Suspension device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10532622-B2
Application number	US-201615562413-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

A rubber sheet includes: a main body formed into an arc shape or an annular shape; a seating portion formed into a groove shape at the main body, a coil spring being configured to be seated on the seating portion; and a deformation restricting portion formed to project outside in a radial direction from an outer periphery of the main body at a position, on which a terminal portion of the coil spring is seated, of the main body, the deformation restricting portion being configured to restrict deformation of the main body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A suspension device, comprising:
a shock absorber disposed between a vehicle body and a wheel;
an upper mount mounted on a distal end of a rod of the shock absorber;
a spring guide mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the shock absorber;
a coil spring disposed between the upper mount and the spring guide, the coil spring elastically supporting the vehicle body; and
a rubber sheet disposed between the coil spring and the spring guide, the rubber sheet being formed into an arc shape, wherein
the spring guide has an arc groove,
the rubber sheet includes:
a main body;
a seating portion formed into a groove shape at the main body, the coil spring being configured to be seated on the seating portion; and
a deformation restricting portion formed to project outside in a radial direction from an outer periphery of the main body at a position, on which a terminal portion of the coil spring is seated, of the main body, the deformation restricting portion being configured to restrict deformation of the main body, and

the main body has an arc shape and has end portions of the main body in a circumferential direction of the rubber sheet are positioned at end portions of the arc groove, and the deformation restricting portion is fitted to a bottom surface of the arc groove as abutting on the arc groove,
the coil spring is supported to the rubber sheet such that the terminal portion of the coil spring is positioned at one of the end portions of the main body, and
the arc groove has a depth that is decreased toward the end portions of the arc groove in the circumferential direction.

2. The suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the deformation restricting portion is formed at one of the end portions of the main body.

3. The suspension device according to claim 1 , the rubber sheet further comprising:
lips formed to project from respective side surfaces of an inner periphery and the outer periphery of the main body in the radial direction, the lips abutting on the spring guide to prevent a foreign matter from invading between the main body and the spring guide.

4. The suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal portion of the coil spring is positioned inside the vehicle body.

5. The suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the deformation restricting portion is formed only in a part of the main body in the circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Kyb Corp
• Honda Motor Co Ltd
• Sumitomo Riko Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miwa Masahiro
• Ando Kazuma
• Ohta Yasutaka

Classifications

• F16F1/126

  comprising an element between the end coil of the spring and the support proper, e.g. an elastomeric annulus (F16F1/13 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60G15/06

  and fluid damper · CPC title

• B60G2202/312

  The spring being a wound spring · CPC title

• F16F9/36

  Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods ({F16F9/325, F16F9/3485 take precedence; arrangements for filling via piston rod sealing or guiding means F16F9/432} ; sealing of moving parts in general F16J15/16 - F16J15/56) · CPC title

• B60G2204/1242

  on a damper, e.g. MacPerson strut · CPC title