Fluid-sealed engine mount of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11320018-B2
Application number	US-201916596169-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	Apr 11, 2019
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A fluid-sealed engine mount includes a variable orifice whose cross-section is changed according to a magnitude of engine vibration, thereby keeping a damping performance substantially unchanged at a time of large displacement vibration of an engine as compared to a time of small displacement vibration of the engine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid-sealed engine mount of a vehicle, comprising:
an insulator formed at a lower portion of a mount core connected with an engine to insulate vibration by movement according to the vibration;
a membrane unit disposed under the insulator to separate an upper liquid chamber formed inside the insulator from a lower liquid chamber formed under the upper liquid chamber;
a contact rib provided at a lower portion of the insulator to be disposed in a state contacting a surface of the membrane unit, and having a contact width contacting the surface of the membrane unit configured to change according to the movement of the insulator; and
a variable orifice formed at the lower portion of the insulator to enable fluid flow between the upper liquid chamber and the lower liquid chamber, and having a cross-section area configured to change according to the contact width of the contact rib by being disposed adjacent to the contact rib,
wherein a bending part contacting the surface of the membrane unit in a state bent toward the upper liquid chamber is provided at a lower end portion of the contact rib.

2. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 1 ,
wherein as the insulator is pressed downward by the engine vibration, the contact width of the contact rib contacting the surface of the membrane unit is increased.

3. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 2 ,
wherein as the insulator is pulled upward by the engine vibration, the contact width of the contact rib contacting the surface of the membrane unit is reduced.

4. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 1 ,
wherein the lower portion of the insulator is bonded to an inner circumferential surface of an outer pipe unit that is fixed to a vehicle body through a mount bracket.

5. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 4 ,
wherein a fixed rib disposed at an outside of the contact rib to surround the variable orifice is provided at the lower portion of the insulator, and the fixed rib is fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe unit in a state stacked on the surface of the membrane unit.

6. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 1 ,
wherein a first fluid flow hole for fluid flow between the upper liquid chamber and the variable orifice is formed at one side of the contact rib.

7. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 6 ,
wherein a second fluid flow hole for fluid flow between the lower liquid chamber and the variable orifice is provided at one side of the membrane unit.

8. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 1 ,
wherein the variable orifice is formed in an annular shape along a circumferential direction of the insulator, and maintained at a certain length without changing according to the movement of the insulator.

9. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 4 , wherein the membrane unit is composed of:
a membrane plate press-fitted into the outer pipe unit; and
a membrane disposed at a central portion of the membrane plate to be elastically deformed by a pressure difference between the upper liquid chamber and the lower liquid chamber.

10. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 9 , wherein the outer pipe unit is composed of:
a first outer pipe provided with a support end formed by stacking the inner circumferential surface contacted with the lower portion of the insulator and an upper surface of the membrane plate; and
a second outer pipe having the first outer pipe and the membrane plate press-fitted therein to be vertically disposed.

11. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 1 ,
wherein the lower liquid chamber is sealed by a diaphragm disposed under the membrane unit.

12. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 4 ,
wherein the mount bracket comprises a casing part to which the outer pipe unit is press-fitted and fixed, and the outer pipe unit enters the casing part until an upper end of the insulator contacts an inner surface of the casing part, and the upper end of the insulator is lowered due to a weight of the engine when the mount core is connected with the engine to be separated from the inner surface of the casing part.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Seung Won

Classifications

• B60K5/1283

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

• F16F9/512 Primary

  Means responsive to load action, {i.e. static load} on the damper or {dynamic} fluid pressure {changes} in the damper, {e.g. due to changes in velocity (F16F9/504, F16F9/516 take precedence; non-automatic damper adjustment from a distance using servo control, the servo pressure being created by the flow of damping fluid F16F9/465; self-pumping fluid springs in vehicle suspensions B60G17/044)} · CPC title

• F16F13/262 Primary

  changing geometry of passages between working and equilibration chambers, e.g. cross-sectional area or length (F16F13/28 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K5/12

  Arrangement of engine supports · CPC title

• F16F13/10 Primary

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