Having Concentric Coaxial Spring Between Plural Confining Means For Radial Force Patents (Class 267/140.12)
  • Patent number: 11781613
    Abstract: A bush-type hydraulic mount used for mounting a motor module in an electric vehicle is provided. The bush-type hydraulic mount includes an inner pipe, a middle pipe disposed coaxially with the inner pipe, and a main rubber that is vulcanized between the inner pipe and the middle pipe. An outer pipe surrounds the middle pipe. The main rubber includes a front fluid chamber that is recessed from a surface of the main rubber, a rear fluid chamber adjacent to the front fluid chamber and recessed from the surface of the main rubber, and a bridge that separates the front fluid chamber and the rear fluid chamber to allow fluid to flow between the front fluid chamber and the rear fluid chamber and being deformable by external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seung Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11773942
    Abstract: A hydraulic mount is provided and includes: an inner core, a cage that surrounds the inner core, an elastomer body that extends between the inner core and the cage and elastically connects them to each other, and an outer sleeve that encloses the cage. The elastomer body has a first circumferential fluid chamber recess and a second circumferential fluid chamber recess. The first fluid chamber recess and the second fluid chamber recess are each limited in a radially outwards direction by the outer sleeve to form a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber. The elastomer body is configured to be substantially undercut-free in an axial direction on its axial end faces. The elastomer body and the cage are configured to be substantially undercut-free in the region of the first fluid chamber recess and the second fluid chamber recess, at least in two predetermined, mutually opposite radial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Jozsef Kondor, Dennis Leip
  • Patent number: 11441635
    Abstract: A liquid filled bushing assembly includes an inner tubular member (11), an outer tubular member (12) disposed in a coaxial relation to the inner tubular member, and an elastic member (13) interposed between the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member, wherein not only the stiffness of the liquid filled bushing assembly in the lateral directions can be freely selected but also the stiffness of the liquid filled bushing assembly in the rotational direction and/or the axial direction can be freely selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuho Ito, Toshio Inoue
  • Patent number: 11193554
    Abstract: A bearing bush and a method for producing a bearing bush are provided. The bearing bush includes a core element, an elastomer element, a cage element and a sleeve element. The cage element is at least partially embedded in the elastomer element. The elastomer element elastically connects the cage element and the core element to each other. The core element, the cage element and the elastomer element form a pre-assembly element. One of the sleeve element and the cage element includes a protrusion. The other of the sleeve element and the cage element includes a groove, which is engageable with the protrusion, in an assembled state of the bearing bush. The pre-assembly element is fixed in the sleeve element. The protrusion and the groove form a two-point contact in a cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Kay Hahn, Dmitry Khlistunov, Aleksey Mysin
  • Patent number: 11034390
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reinforcing member for improving durability of a structure which receives an external force. The reinforcing member includes a reinforcing portion for improving the durability of the structure and a restricting portion which is fixed, in position, to the structure while restricting a shift in position of the reinforcing portion such that the reinforcing portion is located in a predetermined position on the basis of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN YOUNG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Chae, Jeong Pil Choi
  • Patent number: 10962083
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vibration-damping device which inhibits a flange part and an outer cylinder from breaking. The vibration-damping device includes: an inner cylinder; a resin-made outer cylinder arranged outside the inner cylinder in a radial direction; and a rubber elastic body connecting the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakamaru, Hiroki Kashihara
  • Patent number: 10906602
    Abstract: A method and system for assembling a vehicle of a family of vehicles includes providing a group of engines. A first engine including a first number of cylinders corresponds to a first vehicle. A second engine including a second number of cylinders corresponds to a second vehicle. The second number is greater than the first number which is at least one. A cylinder plane extends vertically and longitudinally. At least one cylinder is disposed at least partly forward of a front wheel plane. The transmission assembly is rearward of the selected engine and one of the transmission assembly and the selected engine is in a same location whether the selected engine is the first or the second. The seat is at least in part longitudinally rearward of the transmission assembly. The selected engine is laterally disposed between the centers of the footrests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Laberge, Emile Maltais-Larouche
