IP Library Granted Patent US 7,207,552
Granted Patent B2
US 7,207,552 · App. 11/125,552 · Granted Apr 24, 2007

Hydraulic damping mount, particularly for mounting an automotive engine

Assignee: Trelleborg Automotive Technical Centre GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,207,552
App. No.
11/125,552
Granted
Apr 24, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hydraulic damping mount, particularly to mount an automotive engine, is formed with a support spring. The support spring is produced from an elastically deformable material and supports a mount core connected to a supporting arm. The mount is provided with a working chamber, defined by the support spring and which may be filled with a hydraulic fluid. A compensation chamber is connected to the working chamber by an overflow channel. The supporting arm is detachably connected to the mount core. The mount is characterized by a relatively simple and economic embodiment as the overflow channel is integrated in the supporting arm.

Claims (22)

1. A hydraulic damping mount, comprising:

a mount care having a flexible wall and a through-hole formed therein, said through-hole having an insertion end and an opposite end being opposite said insertion end, said opposite end being entirely closed of f by said flexible wall;

a base plate configured to be mounted to a body of a motor vehicle;

a supporting arm configured to be secured to a source of vibration and releasably connected to said mount core, said supporting arm being insertable into said through-hole through said insertion end, and said supporting arm having an end face facing said flexible wall;

a support spring made of an elastomeric material, said support spring being disposed on said base plate and supporting said mount core;

a working chamber formed in said support spring, said working chamber to be filled with a hydraulic fluid;

a compensation chamber being defined by said flexible wall and said end face when said supporting arm is inserted in said through-hole; and

an overflow channel formed in said supporting arm, said overflow channel having an inlet port porting into said working chamber, an outlet port porting into said compensation chamber, and a flow passage interconnecting said inlet port and said outlet port.

2. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic damping mount is an automotive engine mount.

3. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 1 , wherein said end face is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said through-hole.

4. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 1 , wherein:

said supporting arm is connected to said mount core in a positively locked manner when said supporting arm is inserted in said through-hole.

5. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 1 , wherein said overflow channel extends spirally in said supporting arm.

6. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 5 , wherein said supporting arm has a bottom face facing said working chamber, and an upper face facing away from said working chamber, said inlet port is disposed at said bottom face and said outlet port is disposed at said end face of said supporting arm.

7. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 6 , wherein said working chamber is configured rotationally symmetrical, funnel shaped and conically tapering towards said inlet port.

8. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 1 ,

wherein said supporting arm has a cage, said cage having a decoupling passage formed therein and connected to said working chamber; and

further comprising a decoupling diaphragm accommodated in said cage.

9. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 8 , wherein:

said decoupling diaphragm has guiding sections; and

said cage is open at an upper face of said supporting arm facing away from said working chamber and has faces for guiding said guiding sections of said decoupling diaphragm.

10. The hydraulic damping mount according to claim 8 , wherein said cage has protuberances defining a motion of said decoupling diaphragm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2010
From: TRELLEBORG AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICAL CENTRE GMBH
To: TRELLEBORG AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 024611/0691 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2007
From: BREGEAULT, LAURENT
To: TRELLEBORG AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICAL CENTRE GMBH
Reel/Frame 018835/0164 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102 51 877 · Nov 7, 2002 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP031241400 · Nov 6, 2003
Related Publication 20050225016A1 · Oct 13, 2005