IP Library Granted Patent US 10,502,279
Granted Patent B2
US 10,502,279 · App. 15/753,550 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Anti-vibration device

Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
F16F13/10B60K5/1208B60K5/1283F16F13/26F16F2228/066F16F2230/0023
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Patent No.
US 10,502,279
App. No.
15/753,550
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An anti-vibration device includes: a cylinder body coupled to a vibration receiver; a support body coupled to a vibration source; an elastic body that attaches the support body to the cylinder body such that the support body is capable of moving relative to the cylinder body; a first liquid chamber sectioned by an orifice pathway and the elastic body; a second liquid chamber that a liquid flows to and from the first liquid chamber through the orifice pathway; a first gas chamber with a wall configured by a diaphragm; a second gas chamber capable of communicating with the first gas chamber; and a switching section that switches a state of communication of the first gas chamber and the second gas chamber.

Claims (27)

1. An anti-vibration device comprising:

a cylinder body coupled to one of a vibration source or a vibration receiver;

a support body coupled to the other of the vibration source or the vibration receiver;

an elastic body attaching the support body to the cylinder body such that the support body is capable of moving relative to the cylinder body;

a first liquid chamber housing a liquid and provided between the elastic body and a pathway member that is formed within the cylinder body;

a second liquid chamber provided between the pathway member and a diaphragm that partitions an interior of the cylinder body, a liquid flowing between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber through a pathway that is formed by the pathway member;

a first gas chamber provided on an opposite side of the diaphragm from the second liquid chamber;

a second gas chamber isolated from the first gas chamber; and

a switching section switching between a state of communication and a state of non-communication between the first gas chamber and the second gas chamber,

wherein the diaphragm does not configure a wall of the second gas chamber, and the second gas chamber is only communicable with the first gas chamber.

2. The anti-vibration device of claim 1 , wherein a capacity of the second gas chamber is greater than a capacity of the first gas chamber.

3. An anti-vibration device comprising:

a cylinder body coupled to one of a vibration source or a vibration receiver;

a support body coupled to the other of the vibration source or the vibration receiver;

an elastic body attaching the support body to the cylinder body such that the support body is capable of moving relative to the cylinder body;

a first liquid chamber housing a liquid and provided between the elastic body and a first membrane that partitions an interior of the cylinder body;

a first gas chamber provided between the first membrane and a first partitioning wall of a pathway member that partitions the interior of the cylinder body;

a second liquid chamber provided between the first partitioning wall and a second membrane that partitions the interior of the cylinder body, a liquid flowing between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber through a pathway formed by the pathway member;

a deformation space provided between the second membrane and a second partitioning wall that partitions the interior of the cylinder body, the deformation space forming a deformable region where the second membrane deforms;

a second gas chamber isolated from the first gas chamber; and

a switching section switching between a state of communication and a state of non-communication between the first gas chamber and the second gas chamber,

wherein the second membrane does not configure a wall of the second gas chamber.

4. The anti-vibration device of claim 3 , wherein:

the first gas chamber is in communication with the second gas chamber through the deformation space; and

the switching section switches between the state of communication and the state of non-communication between the first gas chamber and the second gas chamber through the deformation space.

5. The anti-vibration device of claim 3 , wherein a capacity of the second gas chamber is greater than a capacity of the deformation space, and the capacity of the deformation space is greater than a capacity of the first gas chamber.

6. The anti-vibration device of claim 4 , wherein a capacity of the second gas chamber is greater than a capacity of the deformation space, and the capacity of the deformation space is greater than a capacity of the first gas chamber.

Assignments (2)
ABSORPTION-TYPE COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Jun 24, 2022
From: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
To: PROSPIRA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060439/0890 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2018
From: KOJIMA, HIROSHI
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045111/0447 →