  • Patent number: 10670108
    Abstract: A hydraulically damping mount includes amount core and an outer tube. In an embodiment, the mount core is supported on the outer tube via a mount spring of an elastomeric material, and the mount spring divides the space formed between the mount core and the outer tube into at least two fluid-filled chambers that are in fluid communication with each other via at least one damping channel and at least one decoupling channel. In an embodiment, at least one torsion-resistant decoupling device is movable back and forth by fluid flows and is arranged in the at least one decoupling channel. In an embodiment, the decoupling device is formed so that during a fluid induced movement of the decoupling device its inflow sides always face the fluid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Hilrich Kardoes
  • Patent number: 10661627
    Abstract: A bracket includes: a recessed portion capable of accommodating a bushing; and a mount portion to be mounted on a vehicle-body-side component, on which a stabilizer bar is to be mounted via the bushing. The recessed portion has a pair of opposed portions opposed to each other. The pair of opposed portions have an intermediate portion and a portion nearer to an opening than the intermediate portion, and a distance between the pair of opposed portions is less at the portion nearer to the opening than at the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Uchida, Takaomi Kondo, Masaki Shirashige
  • Patent number: 10654351
    Abstract: A roll rod for a vehicle includes: a bracket including a front insulator, which is connected to a power train, installed on one end portion; and a rear insulator assembly installed on the other end portion of the bracket. The rear insulator assembly comprises a rear insulator disposed on an inner side of a rear mounting portion formed on the other end portion of the bracket, and a core penetrating the rear insulator and fastened to a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Han, Ku Kyun Kwon
  • Patent number: 10603970
    Abstract: A bushing for use in a vehicle suspension system, the bushing including a cylindrical sleeve including an internal passageway extending from first to second ends of the sleeve, the sleeve dimensioned to receive a shackle bolt therethrough; an elastomeric member at least substantially surrounding and extending radially outwardly from an exterior circumferential surface of the sleeve, and the elastomeric member having a pair of spaced-apart, circumferential channels positioned between the first and second ends of the sleeve and opening outwardly away from a radially outermost exterior circumferential surface of the elastomeric member, the channels dividing the elastomeric member into three radially-extending portions, one of which radially-extending portions is intermediate the other radially-extending portions; a rigid retainer ring positioned over the intermediate one of the radially-extending portions, the retainer ring having spaced-apart sidewalls extending into the circumferential channels so as to captur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ANAND NVH PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D Auten, Robert P Church
  • Patent number: 10578188
    Abstract: A vibration damping device (10) comprises a tubular outer attachment member (11) and an inner attachment member (12); a pair of main rubber portions (13) that couple the outer attachment member (11) to the inner attachment member (12), and that are arranged so as to be spaced in an axial direction along a central axis (O) of the outer attachment member (11); and a partition portion (15) that couples the outer attachment member (11) to the inner attachment member (12), and that partitions a liquid chamber (25) between the pair of main rubber portions (13), in the axial direction, into a first liquid chamber (26) and a second liquid chamber (27). The partition portion (15) comprises an annular rigid portion (30) in which a restricted passage (33) that connects the first liquid chamber (26) to the second liquid chamber (27) is formed, and an annular elastic portion (29) that is adjacent to the rigid portion (31) in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 10428898
    Abstract: A hydroelastic bearing is provided. The hydroelastic bearing includes a spring function member and an outer sleeve coupled to the spring function member, wherein the spring function member includes an inner mounting connection and at least two working chambers which are filled with a damping fluid and which are connected via at least one damping channel, so that the damping fluid flows from one of the working chambers at least partly to the other via the at least one damping channel upon displacement of the inner mounting connection with respect to the outer sleeve, wherein the working chambers are further connected via at least one decoupling channel, wherein a decoupling element is arranged in a flow path of the decoupling channel, and wherein the decoupling channel and the decoupling element are at least partly arranged in a decoupling recess in the outer sleeve provided therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SumiRiko AVS Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Hermann, Xiaofeng Shao, Jiaping Yan
  • Patent number: 10393212
