IP Library Granted Patent US 11,408,479
Granted Patent B2
US 11,408,479 · App. 16/758,045 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Anti-vibration device

Inventors: Tadashi Onishi (Tokyo, JP); Yukiko Abe (Tokyo, JP); Kenichirou Iwasaki (Tokyo, JP); Masato Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP); Kei Yasui (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
F16F3/093F16F15/08B60K5/1208F16F2224/02F16F2224/0208
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Patent No.
US 11,408,479
App. No.
16/758,045
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A anti-vibration device ( 1 ) includes a bracket ( 4 ) made of a synthetic resin and cylindrical metal fittings for fastening ( 5 ), where the bracket ( 4 ) and the metal fittings for fastening ( 5 ) are integrally formed. A vibration input position (P) is a position that does not coincide with a virtual line (L 1 ) passing through central axes (O 5 ) of a through holes ( 5 h ) of two metal fittings for fastening ( 5 ) in a planar view; the metal fitting for fastening ( 5 ) has a flange portion ( 51 ); and the flange portion 51 has a first outermost peripheral edge ( 51 a ) and a second outermost peripheral edge ( 51 b ), where a length (L 51 a ) to the first outermost peripheral edge ( 51 a ) is longer than a length (L 51 b ) to the second outermost peripheral edge ( 51 b ) based on the center axis (O 5 ) of the through hole ( 5 h ).

Claims (42)

1. An anti-vibration device, comprising

an attachment member that can be attached to one side of a vibration generating side and a vibration transmitting side,

an elastic member,

a bracket that is made of a synthetic resin and is connected to the attachment member via the elastic member, and

at least two metal fittings for fastening that have a through hole for fastening the bracket to the other side of the vibration generating side and the vibration transmitting side, wherein

the bracket and the metal fittings for fastening are integrally formed;

a vibration input position is a position that does not coincide with a virtual line passing through central axes of the through holes of two of the metal fittings for fastening in a planar view of the anti-vibration device;

the metal fitting for fastening has a flange portion on an edge side close to the vibration input position in a direction along the central axis of the through hole; and

in the planar view,

the flange portion has a first outermost peripheral edge and a second outermost peripheral edge, where the first outermost peripheral edge is positioned on a side of the vibration input position in a direction orthogonal to the virtual line, and the second outermost peripheral edge is positioned on the opposite side of the first outermost peripheral edge across the through hole and at a position that is farthest from the vibration input position in the direction orthogonal to the virtual line, and

a length in the direction orthogonal to the virtual line from the central axis of the through hole of the metal fitting for fastening to the first outermost peripheral edge is longer than a length in the direction orthogonal to the virtual line from the central axis of the through hole of the metal fitting for fastening to the second outermost peripheral edge.

2. The anti-vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the planar view, the flange portion has an outline shape which is an elongated shape where a length in a direction along the direction orthogonal to the virtual line is longer than a length in a direction along the virtual line.

3. The anti-vibration device according to claim 2 , wherein, in the planar view, the outline shape of the flange portion is an elliptical shape.

4. The anti-vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein

the metal fitting for fastening has another flange portion on an edge side far from the vibration input position that is on the opposite side of the edge close to the vibration input position in the direction along the central axis of the through hole; and

in the planar view,

the other flange portion has a third outermost peripheral edge and a fourth outermost peripheral edge, where the third outermost peripheral edge is positioned outside in an extending direction of the virtual line, and the fourth outermost peripheral edge is positioned inside in the extending direction of the virtual line on the opposite side of the third outermost peripheral edge across the through hole, and

a length in the extending direction of the virtual line from the central axis of the through hole of the metal fitting for fastening to the third outermost peripheral edge is longer than a length in the extending direction of the virtual line from the central axis of the through hole of the metal fitting for fastening to the fourth outermost peripheral edge.

5. The anti-vibration device according to claim 4 , wherein, in the planar view, the other flange portion has an outline shape which is an elongated shape where a length in a direction along the virtual line is longer than a length in a direction along the direction orthogonal to the virtual line.

6. The anti-vibration device according to claim 5 , wherein, in the planar view, the outline shape of the other flange portion is an elliptical shape.

