IP Library Granted Patent US 8,246,020
Granted Patent B2
US 8,246,020 · App. 12/532,513 · Granted Aug 21, 2012

Damping device

Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,246,020
App. No.
12/532,513
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibration isolator includes layered rubbers interposed between a support body and a movable body, and a pair of dampers attached to the support body at one ends and to the movable body at the other ends. The layered rubbers are arranged to be spaced apart in an anterior and posterior direction and in a left and right direction, with reference to a direction in which an operator faces when seated. One of the dampers is arranged at a position corresponding to a middle of the left and right direction between the layered rubbers arranged in the left and right direction, and aligned in the anterior and posterior direction. The other one of the dampers is arranged closer to an anterior side than a middle of the anterior and posterior direction between the layered rubbers arranged in the anterior and posterior direction, and aligned in the lift and right direction.

Claims (14)

1. A vibration isolator, comprising:

elastic bodies interposed between a support body comprised in a construction machine and a movable body including a seat body for seating an operator; and

a pair of dampers attached to the support body at first ends thereof and attached to the movable body at second ends thereof;

wherein the elastic bodies are arranged to be spaced apart in an anterior and posterior direction and in a left and right direction, with reference to a direction in which the operator faces when seated, the elastic bodies being movable in the anterior and posterior direction and in the left and right direction,

wherein a first one of the dampers is arranged at a position corresponding to a middle of the left and right direction between the elastic bodies arranged in the left and right direction, the first one of the dampers being aligned in the anterior and posterior direction, and

wherein a second one of the dampers is arranged only at a position closer to an anterior side than a middle of the anterior and posterior direction between the elastic bodies arranged in the anterior and posterior direction, the second one of the dampers being aligned in the left and right direction.

2. The vibration isolator according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic bodies are interposed at at least three locations between the support body and the movable body.

3. The vibration isolator according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic bodies are interposed at at least four locations between the support body and the movable body.

4. The vibration isolator according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic bodies are layered rubbers in which rubber materials and metal panels are alternately layered.

5. The vibration isolator according to claim 1 , wherein:

the support body comprises a cab floor provided to the construction machine,

the movable body comprises the seat body arranged on the cab floor, and

the vibration isolator is arranged between the seat body and the cab floor.

6. The vibration isolator according to claim 1 , further comprising a stopper mechanism that limits a relative movement of the support body and the movable body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2009
From: NAKAMURA, SHINYA; YAMASHITA, TOSHIO; MITSUTA, SHINJI; TAMARU, MASATAKE; ITOH, HIROYUKI
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 023266/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-077947 · Mar 23, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100117275A1 · May 13, 2010