    Abstract: A junction with an antivibration base body joined to its outer periphery is equipped with a chamfer portion where a corner connecting a flange portion with the junction is removed, a base portion connected to the chamfer portion in the axial direction, and an end portion connected to the base portion in the axial direction. At the junction, a first projection plane made by projecting at least the end portion in a first direction orthogonal to the axis is set to be smaller in area than a second projection plane made by projecting at least the end portion in a second direction orthogonal to the axis and the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuki Ikawa, Yoshiyuki Seno, Hideo Igata
  • Patent number: 10330149
    Abstract: A method for producing a bearing, in particular a hydraulic axle support bearing, which comprises the following steps: preassembling an inner part in an outer part with an elastomer body which is arranged in between and is reinforced by a plastic cage which at least partially bears against an inner wall of the outer part. The plastic cage is configured to radially protrude over an upper edge and a lower edge of the out part and, at the lower edge of the outer part, to project over the latter. Simultaneously calibrating the outer part and the plastic cage by constricting the outer part and the plastic cage from a respective first diameter to a respective second diameter which is smaller than the respective first diameter. After the constriction, the plastic cage projects over the upper edge of the outer part for the form-fitting axial securing of the outer part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: BOGE ELASTMETALL GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schnaars, Thomas Conrad
  • Patent number: 10295010
    Abstract: A fluid-filled engine mounting apparatus may include a core provided with a center into which a center bolt is inserted; an insulator with an internal lower portion in which a first fluid chamber is formed and with an upper internal circumferential surface adhered to an external circumferential surface of the core; an upper housing mounted on an upper portion of the insulator; upper and lower orifice plates mounted on an internal circumferential surface of the insulator and are provided with a center hole; a membrane mounted on the center holes between the upper and lower orifice plates; a first case mounted on a lower external circumferential surface of the insulator; a first diaphragm mounted on a lower portion of the insulator that closes the first fluid chamber; and a longitudinal vibration absorbing device provided at an upper portion of the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sreenivasan. N, Man Seok Oh, Sang Hoon Han, P Raghavendar, B V Krishna Teja, S Chaitanya Kumar Reddy
  • Patent number: 10190651
    Abstract: An assembly for multi-stage damping comprising a damping unit 20 including a decoupler 36 defining an annular zone 70 surrounding a circular zone 68. The annular zone 70 extends inwardly from an outer ring 38 to define a ring shape for flexing with the circular zone 68 in a first mode 72 to maximize the potential volume of displacement between a first chamber 30 and a second chamber 32. Additionally, the assembly provides for flexing the annular zone 70 independently of the circular zone 68 in a second mode 74 to decrease the potential volume of displacement of the decoupler 36 between the first chamber 30 and the second chamber 32. The decoupler 36 includes a plurality of rings 38, 46, 54 extending axially from a first surface 40 and a second surface 42 for defining an axial travel limit for the annular zone 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: BeijingWest Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eric Louis Schumann
  • Patent number: 10188819
    Abstract: A floatable coupling between a patient interface device and a frame body is provided. The floatable coupling includes a number of elastic bands extending between the patient interface device and the frame body. The elastic bands couple the patient interface device and the frame body in a manner that allows the patient interface device to float relative to the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Lauren Patricia Chodkowski
  • Patent number: 10184512
    Abstract: An elastomeric journal bearing, comprising inner part (2) extending in axial direction (x), outer sleeve (3) surrounding inner part (2), elastomeric bearing body (4) arranged between inner part (2), outer sleeve (3), connected to inner part (2), said bearing body comprising at least two radially extending webs (5, 6) which are offset in circumferential direction (u), and two annular walls (7, 8) which are offset in axial direction (x), between which extend axially webs (5, 6), and at least two chambers (10, 11) filled with liquid (9) and are separated from each other in circumferential direction (u) by webs (5, 6), said chambers being fluidically connected via at least one channel (12). The axial ends (36, 37, 38, 39) of the webs (5, 6) have at least in the region of the radially outer web ends (22, 23) axial end faces (40, 41, 42, 43) which bear against the walls (7, 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BOGE ELASTMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Karl-Walter Palluck, Andreas Vossel
  • Patent number: 10150489
