Abstract: A trunnion mount for mounting an engine to a chassis. A support element fixedly connected and/or connectable to the engine and having a ring portion with an outer bearing surface that is arranged concentrically around the crankshaft of the engine. A shelf having an inner bearing surface for surrounding the outer bearing surface of the support element. The shelf forming the link between the chassis and the engine. A rubber bearing arranged between the inner bearing surface of the shelf and the outer bearing surface of the support element. The trunnion mount is characterized in that the rubber bearing is axially press-fitted on the outer bearing surface of the support element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spring adjustment supporting arm for a display support. The supporting arm comprises an upright column, a big supporting arm, a medium supporting arm and a supporting arm brace rod. The upright column, the big supporting arm, the medium supporting arm and the supporting arm brace rod are hinged to form a four-bar linkage. The big supporting arm is internally provided with a cavity, and the cavity is internally provided with a spring assembly. It is not necessary to adapt to the weight of a display by means of adjusting a force arm included angle of the spring assembly, and therefore, it is not necessary to arrange a force arm included angle adjustment mechanism, thus simplifying a mechanism of the supporting arm, improving the reliability of production and mounting, reducing production costs, prolonging the service life of a product and preventing potential safety hazards.

Abstract: A dissipator for interfacing between the ground and supporting structures, which comprises a supporting base that can be fixed to the ground and supports a contact base that can be associated, by way of kinematic connection elements, with a supporting structure, interface elements being provided between the contact base and the supporting base and being adapted to allow the movement of the contact base with respect to the supporting base at least along two directions that are parallel to the ground, control elements being further provided which act between the supporting base and the contact base and are adapted to control the relative movement between the supporting base and the contact base; the dissipator comprises at least one rod-like dissipation body that acts between the ground and the supporting structure, the rod-like dissipation body having at least partially a behavior of the dissipative type.

Abstract: A motor noise reduction structure for a dust collector, and the dust collector are provided. The noise reduction structure includes: a mounting portion, used for mounting a motor on a dust collector; and elastic components, used for applying tension to the motor. One end of each elastic component is connected to the mounting portion, and the other end of the elastic component is connected to the motor. The tension can counteract the gravity of the motor. The number of the elastic components is at least two. The elastic components are uniformly distributed at the circumference of the motor. An included angle of 10 to 85 degrees is formed between the direction of the tension and the horizontal plane. By means of the motor noise reduction structure for a dust collector and the dust collector, a good motor noise reduction effect can be obtained.

Abstract: The invention relates to an impact-resistant and energy-absorbing item of street furniture comprising only a post, a base plate and an energy-absorbing element, wherein the post and the base plate are shaped in such a manner that, when the post is loaded by an external force F just above the base plate, an obliquely, downwardly directed sliding movement of the post relative to the base plate is obtained, which is damped by the energy-absorbing element, not only in the lengthwise direction n of the street furniture, but also in the direction perpendicular to that lengthwise direction.

Abstract: A support structure is used to mount the stator of a rotating electrical machine (e.g. a motor or generator). The support structure includes a rigid external support frame (6). To minimise the transmission of vibrations caused by stator electromagnetic forces into the external support frame (6), at least one sandwich anti-vibration mount (14a) is secured between the external support frame (6) and a part of the stator (28). The mount (14a) is oriented relative to the stator such that it experiences compression loading in a substantially tangential direction of the stator and radial shear loading in a substantially radial direction of the stator during operation of the rotating electrical machine. The sandwich anti-vibration mount (14a, 14b) is pre-loaded with a pre-determined compression load substantially along its compression axis (Ac).

Abstract: In a brake assembly for an air vent in a vehicle, comprising two brake components which are movable relative to each other, wherein on at least one brake component a friction lining is provided, which rubbingly rests against the respective other brake component and inhibits a mutual movement of the brake components, it is provided that the friction lining is made of a thermoplastic elastomer which contains a silicone admixture. A friction lining for such brake assembly is made of a thermoplastic elastomer which contains a silicone admixture.

