Antivibration device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10428892-B2
Application number	US-201815860790-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2018
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

An antivibration device is equipped with an inner sleeve having a diameter expansion portion, an outer sleeve, an antivibration base body, and an annular stopper. The stopper is equipped with a first portion where a first distance from the center of the attaching hole to an inner peripheral surface of the attaching hole is set to be smaller than a maximum value of an outer radius of the diameter expansion portion, and a second portion where a second distance from the center to the inner peripheral surface of the attaching hole is set to be larger than the first distance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An antivibration device comprising:
an inner sleeve having a first end and a second end in an axial direction and having a diameter expansion portion being annular in a radial section, the diameter expansion portion being expanded in diameter toward the first end at an outer peripheral surface on the first end side;
an outer sleeve disposed on an outer peripheral side of the inner sleeve;
an antivibration base body constituted by a rubber-like elastic body and coupling an outer peripheral surface of the inner sleeve to an inner peripheral surface of the outer sleeve; and
an annular stopper being flexurally deformable and having at its center an attaching hole into which the first end side of the inner sleeve is inserted;
wherein the stopper is equipped with:
a first portion where a first distance from the center of the attaching hole to an inner peripheral surface of the attaching hole is set to be smaller than a maximum value of an outer radius of the diameter expansion portion; and
a second portion where a second distance from the center to the inner peripheral surface of the attaching hole is set to be larger than the first distance,
wherein the second distance is larger than the maximum value of an outer radius of the diameter expansion portion.

2. The antivibration device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the attaching hole is equipped with a plurality of slits which are provided to extend in directions away from the center and which divides an inner peripheral side of the stopper in a circumferential direction;
the first portion includes regions between the slits; and
the second portion is a region being on a side remote from the center beyond the slits.

3. An antivibration device comprising:
an inner sleeve having a first end and a second end in an axial direction and having a diameter expansion portion being annular in a radial section, the diameter expansion portion being expanded in diameter toward the first end at an outer peripheral surface on the first end side;
an outer sleeve disposed on an outer peripheral side of the inner sleeve;
an antivibration base body constituted by a rubber-like elastic body and coupling an outer peripheral surface of the inner sleeve to an inner peripheral surface of the outer sleeve; and
an annular stopper being flexurally deformable and having at its center an attaching hole into which the first end side of the inner sleeve is inserted;
wherein the stopper is equipped with:
a first portion where a first distance from the center of the attaching hole to an inner peripheral surface of the attaching hole is set to be smaller than a maximum value of an outer radius of the diameter expansion portion; and
a second portion where a second distance from the center to the inner peripheral surface of the attaching hole is set to be larger than the first distance,
wherein the stopper is equipped with a circumferential groove portion which is provided to be recessed on at least one of a first end surface on the first end side and a second end surface of the second end side and to extend in the circumferential direction.

4. The antivibration device according to claim 3 , wherein the circumferential groove portion includes a first circumferential groove portion which is provided on the second end surface and which faces an axial end portion on the first end side of the outer sleeve in the axial direction of the outer sleeve.

5. The antivibration device according to claim 3 , wherein the circumferential groove portion includes a second circumferential groove portion which is provided on the second end surface and which is on a radially outer side than the outer sleeve.

6. The antivibration device according to claim 3 , wherein the circumferential groove portion is provided on the first end surface and the second end surface at the same position.

7. The antivibration device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the circumferential groove portion is provided on the second end surface;
the stopper is equipped with a protruding portion protruding from the first end surface; and
the protruding portion is disposed to be shifted in the radial direction relative to the circumferential groove portion.

8. The antivibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopper is equipped with a radial groove portion which is provided to be recessed on at least one of the first end surface on the first end side and the second end surface on the second end side and to extend in a direction away from the center.

9. The antivibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the antivibration base body is non-adherent to the diameter expansion portion.

10. The antivibration device according to claim 1 , further comprising an annular flange radially protruding from an axial end on the second end side of the outer sleeve; wherein:
the diameter expansion portion has an outer radius whose maximum value is set to be smaller than an outer radius of the outer sleeve; and
the stopper has an outer peripheral surface whose maximum value of a distance from the center is set to be larger than an outer radius of the outer sleeve.

11. The antivibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the attaching hole is formed in an elliptic shape.

12. The antivibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the attaching hole takes a quadrilateral shape with each side curved convexly toward a facing side.

13. The antivibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the attaching hole is formed in a rectangular shape.

Assignees

• Toyo Tire & Rubber Co
• Toyo Tire Corp

Inventors

• Oniwa Tatsuya
• Koba Hiroto

Classifications

• F16F1/3842 Primary

  Method of assembly, production or treatment; Mounting thereof (supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing F16L3/00) · CPC title

• F16F2230/02

  Surface features, e.g. notches or protuberances · CPC title

• F16F1/3828 Primary

  End stop features or buffering (F16F1/3807 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16F1/38

  with a sleeve of elastic material between a rigid outer sleeve and a rigid inner sleeve or pin {, i.e. bushing-type (hydraulically-damped bushes F16F13/14; suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of elastomeric spring members between rotating elements, driveline torque being transmitted therebetween F16F15/126, by making use of a dynamic damping mass attached to a rotating element by means of elastomeric springs F16F15/14; pivots per se F16C11/00; elastic or yielding bearings or bearing supports F16C27/00; parts of sliding-contact bearings, e.g. bushes F16C33/04)} · CPC title

• F16F15/08

  with rubber springs {(grommet- or bushing-type resilient mountings F16F1/3732, F16F1/38); with springs made of rubber and metal (arrangement of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units B60K5/12; mounting of propulsion plants on vessels B63H21/30; mounting of vehicle drivers' cabs B62D33/0604)} · CPC title