IP Library Granted Patent US 8,201,812
Granted Patent B2
US 8,201,812 · App. 12/447,062 · Granted Jun 19, 2012

Viscous fluid-sealing damper

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Patent No.
US 8,201,812
App. No.
12/447,062
Granted
Jun 19, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A viscous fluid-sealed damper ( 1 ) having a shaft receiving section ( 2 c ) in which an installation shaft ( 3 ) with a swollen head ( 3 b ) is fitted and also having a separation wall ( 2 ). At least a portion of the separation wall ( 2 ) is constructed from an elastic separation membrane, and the separation wall ( 2 ) continues to the periphery of the upper edge of the shaft receiving section ( 2 c ) such that the shaft receiving section ( 2 c ) extends inward. Viscous fluid is sealed inside the separation wall ( 2 ). A positioning section ( 2 f ) for positioning the shaft receiving section ( 2 c ) is provided at that position of a bottom face ( 2 a ) of the separation wall section ( 2 ) that faces the shaft receiving section ( 2 c ). The viscous fluid-sealed damper can be assembled with good work efficiency and is unlikely to be damaged during assembly.

Claims (15)

1. A viscous-fluid-sealing damper, comprising:

a rubber-elastic shaft receiving section having a cylindrical outer shape for receiving an installation shaft in such a manner as to insert and fit the installation shaft having a swollen head into an insertion concave portion of the shaft receiving section;

a partition wall for encapsulating a viscous-fluid therein, at least a part of the partition wall being formed of a rubber-elastic diaphragm, and the partition wall extending to a periphery of an upper edge of the shaft receiving section such that the shaft receiving section extends toward an inward side of the partition wall; and

a positioning section, mounted at a position which is on a bottom surface of the partition wall and which faces the shaft receiving section, having an inner surface that limits an inserting direction of the installation shaft by controlling a position of an outer surface of the cylindrical outer shape of the shaft receiving section when the shaft receiving section is close to the bottom surface,

wherein the positioning section is formed in a cylindrical shape, has an R-shape on an upper edge of the inner surface, and has at least one slit extending along an axial direction of the cylindrical shape.

2. A viscous-fluid-sealing damper, comprising:

a rubber-elastic shaft receiving section having a cylindrical outer shape for receiving an installation shaft in such a manner as to insert and fit the installation shaft having a swollen head into an insertion concave portion of the shaft receiving section;

a partition wall for encapsulating a viscous-fluid therein, at least a part of the partition wall being formed of a rubber-elastic diaphragm, and the partition wall extending to a periphery of an upper edge of the shaft receiving section such that the shaft receiving section extends toward an inward side of the partition wall; and

a positioning section, mounted at a position which is on a bottom surface of the partition wall and which faces the shaft receiving section, having an inner surface that limits an inserting direction of the installation shaft by controlling a position of an outer surface of the cylindrical outer shape of the shaft receiving section when the shaft receiving section is close to the bottom surface,

wherein the positioning section is formed in a polygonal shape.

3. A viscous-fluid-sealing damper, comprising:

a rubber-elastic shaft receiving section having a cylindrical outer shape for receiving an installation shaft in such a manner as to insert and fit the installation shaft having a swollen head into an insertion concave portion of the shaft receiving section;

a partition wall for encapsulating a viscous-fluid therein, at least a part of the partition wall being formed of a rubber-elastic diaphragm, and the partition wall extending to a periphery of an upper edge of the shaft receiving section such that the shaft receiving section extends toward an inward side of the partition wall; and

a positioning section, mounted at a position which is on a bottom surface of the partition wall and which faces the shaft receiving section, having an inner surface that limits an inserting direction of the installation shaft by controlling a position of an outer surface of the cylindrical outer shape of the shaft receiving section when the shaft receiving section is close to the bottom surface,

wherein the positioning section is a concavity formed in a cylindrical shape on the bottom surface of the partition wall, has at least one groove extending along an axial direction of the cylindrical shape, and has an R-shape on an upper edge of the inner surface of the positioning section.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 6, 2012
From: KENWOOD CORPORATION
To: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028007/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2009
From: SANNOH, TOSHIYUKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD
Reel/Frame 022593/0541 →