IP Library Granted Patent US 10,837,516
Granted Patent B2
US 10,837,516 · App. 16/313,311 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Vibration damping device

Inventors: Yoichi Harada (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Maeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,837,516
App. No.
16/313,311
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a vibration damping device ( 1, 2 ) that includes an external member ( 11, 21 ) attached to one of a vibration-generating portion and a vibration-receiving portion; a tubular member ( 40 ) attached to the other of the vibration-generating portion and the vibration-receiving portion; and an elastic body ( 30 ) which connects the external member ( 11, 21 ) and the tubular member ( 40 ). The external member ( 11, 21 ) includes a frame-like member ( 11, 21 ) having a rectangular shape when viewed from the top. In the elastic body ( 30 ), a long-side portion ( 32 a ) forming a long side of a rectangular shape when viewed from the top adheres to an inner circumferential surface of the long-side portion ( 12 a, 12 b ) of the frame-like member ( 11, 21 ), and a short-side portion ( 32 b ) forming a short side of the rectangular shape when viewed from the top comes into contact with the external member ( 11, 21 ) in a long-side direction (X) in which the long-side portion ( 12 a, 12 b ) extends when viewed from the top, in a non-adhering state.

Claims (19)

1. A vibration damping device, comprising:

an external member attached to one of a vibration-generating portion and a vibration-receiving portion;

a tubular member attached to the other of the vibration-generating portion and the vibration-receiving portion; and

an elastic body which connects the external member and the tubular member,

wherein the external member includes a frame member having a rectangular shape when viewed from a top,

the elastic body is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a rectangular shape when viewed from the top,

the tubular member is disposed inside the frame member when viewed from the top,

a central axis of the tubular member extends in a short-side direction in which a short-side portion of the frame member forming a short side of the rectangular shape when viewed from the top extends,

in the frame member, a lower end edge of a long-side portion forming a long side of the rectangular shape when viewed from the top is located on an inner side than an upper end edge of the long-side portion in the short-side direction, and

in the elastic body, a long-side portion forming a long side of the rectangular shape when viewed from the top adheres to an inner circumferential surface of the long-side portion of the frame member, and a short-side portion forming a short side of the rectangular shape when viewed from the top comes into contact with the external member in a long-side direction in which the long-side portion extends when viewed from the top, in a non-adhering state.

2. The vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein the short-side portion of the elastic body is pre-compressed in the long-side direction by the external member.

3. The vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein the external member includes an outer wall portion which is in contact with or in proximity to the short-side portion of the frame member from an outer side in the long-side direction, and

an opening portion penetrating in the long-side direction is formed in the short-side portion of the frame member,

a protruding portion protruding from the opening portion toward the outer side in the long-side direction is formed in the short-side portion of the elastic body, and

the protruding portion is pre-compressed to the outer wall portion in the long-side direction.

4. The vibration damping device according to claim 2 , wherein the external member includes an outer wall portion which is in contact with or in proximity to the short-side portion of the frame member from the outer side in the long-side direction,

an opening portion penetrating in the long-side direction is formed in the short-side portion of the frame member,

a protruding portion protruding from the opening portion toward the outer side in the long-side direction is formed in the short-side portion of the elastic body, and

the protruding portion is pre-compressed to the outer wall portion in the long-side direction.

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 Dec 26, 2018
From: HARADA, YOICHI; MAEDA, NAOKI
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047853/0368 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-132418 · Jul 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190154110A1 · May 23, 2019