7. The anti-vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two metal fittings for fastening are three metal fittings for fastening, the virtual line passes through the central axes of the through holes of two of the metal fittings for fastening, and the remaining one metal fitting for fastening is arranged at a position on the opposite side of the vibration input position across the virtual line in the planar view.

8. The anti-vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment member is a cylindrical member extending in a direction along the virtual line.

9. The anti-vibration device according to claim 2 , wherein

the metal fitting for fastening has another flange portion on an edge side far from the vibration input position that is on the opposite side of the edge close to the vibration input position in the direction along the central axis of the through hole; and

in the planar view,

the other flange portion has a third outermost peripheral edge and a fourth outermost peripheral edge, where the third outermost peripheral edge is positioned outside in an extending direction of the virtual line, and the fourth outermost peripheral edge is positioned inside in the extending direction of the virtual line on the opposite side of the third outermost peripheral edge across the through hole, and

a length in the extending direction of the virtual line from the central axis of the through hole of the metal fitting for fastening to the third outermost peripheral edge is longer than a length in the extending direction of the virtual line from the central axis of the through hole of the metal fitting for fastening to the fourth outermost peripheral edge.

10. The anti-vibration device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least two metal fittings for fastening are three metal fittings for fastening, the virtual line passes through the central axes of the through holes of two of the metal fittings for fastening, and the remaining one metal fitting for fastening is arranged at a position on the opposite side of the vibration input position across the virtual line in the planar view.

11. The anti-vibration device according to claim 2 , wherein the attachment member is a cylindrical member extending in a direction along the virtual line.

12. The anti-vibration device according to claim 4 , wherein the at least two metal fittings for fastening are three metal fittings for fastening, the virtual line passes through the central axes of the through holes of two of the metal fittings for fastening, and the remaining one metal fitting for fastening is arranged at a position on the opposite side of the vibration input position across the virtual line in the planar view.

13. The anti-vibration device according to claim 4 , wherein the attachment member is a cylindrical member extending in a direction along the virtual line.

14. The anti-vibration device according to claim 7 , wherein the attachment member is a cylindrical member extending in a direction along the virtual line.

15. The anti-vibration device according to claim 3 , wherein

the metal fitting for fastening has another flange portion on an edge side far from the vibration input position that is on the opposite side of the edge close to the vibration input position in the direction along the central axis of the through hole; and

in the planar view,

the other flange portion has a third outermost peripheral edge and a fourth outermost peripheral edge, where the third outermost peripheral edge is positioned outside in an extending direction of the virtual line, and the fourth outermost peripheral edge is positioned inside in the extending direction of the virtual line on the opposite side of the third outermost peripheral edge across the through hole, and

a length in the extending direction of the virtual line from the central axis of the through hole of the metal fitting for fastening to the third outermost peripheral edge is longer than a length in the extending direction of the virtual line from the central axis of the through hole of the metal fitting for fastening to the fourth outermost peripheral edge.

16. The anti-vibration device according to claim 3 , wherein the at least two metal fittings for fastening are three metal fittings for fastening, the virtual line passes through the central axes of the through holes of two of the metal fittings for fastening, and the remaining one metal fitting for fastening is arranged at a position on the opposite side of the vibration input position across the virtual line in the planar view.

17. The anti-vibration device according to claim 3 , wherein the attachment member is a cylindrical member extending in a direction along the virtual line.

18. The anti-vibration device according to claim 9 , wherein, in the planar view, the other flange portion has an outline shape which is an elongated shape where a length in a direction along the virtual line is longer than a length in a direction along the direction orthogonal to the virtual line.

19. The anti-vibration device according to claim 9 , wherein the at least two metal fittings for fastening are three metal fittings for fastening, the virtual line passes through the central axes of the through holes of two of the metal fittings for fastening, and the remaining one metal fitting for fastening is arranged at a position on the opposite side of the vibration input position across the virtual line in the planar view.

20. The anti-vibration device according to claim 9 , wherein the attachment member is a cylindrical member extending in a direction along the virtual line.

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 Apr 22, 2020
From: ONISHI, TADASHI; ABE, YUKIKO; IWASAKI, KENICHIROU; KOBAYASHI, MASATO; YASUI, KEI
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052458/0777 →