Engine mount for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10773584-B2
Application number	US-201816168651-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2018
Priority date	Jun 29, 2018
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

An engine mount for a vehicle may include a support bracket including a mounting hole formed in one end portion thereof, an engine-mounting plate provided at an opposite end portion thereof to be connected to an engine, and a coupling portion protruding from an external surface of the one end portion thereof; a fluid-filled assembly including a hook cup configured to be inserted into the mounting hole in the support bracket; and a rubber assembly configured to be mounted to a vehicle body, wherein, in a state in which the fluid-filled assembly is inserted into the mounting hole in the support bracket, the fluid-filled assembly is stacked on a top surface of the rubber assembly, and a housing of the rubber assembly is coupled to the coupling portion of the support bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine mount for a vehicle, the engine mount comprising:
a support bracket including:
a mounting hole formed in an end portion of the support bracket;
an engine-mounting plate provided at an opposite end portion of the support bracket to be connected to an engine; and
a coupling portion protruding from an external surface of the engine-mounting plate;

a fluid-filled assembly including a hook cup inserted into the mounting hole of the support bracket; and
a rubber assembly mounted to a vehicle body,
wherein, in a state in which the fluid-filled assembly is inserted into the mounting hole in the support bracket, the fluid-filled assembly is stacked on a top surface of the rubber assembly, and a housing of the rubber assembly is coupled to the coupling portion of the support bracket,
wherein the support bracket includes a locking recess formed in a lower end portion of the mounting hole along an internal circumferential surface of the mounting hole, and
wherein the hook cup includes a plurality of external hooks integrally formed at a lower end portion of the hook cup to be fitted into the locking recess.

2. The engine mount of claim 1 , wherein the mounting hole is formed to have a draft angle which is oriented in a downward direction thereof.

3. The engine mount of claim 1 , wherein the rubber assembly includes:
the housing having an open top portion, wherein the housing is connected to the vehicle body;
a first core including a core bolt; and
a first main rubber formed at a bottom surface of the housing through a curing process to surround the first core.

4. The engine mount of claim 3 , wherein the core bolt protrudes from a bottom surface of the housing and is fastened to a vehicle body mounting bracket.

5. The engine mount of claim 3 , wherein the housing includes a coupling rod integrally formed at an external circumferential surface of the housing to be coupled with the coupling portion of the support bracket using a fastener.

6. The engine mount of claim 1 ,
wherein the hook cup is stacked on an open top portion of the housing of the rubber assembly, and
wherein the fluid-filled assembly further includes:
a diaphragm disposed at an upper end portion of the hook cup and positioned inside the hook cup to maintain sealing contact with the hook cup;
an orifice member disposed under the diaphragm inside the hook cup, the orifice member including a fluid flow passage formed in the orifice member;
a second main rubber disposed under the orifice member; and
a membrane disposed in a hollow portion formed in a middle of the orifice member to form an upper fluid chamber between the membrane and the diaphragm and a lower fluid chamber between the membrane and the second main rubber, the upper fluid chamber, the fluid flow passage, and the lower fluid chamber being fluidically communicating with each other,

wherein the second main rubber is disposed such that a circumference of a top surface of the second main rubber contacts with and is supported by a circumference of a bottom surface of the orifice member, such that an external circumferential surface of the second main rubber maintains sealing contact with an internal circumferential surface of the hook cup with respect to downward flow of a fluid, and such that a bottom surface of the second main rubber contacts with a top surface of a first main rubber of the rubber assembly.

7. The engine mount of claim 6 , wherein the first main rubber is formed at a bottom surface of the housing through a curing process.

8. The engine mount of claim 6 , wherein the hook cup includes a plurality of internal hooks integrally formed at an internal surface of a lower end portion of the hook cup, the internal hooks being configured to allow a circumference of a bottom surface of the second main rubber to be locked by the internal hooks.

9. The engine mount of claim 8 , wherein the fluid-filled assembly further includes a second core provided inside the second main rubber along a circumference of the second main rubber, the second core including a lower end portion exposed through a bottom surface of the second main rubber to be locked by the internal hooks.

10. The engine mount of claim 6 , wherein the fluid-filled assembly further includes an auxiliary core provided inside the second main rubber, the auxiliary core including a center-aligning protrusion formed at a center of a bottom surface of the auxiliary core to be inserted into a center-aligning recess formed in the first main rubber.

11. The engine mount of claim 8 ,
wherein the hook cup includes a plurality of support legs integrally formed at a lower end portion of the hook cup, and
wherein each of a plurality of external hooks integrally formed at a lower end portion of the hook cup to be fitted into the locking recess and each of the internal hooks share a corresponding one of the support legs to integrally protrude outwards from an external surface of the corresponding one of the support legs and inwards from an internal surface of the corresponding one of the support legs, respectively.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Seung Won

Classifications

• B60K5/1208 Primary

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

• B60Y2304/07

  Facilitating assembling or mounting · CPC title

• F16F15/023

  using fluid means · 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

• F16F13/103

  characterised by method of assembly, production or treatment · CPC title