IP Library Granted Patent US 11,959,527
Granted Patent B2
US 11,959,527 · App. 17/050,868 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Vibration isolator

Inventors: Yuki Satake (Tokyo, JP); Rei Mikoshiba (Tokyo, JP); Akira Ueki (Tokyo, JP); Yasuyuki Nagashima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Prospira Corporation
F16F13/107B60K5/1208F16F2228/007F16F2232/08
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Patent No.
US 11,959,527
App. No.
17/050,868
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a vibration isolator of the present invention, an orifice passage ( 24 ) configured to allow a main liquid chamber ( 14 ) and an auxiliary liquid chamber ( 15 ) to communicate with each other, a plurality of first communication holes ( 42 a ) configured to allow the main liquid chamber and an accommodation chamber ( 42 ) to communicate with each other, and a second communication hole ( 42 b ) configured to allow the auxiliary liquid chamber and the accommodation chamber to communicate with each other are formed in a partition member ( 16 ), a tubular member ( 21 ) that protrudes in an axial direction toward an elastic body is formed on a first wall surface ( 16 b ) of the partition member in which the first communication holes are opened and which constitutes part of an inner surface of the main liquid chamber, and the plurality of first communication holes are opened in both of an inner portion ( 16 f ) of the first wall surface positioned inside the tubular member and an outer portion ( 16 g ) of the first wall surface positioned outside the tubular member.

Claims (15)

1. A vibration isolator comprising:

a tubular first mounting member connected to one of a vibration generating unit and a vibration receiving unit and a second mounting member connected to the other thereof,

an elastic body elastically connecting the first and second mounting members to each other;

a partition member which partitions a liquid chamber in the first mounting member, in which liquid is sealed, into a main liquid chamber having the elastic body as part of a partition wall thereof and an auxiliary liquid chamber, the main liquid chamber and the auxiliary liquid chamber being disposed in an axial direction along a central axis of the first mounting member; and

a movable member accommodated in an accommodation chamber provided in the partition member so as to be deformable or displaceable,

wherein an orifice passage, a plurality of first communication holes, and a second communication hole are formed in the partition member, the orifice passage being configured to allow the main liquid chamber and the auxiliary liquid chamber to communicate with each other, the plurality of first communication holes being configured to allow the main liquid chamber and the accommodation chamber to communicate with each other, and the second communication hole being configured to allow the auxiliary liquid chamber and the accommodation chamber to communicate with each other,

a tubular member that protrudes in the axial direction toward the elastic body is formed on a first wall surface of the partition member in which the first communication holes are opened, the first wall surface constituting part of an inner surface of the main liquid chamber, and

the plurality of first communication holes are opened in both of an inner portion of the first wall surface positioned inside the tubular member and an outer portion of the first wall surface positioned outside the tubular member.

2. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the tubular member in the axial direction is equal to or larger than 20% of a maximum height of the main liquid chamber in the axial direction.

3. The vibration isolation device according to claim 2 , wherein an inner diameter of the tubular member is equal to or larger than half of a maximum inner diameter of the main liquid chamber.

4. The vibration isolation device according to claim 3 , wherein a diameter of the tubular member gradually decreases as it goes in the axial direction from the first wall surface side toward the elastic body side.

5. The vibration isolation device according to claim 2 , wherein a diameter of the tubular member gradually decreases as it goes in the axial direction from the first wall surface side toward the elastic body side.

6. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of the tubular member is equal to or larger than half of a maximum inner diameter of the main liquid chamber.

7. The vibration isolation device according to claim 6 , wherein a diameter of the tubular member gradually decreases as it goes in the axial direction from the first wall surface side toward the elastic body side.

8. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the tubular member gradually decreases as it goes in the axial direction from the first wall surface side toward the elastic body side.

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 Oct 27, 2020
From: SATAKE, YUKI; MIKOSHIBA, REI; UEKI, AKIRA; NAGASHIMA, YASUYUKI
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054179/0864 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-091483 · May 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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