    Abstract: A tubular elastic linkage device for axle beam for elastically linking a truck frame and an axle beam including: an inner axial member; two outer segments opposed in axis-perpendicular direction peripherally outside the inner axial member for attachment to a housing part on an axle-beam side; and a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting them. A pocket part opens in an outer peripheral face of the main rubber elastic body onto outside via a window penetrating one outer segment. A stopper supported by the inner axial member is disposed in the pocket part to face the housing part distantly via the window. Contact of the stopper with the housing part constitutes a displacement limitation mechanism between the inner axial member and the outer segments. The other outer segment has an aperture having the main rubber elastic body exposed outside via it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigehiro Otsubo, Yusuke Ito, Hideki Fukumoto, Yoshinori Mitsuze, Hiroyuki Fujii, Jun Shirasaki
  • Patent number: 10072725
    Abstract: A fluid-filled tubular vibration-damping device comprising: an inner shaft member and an outer tube member connected by a main rubber elastic body so as to provide a sealed zone filled with a non-compressible fluid therebetween; and a partition wall partitioning the sealed zone axially. An outer peripheral side of the partition wall is fixed to the outer tube member while an inner peripheral side of the partition wall is constituted by an annular partition wall rubber disposed around the inner shaft member in a movable manner axially. Sealing tube parts are integrally formed with an inner peripheral portion of the partition wall rubber and project toward axially opposite sides. Fitting parts thicker than the sealing tube parts are integrally formed with distal ends of the respective sealing tube parts and are externally fitted around the inner shaft member in a slidable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Masaya Hattori
  • Patent number: 10047820
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluid-filled, vibration damping bushing assembly, comprising the steps of: Forming, in a first molding step, a bushing member comprising a elastomeric core having an axial bore therethrough, the elastomeric core having a circumferential exterior surface including at least one fluid chamber, the circumferential exterior surface being partially surrounded by a metal cylinder vulcanized to the elastomeric core in the first molding step; reducing the outer diameter of the bushing member following the first molding step; in a subsequent, second molding step, mold-bonding one or more polymer sealing elements to an exterior circumferential surface of the metal cylinder; in a next step, disposing at least one fluid-channel member over a portion of the exterior circumferential surface of the metal cylinder; and providing a fluid in the at least one fluid chamber, and fluidly-sealing the bushing member, the one or more polymer sealing elements, and the at least one fluid-channel member, with
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Anand NVH Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D Auten, Robert P Church
  • Patent number: 9995363
    Abstract: A pair of fluid chambers in which incompressible fluid is sealed and a pair of orifice-forming members that allows one fluid chamber to communicate with the other fluid chamber are arranged between an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder. The orifice-forming member has a longitudinal groove that communicates with respective fluid chambers, an orifice channel, and a liquid storage section that allows the longitudinal groove to communicate with the orifice channel. The liquid storage section is formed wider and deeper than the orifice channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9976618
    Abstract: A cylindrical vibration-damping device including: an inner axial member; an outer cylindrical member; and a main rubber elastic body connecting the inner axial member and the outer cylindrical member. A pair of protruding portions are provided that protrude from the inner axial member on both sides thereof in an axis-perpendicular direction, and each protruding portion has a tapered shape thinning out toward its tip, and elastic connecting portions are constituted by the main rubber elastic body that connect both faces in a thickness direction of each protruding portion of the inner axial member to respective opposing faces of the outer cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shimpei Eguchi
  • Patent number: 9903438
    Abstract: A hydraulically damping bush bearing has an elongated inner part, and outer bush, an elastomeric damping member disposed between the inner part and outer bush and a pair of axial chambers offset from one another in an axial direction. The axial chambers communicate with one another via at least one axial channel. The bush bearing also has a pair of radial chambers that communicate via at least one radial channel. The radial chambers are disposed between the pair of axial chambers and are offset from each other in a circumferential direction. At least fluid-free damping chamber is provided between the axial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: BOGE ELASTMETALL GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schnaars, Thomas Conrad
  • Patent number: 9845720
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isolator assembly for supporting an exhaust component from a structural portion of a vehicle. The isolator assembly has a mounting bracket having a pair of spaced apart rings defining a mounting bore. An elastomer shear hub component is disposed within the mounting bracket and has an outer diameter (OD) shear hub extending between the pair of spaced apart rings, and an inner diameter (ID) shear hub disposed within the OD shear hub. The ID shear hub defines a central mounting bore adapted to receive an external hanger component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Pullman Company
