 8382079
    Abstract: A vibration isolating device includes an insulator for isolating the transmission of an inputted vibration by an elastic deformation. A principal vibration input portion is provided in a central area of a concave curved wall portion formed in the insulator. A thin wall portion and a thick wall portion are formed by relatively varying a thickness of the insulator around the vibration input portion, wherein the concave curved wall portion of the insulator is formed in a substantially circular shape when viewed in a principal vibration inputted direction. The thick wall portion is formed substantially in the shape of a belt of a predetermined width and extends across the concave curved wall portion in the diametrical direction thereof while passing the vibration input portion. A rigid body covering portion for covering a surface of a metallic member of the vibration input portion is provided in the central area of the thick wall portion. A thickness of the rigid body covering portion is at least 1.7 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase, Jun Saito
  • Publication number: 20130043626
    Abstract: A partition member for partitioning a primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber is provided with a damping orifice passage and an elastic partition member. A stopper leg portion is integrally formed with and projects from a lower wall of an elastic diaphragm portion provided in a central region of the elastic partition member 30 so as to be pressed on a pressed surface of a support wall of a frame member. A third liquid chamber is defined by the support wall, the elastic partition member and the stopper leg portion and is opened in the vicinity of a primary liquid chamber side opening of the damping orifice passage through a relief passage. The pressed surface is increased in diameter as it goes upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Satori, Yukinobu Hirano
  • Publication number: 20120299229
    Abstract: A partition member is provided with an elastic body for absorbing hydraulic pressure fluctuation of the primary liquid chamber and a frame member for supporting an outer circumferential portion of the elastic body while aiming to prevent the rotation of the elastic body. A relief aperture communicating between the primary liquid chamber and the secondary liquid chamber is located on the outer circumferential side in the elastic body supporting region of the frame member. A relief valve for opening and closing the relief aperture is integrally formed on the outer circumferential side of the elastic body. The relief valve is formed of a pair of right and left relief valves. A width across flat sections are formed on a thick-walled outer circumferential section of the elastic body which is located between the right and left relief valves, such as to serve as a detent means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicants: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Taiyo Gon, Jun Saito, Shunji Nagakura, Yasuharu Akai
  • Patent number: 8181945
    Abstract: A cylindrical vibration isolating device that prevents damage to a vibration isolating rubber and cracks in a welded portion of a sub-frame. The sub-frame mount comprises an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder connected by the vibration isolating rubber. Small and large diameter portions are provided on a lateral wall of a barrel portion of the outer cylinder. Between the small and large diameter portions is formed a step-like boundary portion. The height in the axial direction of the boundary portion changes in the circumferential direction and has a substantially mountain-like shape with a top projecting in the press fitting direction. A contact area of the large diameter portion contacting a mounting hole of the sub-frame is increased in accordance with an amount of the press fitting. Therefore, when the sub-frame mount is press-fitted into the mounting hole of the sub-frame, the press fitting load is gradually increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyahara, Tsutomu Ogawa, Yuichi Nakamaru, Yuji Muto
  • Patent number: 8167286
    Abstract: A cylindrical vibration isolating device having an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder surrounding the inner cylinder, an elastic leg having a pair of right and left leg portions to connect the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder and, when viewed in the axial direction of the inner cylinder, being formed in a substantially inverted V-shape while placing the inner cylinder in an intermediate position, and a mass projection being provided in the elastic leg such that the mass projection resonates in a frequency range that the elastic leg causes bending resonance. The mass projection is provided outside of an inner restraint line that is a perpendicular line passing an outermost point of an inner restrained portion that is a connected portion between the inner cylinder and the elastic leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukinobu Hirano, Hironao Nishimae
  • Patent number: 8011644
    Abstract: To block the transmission to a vehicle body side of the vibration due to the cavitation phenomenon occurred in a primary liquid chamber so as to prevent the generation of noises, at the same time, to make the device compact, and to improve the fitting accuracy to obtain the reliable positioning, a first metallic fitting and a second metallic fitting are connected by an insulator. A primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber formed inwardly are partitioned by a partition member and communicated therebetween by an orifice passage. The partition member is floatingly supported between an extended portion of the insulator and an outer peripheral thick wall portion of a diaphragm, and the tuning is performed to generate the rigid resonance at the predetermined frequency. An outer ring is provided in the outer peripheral thick wall portion so as to be securely fixed by a fixing portion formed by bending an end of an outer cylindrical fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Publication number: 20110101581
    Abstract: A liquid sealed vibration isolating device has an elastically movable diaphragm capable of preventing elastic deformation of a relief valve to realize high damping while preventing a cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is provided in the elastic movable diaphragm arranged in a partition member in order to open and close a leak passage so as to prevent occurrence of the cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is integrally formed with a fixing portion of the elastic movable diaphragm. There is provided an upwardly open concavity that the relief valve faces. The relief valve is made thicker and provided with an opening and closing adjustment groove at a basal portion of its inclined wall. The opening and closing adjustment groove is formed with a locally thin bending portion functioning as a starting point of bending in an opening and closing operation of the relief valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase, Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka