IP Library Granted Patent US 7,232,118
Granted Patent B2
US 7,232,118 · App. 11/381,498 · Granted Jun 19, 2007

Fluid filled vibration damping device

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Patent No.
US 7,232,118
App. No.
11/381,498
Granted
Jun 19, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid filled vibration-damping device includes an elastic body disposed between a first mounting member and a second mounting member and partially defines a fluid chamber having a non-compressible fluid sealed therein, and exhibits vibration damping action on the basis of flow action of the non-compressible fluid created within the fluid chamber during vibration input. At least one mounting member from among the first and second mounting members is formed independently of the elastic body and is disposed in abutment with the elastic body in an initial load acting direction, while making the mounting member displaceable away from the rubber elastic body in a opposite direction from the initial load acting direction. A rebound stop mechanism for limiting displacement of the mounting member away from the rubber elastic body in a cushion-wise fashion is disposed between the first and second mounting members.

Claims (10)

1. A fluid filled vibration damping device comprising:

a first mounting member;

a second mounting member;

a rubber elastic body disposed between the first and second mounting members; and

a fluid chamber whose wall is partially defined by the rubber elastic body, and having a non-compressible fluid sealed therein,

wherein initial load and vibration are caused to act on the rubber elastic body by means of the first and second mounting member, so as to produce vibration damping action on the basis of flow action of the non-compressible fluid created within the fluid chamber during vibration input, and

wherein the first mounting member is independent of and separable from the rubber elastic body and is disposed in abutment with the rubber elastic body in an initial load acting direction, while the first mounting member is displaceable away from the rubber elastic body in an opposite direction from the initial load acting direction, and a rebound stop mechanism disposed between the first mounting member and the second mounting member to provide a cushion that limits an amount of displacement of the first mounting member away from the rubber elastic body,

whereby tensile deformation of the rubber elastic body in the opposite direction from the initial load acting direction may be avoided.

2. A fluid-filled vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein the second mounting member is fixed to the rubber elastic body, and the rebound stop mechanism includes a rebound stop rubber being fixed to the first mounting member.

3. A fluid-filled vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein an abutting face of the rubber elastic body against the first mounting member is reinforced by a support plate embedded therein.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034016/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2006
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. (A 20% INTEREST)
Reel/Frame 017683/0633 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2006
From: MAENO, HAJIME; MURAMATSU, ATSUSHI; YASUMURO, NOBUHIRO; KANEDA, NAOKI; OKAI, SHIGEKI
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017591/0080 →