    Inventor: Troy P. Rodecker
  • Patent number: 9784310
    Abstract: A method for producing a bearing, in particular a hydraulic axle support bearing, which comprises the following steps: preassembling an inner part in an outer part with an elastomer body which is arranged in between and is reinforced by a plastic cage which at least partially bears against an inner wall of the outer part. The plastic cage is configured to radially protrude over an upper edge and a lower edge of the out part and, at the lower edge of the outer part, to project over the latter. Simultaneously calibrating the outer part and the plastic cage by constricting the outer part and the plastic cage from a respective first diameter to a respective second diameter which is smaller than the respective first diameter. After the constriction, the plastic cage projects over the upper edge of the outer part for the form-fitting axial securing of the outer part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: BOGE ELASTMETALL GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schnaars, Thomas Conrad
  • Patent number: 9746029
    Abstract: A bearing includes a bearing pad for supporting a rotary component and a housing attached to or formed integrally with the bearing pad. The housing defines a first fluid damper cavity positioned adjacent to the bearing pad and a second fluid damper cavity spaced from the first fluid damper cavity. The first and the second fluid damper cavities are in restrictive flow communication. The housing is configured to transfer a fluid from the first fluid damper cavity to the second fluid damper cavity in response to a force acting on the bearing pad to dampen a movement of the bearing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joshua Tyler Mook, Bugra Han Ertas, Jason Joseph Bellardi
  • Patent number: 9746050
    Abstract: A spring function component for a hydroelastic bearing is provided. The component includes an inner mounting connection, an outer mounting connection that radially encircles the inner mounting connection, and a spring body that flexibly connects the inner mounting connection and the outer mounting connection. The outer mounting connection is configured to be installed in an outer sleeve. In an assembled state of the outer mounting connection, the spring body at least partly forms a boundary between two working chambers configured to hold of a damping fluid, at least one choke channel is formed that hydraulically connects the working chambers to each other, and in addition to the choke channel there is at least one pressure relief valve configured so that when a specific pressure differential between the working chambers is exceeded, the at least one pressure relief valve opens and hydraulically connects the working chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Anvis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Aleksey Mysin, Dimitry Khlistunov
  • Patent number: 9732816
    Abstract: A rubber-metal sleeve bearing includes an outer sleeve having a first outer edge and a second outer edge in opposing relationship to the first outer edge, when viewed in an axial direction. The first and second outer edges each have at least one section provided with radially inwardly recessed outer edge regions. An inner sleeve is disposed in concentric relation to the outer sleeve, and an intermediate sleeve is disposed concentrically between the outer and inner sleeves and connected to the outer sleeve via a first elastomer layer and to the inner sleeve via a second elastomer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Conrad, Jörg Roland
  • Patent number: 9709116
    Abstract: A large ring part of a torque rod includes an outer frame section, an inner member, an intermediate ring and an elastic vibration isolating main body. The outer frame section and the intermediate ring are integrally combined with the elastic vibration isolating main body. An inner clearance is provided between the intermediate ring and the inner member such as to surround the circumference of the inner member. The intermediate ring is movable relative to the inner member in the axial direction. With respect to the vibration in the direction of a mounting shaft, the outer frame section, the intermediate ring and the elastic vibration isolating main body move together in the axial direction in relation to the inner member, whereby the spring in the direction of the mounting shaft is weakened and the resonance frequency of the rigid body resonance in the direction of the mounting shaft is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Shimada
  • Patent number: 9533559
    Abstract: To heighten the rigidity of a torque rod at the time of compression. A rod section 12, a second ring section 16 and a main body portion 18 are integrally formed of resin. The rod section 12 is provided with a pair of intermediate ribs 44 which extends in parallel in the direction of a center axis CO. A center groove 45 is formed between the intermediate ribs 44. Front end portions 44a of the intermediate ribs 44 located on a first ring section 14 side spread apart in the direction away from each other. A connecting rib 46 provided in a front end portion 45a of the center groove 45 provides a connection between the front end portions 44a. With this construction, even if a compression load is imposed on the front end portions 44a in the direction to forcibly spread these end portions apart, this is suppressed by the connecting rib 46. The connecting rib 46 is arranged in the vicinity of the first ring section 14 whereby effective reinforcement can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takatoshi Inatomi
