Hydro bushing
A hydro bushing includes a main body configured for absorbing shocks using a sealed fluid; a side stopper including a shock absorber and having a hollow cylindrical structure; and a housing fixing the side stopper and the main body, wherein the main body and the side stopper are separable from each other.
1 . A hydro bushing comprising:
a main body configured for absorbing shocks using a sealed fluid;
a side stopper including a shock absorber and having a hollow cylindrical structure; and
a housing fixing the side stopper and the main body,
wherein the main body and the side stopper are separable from each other,
wherein the main body includes:
a hollow cylindrical internal pipe including an anti-vibration unit configured for absorbing vibrations;
an external pipe surrounding the internal pipe and sealing the fluid in an internal space formed with an external surface of the internal pipe; and
a middle pipe forming a movement path of the fluid therein,
wherein the middle pipe is in an internal contact with the internal pipe, and is in an external contact with the external pipe.
2 . The hydro bushing of claim 1 ,
wherein the side stopper includes an upper plate and a lower plate,
wherein the shock absorber is disposed and coupled between the upper plate and the lower plate, and
wherein the upper plate, the lower plate, and the shock absorber form an internal hole.
3 . The hydro bushing of claim 2 , wherein an upper surface of the lower plate is coupled to the shock absorber at a predetermined interval from an external circumference thereof.
4 . The hydro bushing of claim 2 ,
wherein the internal pipe of the main body is formed to protrude to one side thereof, and
wherein a protrusion of the internal pipe is inserted into the internal hole of the side stopper.
5 . The hydro bushing of claim 4 , wherein the internal pipe protrudes as long as a sum of a thickness of the lower plate of the side stopper and a thickness of the shock absorber.
6 . The hydro bushing of claim 4 , wherein the internal hole of at least one of the upper plate, the lower plate, or the shock absorber includes a diameter, different from a diameter of a remaining internal hole.
7 . The hydro bushing of claim 4 , wherein a diameter of the internal hole formed in the lower plate and the shock absorber is at least wider than an external diameter of the internal pipe.
8 . The hydro bushing of claim 7 , wherein the diameter of the internal hole formed in the upper plate is narrower than the external diameter of the internal pipe.
9 . The hydro bushing of claim 2 , wherein the upper plate further includes a first protrusion protruding toward the shock absorber on a portion of a lower surface in the upper plate.
10 . The hydro bushing of claim 9 , wherein an internal circumference and an external circumference in the upper plate have a same thickness, and in a section of the upper plate between the internal circumference and the external circumference, the upper plate protrudes downwardly from the lower surface thereof joined to the shock absorber, to have a thickness thicker than a remaining portion of the upper plate.
11 . The hydro bushing of claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes a curled portion bent in a “U” shape surrounding a surface of an external circumference of a lower plate of the side stopper.
12 . The hydro bushing of claim 1 ,
wherein the middle pipe forms an upper swaging and a lower swaging, bent outward, on first and second end portions of the middle pipe in a longitudinal direction of the middle pipe, and
wherein the upper swaging and the lower swaging are in an internal contact with the external pipe.
13 . The hydro bushing of claim 1 , wherein the middle pipe further includes an auxiliary stopper protruding onto an opposite side of the side stopper.
14 . The hydro bushing of claim 13 , wherein the auxiliary stopper further includes a second protrusion.
15 . The hydro bushing of claim 14 , wherein the second protrusion includes an embossment.
16 . The hydro bushing of claim 1 , further including a movement limiting unit provided between the anti-vibration unit and the internal pipe, to support the internal pipe in a liquid chamber of the anti-vibration unit.
17 . The hydro bushing of claim 1 , wherein the anti-vibration unit of the main body and the shock absorber of the side stopper are formed of different materials.