Abstract: In an archive device which has a disc storing case which stores a plurality of discs, a disc writing/reading unit having an ODD, and a disc conveying unit which conveys each of the discs between both, the fixing strength for a drive fixer to be incorporated to fix the ODD can be increased. The archive device includes holding members which fix surfaces of the ODD in a direction parallel to a direction in which the disc is delivered and received between the disc conveying unit and the ODD, one of the holding members integrally including a detecting member which detects a relative position of the disc storing case with respect to the ODD. The holding members for the surfaces of the ODD may be individual components, and may be integrally formed.

Abstract: This invention stabilizes positioning and provides improved positioning accuracy in a scanning electron microscope provided with stage-driving means utilizing an effect of rolling friction. In this scanning electron microscope that includes a sample stage equipped with an x-table, a y-table, a z-table, a rotation table, and a tilting table, and moved by means of stepping motors each connected to a ball screw via a coupling, a sliding friction element is disposed at a position close to the ball screw, between the x-table and the y-table and between a tilting base and the x-table.

Abstract: Device for three-dimensional vibration insulation between structures or industrial equipment in general and the foundations thereof, comprising a hexagonal framework formed by six plates connected so as to pivot in relation to each other by horizontal parallel hinges, at least a spring and a damper being arranged between the plates. The device further comprises a connector arranged its series on the upper plate so as to pivot about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the axis of the hinges. The insulating system comprises a plurality of devices operating in parallel and oriented in such a way that the transverse axes thereof (defined by the hinges) converge onto a vertical axis that contains the centre of gravity of the structure or equipment being insulated, in particular against high-intensity seismic activity with large displacements.

Abstract: A supporting apparatus is used for supporting a device on a platform. The supporting apparatus includes a base fixed to the platform, a shockproof member, and a sliding member. The base defines a receiving recess for receiving the shockproof member. The shockproof member is attached to an inner sidewall bounding the receiving recess. The sliding member is supported on a bottom of the receiving recess. The bottom of the receiving recess is concave. The sliding member includes a block to be engaged in the device. The bottom of the sliding member is convex for mating with the bottom of the receiving recess.

Abstract: A supporting apparatus is used for supporting a device on a platform. The supporting apparatus includes a base fixed to the platform, a shockproof member, and a sliding member. The base defines a receiving recess for receiving the shockproof member. The shockproof member is attached to an inner sidewall bounding the receiving recess. The sliding member is supported on a bottom of the receiving recess. The sliding member includes a locking block, to be engaged in the device.

Abstract: A foot pad has an elastic conical body and at least one elastic rib. The elastic conical body defines a connecting surface and an outer conical surface. The connecting surface defines a hollow portion, and the elastic rib integrally connects to the elastic conical body at a surface of the hollow portion. The outer conical surface has a root portion connecting with an outer edge of the connecting surface. A thickness of the elastic conical body at the root portion of the outer conical surface is greater than a thickness of the elastic conical body at other portions of the outer conical surface. Elasticity of the foot pad is thereby increased so as to enlarge a contact area contacting an outer supporting surface, so that an anti-skid effect is improved and the foot pad is capable of absorbing a deformation of an electronic product.

Abstract: A chassis bushing assembly is provided. The chassis bushing assembly includes an outer disc and an inner disc. The outer disc includes a lip and has first face and a second face. The inner disc includes a shoulder and has a third face and a fourth face. In addition, the inner disc coaxially mates with the outer disc. The chassis bushing assembly further includes a first aperture extending through the first and second faces of the outer disc and a second aperture, coaxially located with respect to the first aperture, extending through the third and fourth faces of the inner disc. The chassis bushing assembly is symmetrical so that each chassis bushing location within a chassis utilizes the same chassis bushing assembly. In addition, the chassis bushing assembly is common across different chassis types and backwards compatibly with previous chassis designs.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an electric-component mounter including a substrate supporting device which supports a circuit substrate, an electric-component supplying device which supplies a plurality of electric components to be mounted on the circuit substrate, a mounting device which receives the electric components from the electric-component supplying device and mounts the electric components on the circuit substrate supported by the substrate supporting device, and a base member which supports the substrate supporting device, the electric-component supplying device, and the mounting device, the apparatus including at least one elastic member which is provided between the base member and a surface of a floor which supports the base member, and at least one damper which damps vibration of the base member and the floor surface relative to each other, the vibration resulting from elastic deformation of the elastic member.

