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US 12,486,882 · App. 18/247,745 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Anti-vibration device

Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Prospira Corporation
F16F13/107B60K5/1208
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Patent No.
US 12,486,882
App. No.
18/247,745
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A partition member includes a first orifice passage extending from a main liquid chamber to the side of a sub-liquid chamber, and a second orifice passage extending from the sub-liquid chamber to the side of the main liquid chamber and connected to the first orifice passage. The first orifice passage extends from the main liquid chamber to one side in a circumferential direction. The second orifice passage extends from a connection portion with the first orifice passage to the other side in the circumferential direction. In the partition member, a short passage directly connecting the connection portion between the first orifice passage and the second orifice passage and the sub-liquid chamber is formed.

Claims (15)

1 . An anti-vibration device comprising:

a cylindrical first attachment member connected to one of a vibration generator and a vibration receiver, and a second attachment member connected to the other;

an elastic body connecting the first attachment member and the second attachment member; and

a partition member partitioning a liquid chamber in the first attachment member into a main liquid chamber and a sub-liquid chamber, the main liquid chamber having the elastic body as a part of a partition wall,

wherein

the partition member comprises:

a first orifice passage extending from the main liquid chamber to a side of the sub-liquid chamber; and

a second orifice passage extending from the sub-liquid chamber to a side of the main liquid chamber and connected to the first orifice passage in a radial direction,

the first orifice passage extends from the main liquid chamber to one side in a circumferential direction along a central axis of the first attachment member,

the second orifice passage extends from a connection portion with the first orifice passage to the other side in the circumferential direction, and

in the partition member, a short passage directly connecting the connection portion between the first orifice passage and the second orifice passage and the sub-liquid chamber is formed,

wherein a flow path cross-sectional area of the short passage is smaller than a flow path cross-sectional area of the connection portion between the first orifice passage and the second orifice passage,

wherein the partition member forms a part of a partition wall of each of the main liquid chamber and the sub-liquid chamber, and has a membrane provided to be elastically deformable and

wherein the short passage is open in the radial direction to a portion of the sub-liquid chamber, the portion being surrounded by the first orifice passage and the second orifice passage and being opposite the membrane and

wherein the connection portion between the first orifice passage and the second orifice passage is arranged outside the membrane in the radial direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2023
From: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
To: PROSPIRA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063267/0259 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2023
From: KOJIMA, HIROSHI
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063211/0970 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-170269 · Oct 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230358293A1 · Nov 9, 2023
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