Torque rod

Inventors: Motohiro Yanagida (Tokyo, JP); Akira Ueki (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION

B60K5/1208 B60K5/12 F16F1/3849 F16F15/022 F16F15/03 F16F15/08 F16F2230/30

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Patent No.: US 10,369,875
App. No.: 15/768,858
Granted: Aug 6, 2019
Kind: B2

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Abstract

There is provided a torque rod ( 1 ) in which any one of a partition wall ( 27 ) between an interior of a first accommodation portion ( 15 ) for accommodating a first elastic bush ( 11 ) and an interior of a third accommodation portion ( 17 ) for accommodating an actuator ( 14 ) and a partition wall ( 28 ) between an interior of a second accommodation portion ( 16 ) for accommodating a second elastic bush ( 12 ) and the interior of the third accommodation portion ( 17 ) has a communication hole ( 29 ) for allowing the interiors of both the accommodation portions to communicate with each other, and a whole area of the other partition wall is closed. In the communication hole ( 29 ), a counterbore ( 29 a ) is formed in an end portion on a side opposite to the third accommodation portion ( 17 ). The torque rod includes a bolt ( 30 ) that is inserted into the communication hole ( 29 ), and that has a head portion ( 30 a ) accommodated in the counterbore ( 29 a ). The bolt ( 30 ) is screwed into a support shaft ( 24 ) or the communication hole ( 29 ) so that the head portion ( 30 a ) is pressed against an annular flat surface ( 29 c ) which faces a side opposite to the third accommodation portion ( 17 ) on an inner surface of the counterbore ( 29 a ), and the support shaft ( 24 ) is pressed against the partition wall ( 28 ).

Claims (44)

1. A torque rod comprising:

a first elastic bush connected to a vibration generator;

a second elastic bush connected to a vibration receiver;

an actuator installed between the first elastic bush and the second elastic bush, the actuator being configured to attenuate and absorb an input vibration by causing a cylindrical movable element to reciprocate so as to move close to or move away from the first elastic bush and the second elastic bush in response to the input vibration; and

a case body including a first accommodation portion inside which the first elastic bush is accommodated, a second accommodation portion inside which the second elastic bush is accommodated, and a third accommodation portion installed between the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion and inside which the actuator is accommodated,

wherein the actuator includes a support shaft extending along a reciprocating direction of the movable element inside the movable element,

wherein in the case body, any one of a first partition wall between an interior of the first accommodation portion and an interior of the third accommodation portion and a second partition wall between an interior of the second accommodation portion and the interior of the third accommodation portion has a communication hole that allows the interiors of both the accommodation portions to communicate with each other, and a whole area of the other partition wall is closed,

wherein in the communication hole, a counterbore is formed in an end portion on a side opposite to the third accommodation portion,

wherein the torque rod further comprises a bolt that is inserted into the communication hole, and that has a head portion accommodated in the counterbore, and

wherein the bolt is screwed into the support shaft or the communication hole, the head portion is pressed against an annular flat surface which faces a side opposite to the third accommodation portion on an inner surface of the counterbore, and the support shaft is pressed against the partition wall.

2. The torque rod according to claim 1 ,

wherein a seal portion configured to seal the interior of the third accommodation portion is installed inside the counterbore.

3. The torque rod according to claim 2 ,

wherein a first end surface of the support shaft pressed against the second partition wall in the reciprocating direction has a larger outer diameter than other portions.

4. The torque rod according to claim 3 ,

wherein the bolt is screwed into the support shaft, and

wherein the first end surface of the support shaft in the reciprocating direction is pressed against the second partition wall, and a second end surface on a side opposite to the first end surface is not in contact with the first partition wall which is closed.

5. The torque rod according to claim 4 ,