  • Patent number: 9528566
    Abstract: A hydraulically damping bush bearing has an elongated inner part, and outer bush, an elastomeric damping member disposed between the inner part and outer bush and a pair of axial chambers offset from one another in an axial direction. The axial chambers communicate with one another via at least one axial channel. The bush bearing also has a pair of radial chambers that communicate via at least one radial channel. The radial chambers are disposed between the pair of axial chambers and are offset from each other in a circumferential direction. One of the pair of axial chambers has at least two separated first axial chambers spaced at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: AUDI AG, BOGE ELASTMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schnaars, Thomas Conrad
  • Patent number: 9523464
    Abstract: A cylindrical vibration-damping device equipped with an outer bracket, the outer bracket having a structure in which a press-fit member is press fit into a peripheral wall of a bracket body. A primary inner projection is provided at one axial end of the peripheral wall, while a secondary inner projection is provided at another axial end thereof. The outer bracket also includes a positioning section that is provided through mutual contact of axially opposing surfaces of the bracket body and the press-fit member and that determines a position of the press-fit member. The press-fit member which is molded as a thick-walled molded part has a thick contact surface formed on a tip end of the press-fit member in a direction of press fitting, and the thick contact surface comes into contact with a vibration damping rubber in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: TRI TECHNICAL CENTER USA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kashihara, Masaaki Hamada
  • Patent number: 9447838
    Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including: first and second mounting members elastically connected by a main rubber elastic body; a tubular fitting member externally slipped around the second mounting member and drawn so as to be externally fitted thereto in a fluid-tight manner; a sealing rubber layer fixed to at least one of an outer peripheral face of the second mounting member and an inner peripheral face of the tubular fitting member so as to be compressed therebetween about an entire circumference; and at least one pressure-relieving lip protruding from the sealing rubber layer and extending toward openings of the second mounting member and the tubular fitting member so as to be pressed against one of the outer peripheral face of the second mounting member and the inner peripheral face of the tubular fitting member in a direction of protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Furumachi, Satoru Hibi
  • Patent number: 9422999
    Abstract: A spring functional component for a hydroelastic bearing. The component comprises a mounting inner connection, a mounting outer connection radially surrounding the mounting inner connection, a spring body which delimits at least two working chambers for receiving a damping fluid and couples the mounting inner and outer connections to one another in order to allow a relative movability between the mounting inner and outer connection and a support frame surrounding the mounting inner connection made of a rigid material such as plastic or metal, on which at least one radial stop is held, wherein the radial stop can be displaced from a pre-assembly state, in which a stop end of the radial stop is disengaged with respect to a stop counterpiece on the mounting inner connection side or mounting outer connection side, into a final assembly state in which the stop end engages the stop counterpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Anvis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Hermann, Dimitry Khlistunov, Frank Widmayr, Alexei Mysin
  • Patent number: 9382961
    Abstract: A vibration damping device including: an inner member; an outer cylindrical member into which an end portion of the inner member is inserted; a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting the end portion of the inner member and the outer cylindrical member in an axis-perpendicular direction; a support piece integrally provided with one axial end portion of the outer cylindrical member so as to protrude peripherally inward therefrom and be opposed to one axial end face of the inner member; and a connecting rubber provided between opposed faces of the end face of the inner member and the support piece of the outer cylindrical member so as to elastically connect them in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryota Ishikawa, Noriaki Yoshii, Kazuki Hotta
  • Patent number: 9366308
