Tubular vibration-damping device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10465762-B2
Application number	US-201815896425-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2018
Priority date	May 12, 2017
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A tubular vibration-damping device including: a vibration-damping device main unit wherein a main rubber elastic body is externally fixed to an inner shaft member; an outer tube member mounted on an outer peripheral face of the main unit; a pair of stopper protrusions protruding to opposite sides of a first axis-perpendicular direction at the inner shaft member; a cushion rubber layer fixed to the stopper protrusions; a stopper concavity provided in an inner peripheral face of the outer tube member to receive the stopper protrusions being inserted, with a wall opposed to the stopper protrusions in an axial direction, the first axis-perpendicular direction, and a second axis-perpendicular direction orthogonal thereto; and stoppers for all the directions constituted by contact of the wall and the stopper protrusions to limit relative displacement between the inner shaft member and the outer tube member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tubular vibration-damping device comprising:
a vibration-damper device main unit having an inner shaft member and a main rubber elastic body fixed to an outer peripheral face of the inner shaft member;
a tubular outer tube member mounted on an outer peripheral face of the vibration-damper device main unit;
a pair of stopper protrusions protruding to opposite sides of a first axis-perpendicular direction which is perpendicular to an axial direction of the inner shaft member at an axially middle portion of the inner shaft member;
a cushion rubber layer formed integrally with the main rubber elastic body and fixed to faces of the pair of stopper protrusions;
a pair of stopper concavities provided at opposite sides in the first axis-perpendicular direction and that opens in an inner peripheral face of the outer tube member so as to open radially inwardly in the first axis-perpendicular direction, and the pair of stopper concavities receives protruding end parts of the pair of stopper protrusions that are inserted respectively in the pair of stopper concavities, each of the pair of stopper concavities having a wall including an axial direction stopper receiving part, a first axis-perpendicular direction stopper receiving part, and a second axis-perpendicular direction stopper receiving part that are opposed to and spaced away from a respective stopper protrusion of the pair of stopper protrusions in each of the axial direction, the first axis-perpendicular direction, and a second axis-perpendicular direction orthogonal to the axial direction and the first axis-perpendicular direction; and
an axial direction stopper, a first axis-perpendicular direction stopper, and a second axis-perpendicular direction stopper being constituted by contact of the axial direction stopper receiving part, the first axis-perpendicular direction stopper receiving part, and the second axis-perpendicular direction stopper receiving part of each of the pair of stopper concavities and the pair of stopper protrusions respectively, such that the axial direction stopper, the first axis-perpendicular direction stopper, and the second axis-perpendicular direction stopper limit a relative displacement amount between the inner shaft member and the outer tube member.

2. The tubular vibration-damping device according to claim 1 , wherein a pair of fixation protrusions is provided at the axially middle portion of the inner shaft member while protruding to opposite sides of the second axis-perpendicular direction, and the main rubber elastic body is fixed to the pair of fixation protrusions.

3. The tubular vibration-damping device according to claim 2 , wherein the pair of fixation protrusions and the pair of stopper protrusions are integrally formed as a separate member from the inner shaft member, and the pair of fixation protrusions and the pair of stopper protrusions are firmly provided at the inner shaft member.

4. The tubular vibration-damping device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one medium member is disposed separately from the inner shaft member on an outer peripheral side thereof, and the inner shaft member and the at least one medium member are elastically connected to each other by the main rubber elastic body so that the inner shaft member, the at least one medium member, and the main rubber elastic body constitute the vibration-damper device main unit, and the at least one medium member is fitted to the inner peripheral face of the outer tube member so that the outer tube member is mounted to the outer peripheral face of the vibration-damper device main unit.

5. The tubular vibration-damping device according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one medium member comprises a pair of medium members, and the pair of medium members is disposed separately on opposite sides of the inner shaft member in the second axis-perpendicular direction, and the inner shaft member and the pair of medium members are elastically connected to one another by the main rubber elastic body, and the pair of medium members is fitted to the inner peripheral face of the outer tube member.

6. The tubular vibration-damping device according to claim 1 , wherein the main rubber elastic body has a recess opening to an outer periphery at each side of the second axis-perpendicular direction, and an inner face of the recess constituted by the main rubber elastic body is a free surface.

7. The tubular vibration-damping device according to claim 1 , wherein the outer tube member includes a pair of division structures mounted to the vibration-damper device main unit from the opposite sides of the first axis-perpendicular direction.

8. The tubular vibration-damping device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pair of stopper protrusions includes a substantially rectangular shape having a length disposed along the axial direction that is larger than a width that is disposed along either the first axis-perpendicular direction or the second axis-perpendicular direction.

9. A tubular vibration-damping device comprising:
a vibration-damper device main unit having an inner shaft member and a main rubber elastic body fixed to an outer peripheral face of the inner shaft member;
a tubular outer tube member mounted on an outer peripheral face of the vibration-damper device main unit;
a pair of stopper protrusions protruding to opposite sides of a first axis-perpendicular direction at an axially middle portion of the inner shaft member;
a cushion rubber layer formed integrally with the main rubber elastic body and fixed to faces of the pair of stopper protrusions;
a pair of stopper concavities provided in an inner peripheral face of the outer tube member such that the pair of stopper concavities receives the pair of stopper protrusions that are inserted respectively in the pair of stopper concavities, each of the pair of stopper concavities having a wall opposed to a respective stopper protrusion of the pair of stopper protrusions in each of an axial direction, the first axis-perpendicular direction, and a second axis-perpendicular direction orthogonal to the first axis-perpendicular direction; and
an axial direction stopper, a first axis-perpendicular direction stopper, and a second axis-perpendicular direction stopper being constituted by contact of the wall of each of the pair of stopper concavities and the pair of stopper protrusions respectively, such that the axial direction stopper, the first axis-perpendicular direction stopper, and the second axis-perpendicular direction stopper limit a relative displacement amount between the inner shaft member and the outer tube member,
wherein the main rubber elastic body has a recess opening to an outer periphery at each side of the second axis-perpendicular direction, and an inner face of the recess constituted by the main rubber elastic body is a free surface, and
wherein a communication passage is formed in the main rubber elastic body such that the communication passage opens the recess to an atmosphere.

10. A tubular vibration-damping device, comprising:
a vibration-damper device main unit having an inner shaft member and a main rubber elastic body fixed to an outer peripheral face of the inner shaft member;
a tubular outer tube member mounted on an outer peripheral face of the vibration-damper device main unit;
a pair of stopper protrusions protruding to opposite sides of a first axis-perpendicular direction at an axially middle portion of the inner shaft member;
a cushion rubber layer formed integrally with the main rubber elastic body and fixed to faces of the pair of stopper protrusions;
a pair of stopper concavities provided in an inner peripheral face of the outer tube member such that the pair of st

Assignees

• Sumitomo Riko Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishi Naoki
• Ishigaki Yuuki

Classifications

• B60K5/1283

  Adjustable supports, e.g. the mounting or the characteristics being adjustable · CPC title

• B60K5/1291

  Supports comprising stoppers · CPC title

• B60Y2306/09

  Reducing noise · CPC title

• F16F1/3828

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

• F16F1/3835 Primary

  characterised by the sleeve of elastic material, e.g. having indentations or made of materials of different hardness (F16F1/3807, F16F1/387 take precedence) · CPC title