IP Library Granted Patent US 8,955,831
Granted Patent B2
US 8,955,831 · App. 13/796,246 · Granted Feb 17, 2015

Fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device

Inventors: Hiroaki Naiki (Komaki, JP); Norihito Kimura (Komaki, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
F16F13/08F16F13/10F16F2224/025F16F2224/04
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Patent No.
US 8,955,831
App. No.
13/796,246
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device, including enclosed spaces (primary fluid chamber and auxiliary fluid chamber) formed by chamber walls (vibration damping rubber body and rubber membrane) which deform in accordance with vibration input, the enclosed spaces being filled with a fluid, in which: the chamber walls each include a diene-based rubber; and the fluid includes a glycol-based solution containing a benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group. The fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device is capable of eliminating the degradation of the chamber walls (rubber bodies) and the deterioration of its durability due to the dissolution of components in the rubber bodies into the filling fluid.

Claims (30)

1. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device, comprising an enclosed space formed by chamber walls which deform in accordance with vibration input, the enclosed space being filled with a fluid,

wherein the chamber walls each comprise a diene-based rubber; and

the fluid comprises a glycol-based solution containing a benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group,

wherein the benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (1):

in the formula (1), R represents any one of a hydrogen atom and an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

2. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 1 , wherein the benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 300 or less.

3. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group with respect to a glycol-based solvent in the glycol-based solution falls within a range of 5 to 500 mmol/L.

4. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device comprises a vibration damping rubber device for an automobile, which is selected from the group consisting of an engine mount, a suspension bushing, a body mount, a subframe mount, and a differential mount.

5. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 1 , wherein the diene-based rubber comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber (NR), an isoprene rubber (IR), a butadiene rubber (BR), a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), and an ethylene-propylene-diene-based rubber (EPDM).

6. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 1 , wherein a solvent of the glycol-based solution comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and a mixed liquid thereof with water.

7. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 1 , comprising a protective membrane made of the benzotriazole-based compound and the diene-based rubber formed at an interface between the chamber walls comprising the rubber body and the filling fluid.

8. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device, comprising an enclosed space formed by chamber walls which deform in accordance with vibration input, the enclosed space being filled with a fluid,

wherein the chamber walls each comprise a diene-based rubber; and

the fluid comprises a glycol-based solution containing a benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group,

wherein the benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of 1H-benzotriazole, 4-methyl-1H-benzotriazole, and 5-methyl-1H-benzotriazole.

9. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 8 , wherein the benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 300 or less.

10. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 8 , wherein a content of the benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group with respect to a glycol-based solvent in the glycol-based solution falls within a range of 5 to 500 mmol/L.

11. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 8 , wherein the fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device comprises a vibration damping rubber device for an automobile, which is selected from the group consisting of an engine mount, a suspension bushing, a body mount, a subframe mount, and a differential mount.

12. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 8 , wherein the diene-based rubber comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber (NR), an isoprene rubber (IR), a butadiene rubber (BR), a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), and an ethylene-propylene-diene-based rubber (EPDM).

13. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 8 , wherein a solvent of the glycol-based solution comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and a mixed liquid thereof with water.

14. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 8 , comprising a protective membrane made of the benzotriazole-based compound and the diene-based rubber formed at an interface between the chamber walls comprising the rubber body and the filling fluid.

15. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device, comprising an enclosed space formed by chamber walls which deform in accordance with vibration input, the enclosed space being filled with a fluid,

wherein the chamber walls each comprise a diene-based rubber; and

the fluid comprises a glycol-based solution containing a benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group,

wherein the device comprises a protective membrane made of the benzotriazole-based compound and the diene-based rubber formed at an interface between the chamber walls comprising the rubber body and the filling fluid.

16. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 15 , wherein the benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 300 or less.

17. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 15 , wherein a content of the benzotriazole-based compound having an amine group with respect to a glycol-based solvent in the glycol-based solution falls within a range of 5 to 500 mmol/L.

18. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 15 , wherein the fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device comprises a vibration damping rubber device for an automobile, which is selected from the group consisting of an engine mount, a suspension bushing, a body mount, a subframe mount, and a differential mount.

19. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 15 , wherein the diene-based rubber comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber (NR), an isoprene rubber (IR), a butadiene rubber (BR), a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), and an ethylene-propylene-diene-based rubber (EPDM).

20. A fluid-filled vibration damping rubber device according to claim 15 , wherein a solvent of the glycol-based solution comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and a mixed liquid thereof with water.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033974/0124 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2013
From: NAIKI, HIROAKI; KIMURA, NORIHITO
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029974/0788 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-074929 · Mar 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2012057807 · Mar 26, 2012
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