    Abstract: In a vibration damping device (10), a plurality of pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25, 26) of which portions of wall surfaces are constituted of an elastic body (14) are disposed within the first mounting member (12). The pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25, 26) include a pair of first pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25) that communicate with each other through a first limiting path (27), and a second pressure-receiving liquid chamber (26) that communicates with an auxiliary liquid chamber (28) through a second limiting path. The pair of first pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25) sandwich a second mounting member (13) therebetween. The second pressure-receiving liquid chamber (26) is arranged side by side with the second mounting member (13) in an orthogonal direction (D1) orthogonal to both an axial direction of the first mounting member (12) and a sandwiching direction (D2) in which the pair of first pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25) sandwich the second mounting member (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 9334921
    Abstract: In a vibration damping device (10), a plurality of pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25, 26) of which portions of wall surfaces are constituted of an elastic body (14) are disposed within the first mounting member (12). The pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25, 26) include a pair of first pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25) that communicate with each other through a first limiting path (27), and a second pressure-receiving liquid chamber (26) that communicates with an auxiliary liquid chamber (28) through a second limiting path. The pair of first pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25) sandwich a second mounting member (13) therebetween. The second pressure-receiving liquid chamber (26) is arranged side by side with the second mounting member (13) in an orthogonal direction (D1) orthogonal to both an axial direction of the first mounting member (12) and a sandwiching direction (D2) in which the pair of first pressure-receiving liquid chambers (25) sandwich the second mounting member (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima
  • 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: 9303648
    Abstract: An electrical submersible pump assembly has a rotary pump, an electrical motor, and a seal section. A drive shaft extends from the motor into the pump. A radial bearing for the shaft includes a bearing sleeve secured to the shaft for rotation. A bushing rotatably receives the bearing sleeve in sliding contact. A support member has a receptacle into which the bushing locates. The receptacle has a greater inner diameter than an outer diameter of the bushing, defining an annular gap. A bearing carrier has a bore into which the support member is secured against rotation and radial movement relative to the bearing carrier. A compliant member in the gap in engagement with the bushing and the support member prevents rotation of the bushing relative to the support member and allows limited radial movement of the bushing relative to the bearing carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: John J. Mack
  • Patent number: 9291228
    Abstract: A vibration absorber for damping vibrations of motor vehicle components. The vibration absorber comprises an absorber mass including a passage, and an elastomeric spring member inserted in the passage of the absorber mass. The elastomeric spring member comprises an outer sleeve connecting the elastomeric spring member to the absorber mass, and an inner sleeve for attachment to the motor vehicle component to undergo vibration absorption. An elastomer body interconnects the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. The elastomeric spring member also includes a securing element. The vibration absorber includes stops that are spaced apart in an axial direction and that cooperate with the securing element to secure the absorber mass in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: TRELLEBORGVIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Frederik Goetz, Zehra Ucak, Friedrich Back
  • Patent number: 9279473
    Abstract: A fluid-filled cylindrical vibration-damping device including at least one orifice member attached to an inside of an outer cylindrical member so as to straddle openings of pocket portions and extend in a circumferential direction. An orifice passage is defined by covering an orifice forming groove of the orifice member with the outer cylindrical member. A stopper mechanism is constituted by contact between an inner shaft member and the outer cylindrical member via the orifice member. A reinforcing rib is formed in the orifice member so as to project from a bottom face of the orifice forming groove and extend in the circumferential direction while a projecting distal end face thereof is in contact with the outer cylindrical member. The reinforcing rib partitions at least a portion of a circumference of the orifice passage into a plurality of passages that have same fluid flow characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Toru Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9252820
    Abstract: A description is given of a circuit having a transmitter having a first transmission stage for generating a first transmission signal according to a first standard and a bias stage for generating a bias signal for a second standard and a second transmission stage for generating a second transmission signal according to the second standard. The second transmission stage is effectively coupled to the bias stage in order to receive the bias signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Langer, Harald Pretl
  • Patent number: 9249858
