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Granted Patent B2
US 10,151,345 · App. 15/693,858 · Granted Dec 11, 2018

Center bearing bush unit for propeller shaft

Inventor: Jang Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
F16C27/06F16C27/066F16F1/3828F16F15/08F16C19/06F16C2326/06
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Patent No.
US 10,151,345
App. No.
15/693,858
Granted
Dec 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A center bearing bush unit for a propeller shaft can effectively decrease the amount of large/small displacement that occurs in the propeller shaft during driving of a vehicle. A center bearing bush unit for a propeller shaft includes an inner pipe; an outer pipe disposed on a common axis as the inner pipe at the outside of the inner pipe; a cushion rubber attached between the inner and outer pipes, and having a plurality of voids disposed on the common axis; and a plurality of stoppers attached to the outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe while being spaced apart from the cushion rubber at a predetermined interval.

Claims (12)

1. A center bearing bush unit for a propeller shaft, comprising:

an inner pipe;

an outer pipe disposed on a common axis with the inner pipe at an outside of the inner pipe;

a cushion rubber attached between the inner and outer pipes, and having a plurality of voids disposed around the common axis and the plurality of voids includes an inner void and an outer void;

an outer stopper attached to an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe while being spaced apart from the cushion rubber at a predetermined interval; and

an inner stopper attached to an inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe while being spaced apart from the cushion rubber at a predetermined interval,

wherein a first one end portion of the inner stopper is inserted into the inner void of the cushion rubber in a state in which an outer circumferential surface of the inner stopper is attached to the inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe, and a first end portion of the outer stopper is inserted into the outer void of the cushion rubber in a state in which an inner circumferential surface of the outer stopper is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe,

wherein each distal end of the outer stopper and the inner stopper is curved in a parallel direction of the common axis toward the cushion rubber to form the first end portions of the inner and outer stoppers respectively so that each first end portion of the inner and outer stoppers is inserted into the corresponding inner and outer voids, respectively, and

wherein the inner stopper and the outer stopper are configured to selectively contact the cushion rubber.

2. The center bearing bush unit of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of voids provided in the cushion rubber are formed to have an identical width.

3. The center bearing bush unit of claim 1 , wherein the inner void is disposed adjacent to an inner circumferential surface of the cushion rubber, and the outer void is disposed adjacent to an outer circumferential surface of the cushion rubber.

4. The center bearing bush unit of claim 1 , wherein the inner and outer stoppers are formed to have an identical thickness.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2018
From: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047374/0917 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2018
From: KIM, JANG HO
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044979/0036 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0158056 · Dec 31, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 14802128 · Jul 17, 2015
Division 14010388 · Aug 26, 2013
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