Abstract: A shock mounting system for use in a housing is disclosed. The shock moung system includes a shock absorbing base mount member connectable to the housing, a shock absorbing stability mount connectable to the housing, and a mountable component interposed between and secured to each of the base mount member and the stability mount member. The interposition of the mountable component between the shock absorbing base mount member and the shock absorbing stability mount isolates the mountable component from shock due to an external force applied to the housing.

Abstract: An object protection system protects properties and lives from collision, vibration or earthquake. The system comprises an energy body, a forcing system, and energy force releasing means. According to the theory of the present invention, the reacting force responding to the forcing system in the direction opposite to the striking force is significantly less than the striking force by the principle of energy force released from the forcing system into a space. This novel concept of the present invention is leaping from the classical science with much significance and many distinctive applications to protect the properties and lives. Further application of this principle in consecutively and continuously to reduce the reacting force from the forcing system, theoretically, the reacting force may approach zero, practically, the reacting force cannot reach zero.

Abstract: A mount for a vibratory member, such as an elongate half wavelength resonator, includes a pair of cylindrical flexural tubes, each tube coupled with one end to the nodal region of the member and the other end of each tube coupled to a stationary member. The axial length and the thickness of the tubes are selected to enable the tubes to flex radially responsive to the substantially radial vibrations manifest at the nodal region of the member so as to decouple the vibrations of the member from the stationary member. A method of decoupling a vibration member from its stationary mount is also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for a motorized aircraft, said device having a room for containing an inspection apparatus, said device comprising at least two elements, a first element absorbing essentially vibrations with a frequency higher than a specific frequency, while the second element absorbs essentially vibrations with a frequency lower then said specific frequency, said first and second elements being linked together and placed the one with respect to the other, so that the .second element is adjacent to the said room. The invention relates also to an aircraft, such as a helicopter, with a camera placed in such a device.

Abstract: A friction damper that is able to reduce vibrational motions in two dimensions, can be re-used, is easily adjustable and has an extremely smooth transition between sticking and sliding in particular. The friction damper features a stack of at least two friction discs and a prestressing device for this stack. Touching each other at curved contact surfaces, these friction discs are alternately joined with the first and second of two friction damper connections, respectively. The curved contact surfaces can be provided in a simple manner either by an alternate arrangement of lense-shaped and plane friction rings or by alternate arrangement of plane friction rings with convex inserts and plane friction rings.

Abstract: Mounting means for a vibratory member, such as an elongate half wavelength resonator, include a pair of cylindrical tubes, each tube coupled with one end to the nodal region of the member and the other end of each tube coupled to a stationary clamping means disposed about the member. The axial length and the thickness of the tubes are selected to enable the tubes to flex radially responsive to the substantially radial vibrations manifest at the nodal region of the member, whereby to decouple the vibrations of the member from the stationary clamping means.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a mid-level pivot and traverse suspension arrangement and a modular assembly. A support having a central aperture is spaced from the washing machine base by a plurality of upstanding legs. The modular assembly, including a drain tub, a drive shaft, and a transmission, is disposed on the support with the drive shaft and the transmission extending through the central aperture of the support. The modular assembly is a disengageable intact from the support with the transmission and the drive shaft passing through the central aperture of the support.

Abstract: An improved lower suspension ball or collet for a washing machine hung suspension system, the collet providing an axial channel for receiving a hung suspension rod therethrough, the collet supporting a portion of a floating base which holds the vibration inducing components, such as rotating washing machine components, the suspension rod attached at its top end to a frame such as a washing machine cabinet, the collet resiliently supported off of a bottom end of the suspension rod, the collet channel fashioned to act as a friction bushing in a spring-mass-damper arrangement. The collet comprises a tube portion having the axial channel which grips the rod to act as the friction bushing. The channel has an inside diameter smaller than an outside diameter of the rod. The tube portion provides two axially arranged slots cut therethrough offset by 90.degree.. The slots being at opposite axial ends of the tube portion and terminate shy of the respective opposite axial end of the tube portion.

