IP Library Granted Patent US 8,430,373
Granted Patent B2
US 8,430,373 · App. 13/025,812 · Granted Apr 30, 2013

Fluid-filled type vibration damping device

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Patent No.
US 8,430,373
App. No.
13/025,812
Granted
Apr 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid-filled type vibration damping device including a resin bracket provided on an outside peripheral face of a second mounting member. The resin bracket includes a mating portion mated within a mating groove of the second mounting member opening in an outside peripheral face of the second mounting member, a mating tubular portion extending on the outside peripheral face of the second mounting member from the mating portion to one axial side, and a mounting portion which is formed at a distal end portion of the mating tubular portion on the one axial side and extends peripherally outward. A weight reducing space opens at a distal end face of the mating tubular portion on the one axial side while extending between an inside peripheral face of the mating tubular portion and the outside peripheral face of the second mounting member in a circumferential direction.

Claims (27)

1. A fluid-filled type vibration damping device comprising:

a first mounting member;

a tubular second mounting member of metal;

a main rubber elastic body connecting the first and second mounting members;

a fluid chamber whose wall is partially defined by the main rubber elastic body and filled with a non-compressible fluid;

a mating groove opening in an outside peripheral face of the second mounting member while extending in a circumferential direction; and

a resin bracket molded onto the outside peripheral face of the second mounting member through an insert molding, wherein:

the resin bracket includes a mating portion mated within the mating groove of the second mounting member, a mating tubular portion extending on the outside peripheral face of the second mounting member from the mating portion to one axial side, and a mounting portion which is formed at a distal end portion of the mating tubular portion on the one axial side and extends peripherally outward;

a weight reducing space opens at a distal end face of the mating tubular portion on the one axial side while extending between an inside peripheral face of the mating tubular portion and the outside peripheral face of the second mounting member in the circumferential direction;

the first mounting member is disposed so as to be spaced apart from a first axial open end of the second mounting member; and

the mating groove of the second mounting member comprises a first sloping inner face and a second sloping inner face which respectively extend axially in opposite directions, and the first sloping inner face which extends toward the first axial open end of the second mounting member has a greater length in a sloping direction than does the second sloping inner face, while the second sloping inner face has a greater sloping angle than does the first sloping inner face.

2. The fluid-filled type vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first mounting member is disposed so as to be spaced apart from a first axial open end of the second mounting member;

the mating groove is formed at the first axial open end of the second mounting member;

a flange portion extending peripherally outward is integrally formed with an edge of the first axial open end of the second mounting member; and

the flange portion is held in contact against an axial end face of the mating portion of the resin bracket which is mated within the mating groove.

3. The fluid-filled type vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first mounting member is disposed so as to be spaced apart from a first axial open end of the second mounting member;

the mating groove is formed at the first axial open end of the second mounting member;

a stopper protrusion extending peripherally outward is integrally formed with an edge of the first axial open end of the second mounting member;

a stopper support portion extending peripherally outward is integrally formed with an axial end of the mating portion of the resin bracket which is mated within the mating groove; and

the stopper protrusion is held in contact against the stopper support portion.

4. The fluid-filled type vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first mounting member is disposed so as to be spaced apart from a first axial open end of the second mounting member;

the mating groove is formed at the first axial open end of the second mounting member;

the second mounting member includes an extended tubular section extending out from the mating groove farther towards the first axial open end of the second mounting member; and

the resin bracket includes an extended mating tubular portion integrally formed therewith and extending out from the mating portion farther towards the first axial open end of the second mounting member, so that the resin bracket is secured to the second mounting member at axially both sides of the mating portion.

Assignments (2)
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 Feb 11, 2011
From: NISHI, NAOKI; FUKUNAGA, DAISUKE; MIYAHARA, TETSUYA; KAWABE, KEISUKE
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025780/0350 →