Bolt through hydraulic mount with and without a decoupler
View Patent ↗A mount having a bolt through configuration couples two components of a vehicle. The mount includes a first elastomeric member that defines a first portion of a first chamber and a second elastomeric member that defines a second portion of the first chamber and defines a second chamber. An inner tube assembly defines an opening for receiving the bolt. The first and the second elastomeric members are bonded to the inner tube assembly. An annular member is disposed between the first and the second chambers. The annular member defines a fluid-track which fluidly couples the first and the second chambers. The mount dampens vibrations at varying amplitudes by pushing fluid between the first and the second chambers via the fluid-track. The mount may also include a decoupler by way of a decoupler ring and decoupler cap to isolate the mount at a predetermined amplitude at varying frequencies.
1. A hydraulic mount for coupling a first component and a second component in a vehicle, the mount comprising:
a first elastomeric member defining a first portion of a first chamber;
a second elastomeric member defining a second portion of the first chamber and a second chamber, wherein the second elastomeric member abuts with the first elastomeric member to define the first chamber, the first chamber and the second chamber retain fluid in a liquid seal manner;
an inner tube assembly defining an opening for receiving a bolt, wherein the first elastomeric member and the second elastomeric member are bonded to an outer surface of the inner tube assembly;
an inner ring fixedly coupled to the inner tube assembly at a position between the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the second elastomeric member is bonded to an outer surface of the inner ring; and
a track-decoupler assembly fixedly disposed within the inner ring and including a housing member, a decoupler cap, and a decoupler ring, the housing member defining a fluid-track in a serpentine manner along an outer surface of the housing member, the fluid-track extending between the first chamber and the second chamber for fluidly coupling the first chamber and the second chamber, the decoupler ring being housed within the housing member, the decoupler cap fixedly disposed within the housing member for retaining the decoupler ring, wherein
the decoupler ring is arranged and freely moves between the decoupler cap and a bottom surface of the housing member, and
the fluid flows between the first chamber and the second chamber by way of the fluid-track when the decoupler ring abuts with either the bottom surface of the housing member or the decoupler cap.
2. The mount of claim 1 , wherein
the decoupler ring isolates vibrations at amplitudes less than or equal to a predetermined amplitude, and
the fluid-track dampens vibrations at amplitudes greater than the predetermined amplitude.
3. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the inner tube assembly includes:
an inner tube;
a lower support member that is fixedly coupled to the inner tube, wherein
the first elastomeric member is bonded to an outer surface of the inner tube;
the second elastomeric member is bonded to an outer surface of the lower support member, and
the inner ring is fixedly coupled to the lower support member.
4. The mount of claim 1 further comprising:
an upper ring having an angular portion and at least two upper flange portions laterally extending on opposite sides of the upper ring, wherein the upper ring is coupled to an outer surface of the inner tube assembly by way of the first elastomeric member, the first elastomeric member is bonded around the angular portion of the upper ring; and
a lower housing having at least two lower flange portions laterally extending on opposite sides of the lower housing, the lower housing substantially housing the second elastomeric member, wherein the lower housing is coupled to the inner ring assembly by way of the second elastomeric member, and the upper flange portions of the upper ring are coupled to the lower flange portions of the lower housing.
5. The mount of claim 4 further comprising:
an upper washer disposed at one end of the inner tube assembly, wherein
the upper washer abuts with the first component of the vehicle,
the upper washer and the inner tube assembly are coupled to the first component of the vehicle by way of the bolt,
the upper flange portions of the upper ring and the lower flange portions of the lower housing are coupled to the second component of the vehicle, and
the first elastomeric member and the second elastomeric member elastomerically couple the first component and the second component of the vehicle.
6. The mount of claim 1 further comprising:
an upper washer disposed at one end of the inner tube assembly, wherein the upper washer abuts with the first component of the vehicle; and
a lower housing, the second elastomeric member being fixedly disposed within the lower housing, wherein
the upper washer and the inner tube assembly are coupled to the first component of the vehicle by way of the bolt,
the lower housing is coupled to the second component of the vehicle, and
the first elastomeric member and the second elastomeric member elastomerically couple the first component and the second component of the vehicle.