Abstract: A washing machine having a mid-level pivot and traverse suspension system. The washing machine includes a tub assembly disposed over a support, with the assembly having a center of mass disposed at approximately the same axial position as the typical out-of-balance load. The pivoting force is a function of the distance between the center of mass of the tub assembly and the out-of-balance load. Thus, the pivoting forces are reduced, as well as the corresponding reaction forces transferred to the floor.

Abstract: A hydraulically acting damping element includes a main chamber and a compensation chamber. Two rigid end walls and a rubber-elastic circumferential wall surround one of the chambers. An elastic, pressure-stable bellows has ends and a circumference. The bellows is disposed concentrically inside the one chamber and rigidly joined to the end walls with the main chamber inside the bellows and the compensation chamber between the bellows and the circumferential wall. An over-flow circuit is formed on one of the ends of the bellows and extends over at least part of the circumference of the bellows for hydraulically connecting the main chamber and the compensation chamber.

Abstract: A suspension system having elastic bearings for a drive assembly of a helicopter is described that has a belt drive that is arranged between an output shaft and a main rotor. This belt drive comprises a first drum that is connected with the output shaft and a second drum that is connected with an angular drive for the main rotor. Both drums are connected with respect to the drive by a tensionable belt. The suspension system comprises at least two bearings in the area of the belt drums as well as another bearing at the end of the assembly 1 that faces away from the belt drums. The three bearings have a spring rigidity coordination that controls the permitted rigid-body movements of the assembly. This coordination is such that limited swivel movements of the assembly can be carried out around the longitudinal axes of the belt drums as well as parallel lifting movements of the assembly can be carried out in vertical direction.

Abstract: A quake-proof chassis for accommodating a display monitor comprises a main frame, a bottom reinforcement member, a cathode ray tube support frame and a rear panel member. A quake-proof chassis for accommodating power units and/or control units comprises left and right side panels having outwardly bent front end portions and inwardly bent upper and lower flanges, top and bottom panels having outwardly bent flanges provided along all the sides, and front and rear panels having inwardly bent upper and lower flanges.

Abstract: Molded resin vibration dampener is mounted on coiled tension window balance springs arranged within spring covers. A resin wall of the vibration dampener, shaped for fitting around the tension spring, has a slot oriented longitudinally of the spring, and the wall is flexible enough to allow the slot to be spread open so that the body can be pressed onto a mid-region of the spring. Resilient fins extend obliquely outward from the body far enough to engage an interior surface of the spring cover and thereby hold the body and the spring spaced away from the spring cover to prevent rattling of the spring within the cover.

Abstract: In a suspension system for a gyrocompass or similar device, a plurality of sway rods, springs and shock snubbers are combined to isolate the gyrocompass or similar device from vibrations having low frequencies in all directions.

Abstract: An upright fabric washing machine includes a cabinet structure having a bottom frame that is formed to include a bearing for pivotally supporting an assembly of working parts of the machine. A mount includes a hollow mounting post having its lower end formed for pivotal support on the bearing and extending generally upwardly within the cabinet. A plurality of generally horizontally extending mounting arms are attached to the upper portion of the mounting post and project radially outward therefrom. A non-rotatable tub has a peripheral side wall and a bottom wall. The tub is mounted on the mount with the tub bottom wall supported by the mounting arms and with an access opening in the tub in register with the hollow mounting post. A transmission is mounted with its housing within the hollow mounting post and its output member extending upwardly within the tub. Springs connect the distal end of each of the mounting arms with the base for biasing the mount to an upright configuration.

Abstract: Suspension means for mechanical elements which have a plate rigid with an element which is to be suspended. The rigid plate is connected to fixed mountings by flexible studs working in compression and by a deformable articulated system composed of connecting rods and a floating cross-member, ensuring rotationally rigid connection and providing for absorption of a torque originating from the suspended element, while allowing the element to perform translatory movements.

Abstract: A suspension for an automatic clothes washer tub which supports the clothes container, agitator and driving mechanism, comprises a combination skate and rocking support device, the machine frame supporting the device for horizontal movement and the device supporting the tub for rocking movements. Connection of the tub with the device is effected by means of oblique cooperating surfaces on the tub support structure and on the device in generally pyramidal orientation and providing substantial stability for the tub in normal operation of the machine. Biasing means between the tub and the frame normally biases the tub and the device toward an equilibrium position.