Patents Examined by Doulas C. Butler
  • Patent number: 5971376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid-enclosing type vibration isolating device of all around stopper type with a reliable stopper action at a time of a large displacement of a main body metal fitting in the device, in a liquid-enclosing type vibration isolating device in which a main body metal fitting and a mounting metal fitting disposed thereunder are connected to each other through a vibration isolating body formed with a rubber elastic member with a liquid being sealed therewithin, the lower mounting metal fitting comprises a boss metal fitting integrally formed with a mounting bolt and inserted into the vibration isolating body, a spacer metal fitting having a flange portion for a stopper at the upper portion and fitted into the boss metal fitting, and a mounting plate metal fitting fixed to the boss metal fitting so as to hold the spacer metal fitting in a fixed state, a required clearance is provided between the flange portion of the spacer metal fitting and the plate metal fitting, and a lower end
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Mori, Yukio Takashima, Toshiya Tsujimoto