Vibration isolation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10088010-B2
Application number	US-201515302694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2015
Priority date	Apr 24, 2014
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A vibration isolation device ( 10 ) of the present invention includes a tubular first attachment member ( 11 ) coupled to one of a vibration generating part and a vibration receiving part, and a second attachment member ( 12 ) coupled to the other thereof, an elastic body ( 13 ) which couples both the attachment members together, and a partition member ( 16 ) which partitions a liquid chamber within the first attachment member ( 11 ) having a liquid (L) enclosed therein into a first liquid chamber ( 14 ) and a second liquid chamber ( 15 ), in which at least one of the first liquid chamber ( 14 ) and the second liquid chamber ( 15 ) has the elastic body ( 13 ) as a portion of a wall surface thereof, the partition member ( 16 ) includes an intermediate chamber ( 43 ) which is disposed inside the partition member ( 16 ), a first communication passage ( 42 a ) which communicates with the intermediate chamber ( 43 ) and the first liquid chamber ( 14 ), and a second communication passage ( 42 b ) which communicates with the intermediate chamber ( 43 ) and the second liquid chamber ( 15 ), and a barrier rigid body ( 33 ) which faces at least one of the first communication passage ( 42 a ) and the second communication passage ( 42 b ) is disposed inside the intermediate chamber ( 43 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vibration isolation device, comprising:
a tubular first attachment member coupled to one of a vibration generating part and a vibration receiving part, and a second attachment member coupled to the other thereof;
an elastic body which couples both the attachment members together; and
a partition member which partitions a liquid chamber within the first attachment member having a liquid enclosed therein into a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber,
wherein at least one of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber has the elastic body as a portion of a wall surface thereof,
wherein the partition member includes an intermediate chamber which is disposed inside the partition member, a first communication passage which communicates with the intermediate chamber and the first liquid chamber, and a second communication passage which communicates with the intermediate chamber and the second liquid chamber,
wherein a barrier rigid body which faces at least one of the first communication passage and the second communication passage is disposed inside the intermediate chamber,
wherein the barrier rigid body has rigidity such that the barrier rigid body is not deformed when being subjected to the flow of the liquid, and
wherein the first communication passage, the second communication passage, and the barrier rigid body are coaxially aligned with a flow passage axis, the flow passage axis extending in parallel with an axis of the first attachment member.

2. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first communication passage and the second communication passage face each other in a state where the intermediate chamber is interposed therebetween, and
wherein the barrier rigid body is interposed between the first communication passage and the second communication passage inside the intermediate chamber.

3. The vibration isolation device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the partition member includes a limit passage which is provided independently from the intermediate chamber, the first communication passage, and the second communication passage, and communicates with the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber.

4. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the partition member includes a limit passage which is provided independently from the intermediate chamber, the first communication passage, and the second communication passage, and communicates with the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber.

5. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, at the first communication passage, a path of the flow of the liquid is a single path,
wherein, at the intermediate chamber, a path of the flow of the liquid is divided into a plurality of paths by the barrier rigid body, and
wherein, at the second communication passage, a path of the flow of the liquid is a single path.

6. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the partition member includes a plurality of sets of the intermediate chamber in a circular manner around an axis of the first attachment member.

7. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, at a first outer peripheral surface of the barrier rigid body in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the first attachment member, the barrier rigid body is partly connected with the partition member with a bridge part,
wherein, at a second outer peripheral surface of the barrier rigid body in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the first attachment member, a gap between the barrier rigid body and the partition member is provided to allow the liquid to flow between the first communication passage and the second communication passage.

8. The vibration isolation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a flow passage axis is a common axis of the first communication passage, the second communication passage, and the intermediate chamber, and
wherein the barrier rigid body is disposed on the flow passage axis and between the first communication passage and the second communication passage.

9. A vibration isolation device, comprising:
a tubular first attachment member coupled to one of a vibration generating part and a vibration receiving part, and a second attachment member coupled to the other thereof;
an elastic body which couples both the attachment members together; and
a partition member which partitions a liquid chamber within the first attachment member having a liquid enclosed therein into a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber,
wherein at least one of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber has the elastic body as a portion of a wall surface thereof,
wherein the partition member includes an intermediate chamber which is disposed inside the partition member, a first communication passage which communicates with the intermediate chamber and the first liquid chamber, and a second communication passage which communicates with the intermediate chamber and the second liquid chamber, and
wherein a barrier rigid body which faces at least one of the first communication passage and the second communication passage is disposed inside the intermediate chamber,
wherein the barrier rigid body has rigidity such that the barrier rigid body is not deformed when being subjected to the flow of the liquid,
wherein, at the first communication passage, a path of the liquid is a single path,
wherein, at the intermediate chamber, a path of the liquid is divided into a plurality of sub-paths by the barrier rigid body, and
wherein, at the second communication passage, a path of the liquid is a single path.

10. The vibration isolation device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first communication passage and the second communication passage face each other in a state where the intermediate chamber is interposed therebetween, and
wherein the barrier rigid body is interposed between the first communication passage and the second communication passage inside the intermediate chamber.

11. The vibration isolation device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the partition member includes a limit passage which is provided independently from the intermediate chamber, the first communication passage, and the second communication passage, and communicates with the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber.

12. The vibration isolation device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the partition member includes a plurality of sets of the intermediate chamber in a circular manner around an axis of the first attachment member.

13. The vibration isolation device according to claim 9 ,
wherein, at a first outer peripheral surface of the barrier rigid body in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the first attachment member, the barrier rigid body is partly connected with the partition member with a bridge part,
wherein, at a second outer peripheral surface of the barrier rigid body in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the first attachment member, a gap between the barrier rigid body and the partition member is partly provided to allow the liquid to flow between the first communication passage and the second communication passage.

14. The vibration isolation device according to claim 9 ,
wherein a flow passage axis is a common axis of the first communication passage, the second communication passage, and the intermediate chamber, and
wherein the barrier rigid body is disposed on the flow passage axis and between the first communication passage and the second communication passage.

15. A vibration isolation devic

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Ueki Akira

Classifications

• B60K5/1208

  Resilient supports (B60K5/1241 - B60K5/1291 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F13/105

  characterised by features of partitions between two working chambers · CPC title

• F16F13/10

  the wall being at least in part formed by a flexible membrane or the like (F16F13/14 - F16F13/18 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F13/107 Primary

  Passage design between working chambers · CPC title