    Abstract: A hydraulic engine mount is provided having at least one channel provided within the engine mount. The channel is provided fully enclosed within the engine mount. The channel includes at least two restrictions operable to partially restrict fluid flow through the channel thereby preventing unwanted noise heard by the user. The at least two restrictions include at least one protrusion extending away from a side wall of the channel. Two protrusions are provided to form each restriction where the protrusions are opposed and spaced apart extending into the channel. The at least one protrusion includes at least one sloped wall. The at least one sloped wall is disposed upstream of the fluid through the channel and may be positioned adjacent to an inlet or an outlet of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Trelleborg Automotive USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Otto John Preikszas
  • Patent number: 9222543
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid-sealed-type anti-vibration device that achieves damping performance as well as durability, the device comprising: an inner-tube member; an outer-tube member; first and second rubber bodies; and a fluid chamber, wherein a partition member, which is provided on the inner-tube member and has an inner-tube rigid protrusion and a rubber partition, is provided with a limiting passage, the outer-tube member has first and second outer-tube rigid protrusions having a shape of an inward flange, at least one of the first and second outer-tube rigid protrusions is disposed on the side of liquid chambers, each of the first rubber body and the second rubber body is provided with a ring-shaped cavity extending inside the respective rubber body along the outer circumferential surface of the inner-tube member, the depth of the cavities being configured such that the cavities extend beyond the first outer-tube rigid protrusion or the second outer-tube rigid protrusion, and at least one o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Saito, Katsumi Someya
  • Patent number: 9217488
    Abstract: A hydro bush includes an outer pipe, an inner pipe, a rubber portion that is installed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe, and stoppers that are installed at both side ends. The hydro bush further includes a liquid chamber which is formed between the outer pipe and the rubber portion, and filled with a working fluid; and a flow path which is formed between the outer pipe and the rubber portion, and connected to the liquid chamber so as to guide the working fluid when the working fluid flows, in which the flow path includes a protruding portion which is formed to protrude inward. Accordingly, a flow distance of a working fluid flowing along the flow path may be increased without increasing a size of the hydro bush, thereby securing various dynamic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS, CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Hwan Cha
  • Patent number: 9200690
    Abstract: A cylindrical vibration-damping device wherein an outer cylindrical member is made in a configuration of two sections divided along an circumference, the outer cylindrical member being externally fitted onto intermediate rings in a non-adhesive manner by means of having the intermediate rings sandwiched by the outer cylindrical member in a radial direction, and a plurality of regulating protrusions protruding inward in the radial direction are formed on the outer cylindrical member at a given distance and arranged on both sides of the intermediate rings in an axial direction so as to provide a positioning member that positions the intermediate rings with respect to the outer cylindrical member in the axial direction by means of abutting the intermediate rings against the regulating protrusions in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shimpei Eguchi, Satoshi Umemura, Hiroaki Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 9200694
    Abstract: A partitioning wall is integrally formed to a rubber elastic body, partitioning second main liquid chambers. An upper outer peripheral member and a lower outer peripheral member are positioned in the axial direction by a partitioning wall positioning member disposed in the second main liquid chambers. The partitioning wall is retained to the peripheral inside of a retaining member in an axial direction (S) compressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Masahiro Sawaguchi
  • Patent number: 9163695
    Abstract: A liquid-sealed anti-vibration device comprising: an inner tube (1), an outer tube (2); rubber bodies (3), (4) interconnecting the inner and outer tubes (1), (2) in a liquid-tight manner at two positions spaced in an axial direction; a partition wall disposed between the rubber bodies (3), (4) to divide a space between the inner and outer tubes into two parts in the axial direction, the partition wall having an annular rigid member (5a) and an elastic member (5b); liquid chambers (8), (9) configured in such a way that the spaces partitioned by the partition wall (5) are filled with non-compressible liquid; and a limiting passage (7) provided in the partition wall (5) to allow the liquid chambers (8), (9) to communicate with each other, wherein the annular rigid member (5a), protrudes from the inner tube (1) toward the outer tube, the elastic member (5b) connects the annular rigid member (5a) to the outer tube (2), and the limiting passage (7) is formed by at least one passage groove (5c), the passage groove b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Saito, Katsumi Someya