Void bush for vehicle suspension

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11453262-B2
Application number	US-202017088926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2020
Priority date	Nov 8, 2019
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A void bush for a vehicle suspension includes: inside bumps formed in an inside stopper and outside bumps formed in an outside stopper. In particular, the inside bumps and the outside bumps are configured to cross perpendicularly to each other to allow the inside bumps and the outside bumps to be brought into point-contact with each other during behavior of the suspension. The inside bumps are not arranged in parallel to each other and the outside bumps are not arranged in parallel to each other. Accordingly, contact area between the inside bumps and the outside bumps is greatly reduced and contact abrasion positions therebetween are diversified so that durability and lifespan of the void bush are improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A void bush for a vehicle suspension, the void bush comprising:
a rubber bush filled between an inner pipe and an outer pipe, the rubber bush including a void; and
an inside stopper and an outside stopper arranged to face to each other, the void positioned between the inside stopper and the outside stopper,
wherein:
the inside stopper includes an inside bump portion and the outside stopper includes an outside bump portion,
the inside bump portion and the outside bump portion are configured to cross each other,
the inside bump portion is provided with a plurality of inside bumps,
the outside bump portion is provided with a plurality of outside bumps, and
among the plurality of inside bumps, a curvature of one inside bump located in a center of the plurality of inside bumps in a circumferential direction of the inner pipe is greater than a curvature of one inside bump located in an outmost side of the plurality of inside bumps in the circumferential direction.

2. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein each outside bump of the plurality of outside bumps has a plurality of inflection points whose curvatures are changed in the circumferential direction.

3. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of inside bumps and the plurality of outside bumps have different curvatures.

4. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of inside bumps and the plurality of outside bumps are arranged to cross each other at right angles.

5. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein inside bumps of the plurality of inside bumps are not arranged in parallel to each other by having respective curvatures configured to be gradually increased from a circumferentially outmost-side bump toward a circumferentially center-side bump, among the plurality of inside bumps.

6. The void bush of claim 2 , wherein each outside bump of the plurality of outside bumps has four inflection points; and
outside bumps of the plurality of the outside bumps are not arranged in parallel to each other by each having the four inflection points that are arranged at different positions.

7. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein inside bumps of the plurality of inside bumps are divided into a real contact section that actually contacts outside bumps of the plurality of outside bumps and a non-contact section that does not contact the outside bumps;
the outside bumps are divided into a real contact section that actually contacts the inside bumps and a non-contact section that does not contact the inside bumps; and
real contact section-side inside bumps among the inside bumps and real contact section-side outside bumps among the outside bumps have the same height as each other.

8. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein inside bumps of the plurality of inside bumps are divided into a real contact section that actually contacts outside bumps of the plurality of outside bumps and a non-contact section that does not contact the outside bumps;
in the real contact section of the inside bumps, a curvature of a base portion formed by connecting lowest points of real contact section-side inside bumps to each other is less than or equal to a curvature of a highest portion formed by connecting highest points of the real contact section-side inside bumps to each other;
in the non-contact section of the inside bumps, a curvature of a base portion formed by connecting lowest points of non-contact section-side inside bumps to each other is equal to or greater than a curvature of a highest portion formed by connecting highest points of the non-contact section-side inside bumps to each other; and
in the inside bumps, the base portion curvature of the real contact section and the base portion curvature of the non-contact section are connected to each other through inflection points through which the curvatures are changed.

9. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein outside bumps of the plurality of outside bumps are divided into a real contact section that actually contacts inside bumps of the plurality of inside bumps and a non-contact section that does not contact the inside bumps;
in the real contact section of the outside bumps, a curvature of a base portion formed by connecting lowest points of real contact section-side outside bumps to each other is less than or equal to a curvature of a highest portion formed by connecting highest points of the real contact section-side outside bumps to each other;
in the non-contact section of the outside bumps, a curvature of a base portion formed by connecting lowest points of non-contact section-side outside bumps to each other is equal to or greater than a curvature of a highest portion formed by connecting highest points of the non-contact section-side outside bumps to each other; and
in the outside bumps, the base portion curvature of the real contact section and the base portion curvature of the non-contact section are connected to each other through inflection points through which the curvatures are changed.

10. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein inside bumps of the plurality of inside bumps are configured such that the inside bumps continuously arranged and neighboring each other have different sectional areas; and
outside bumps of the plurality of outside bumps are configured such that the outside bumps continuously arranged and neighboring each other have different sectional areas.

11. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein a highest protrusion of each inside bump of the plurality of inside bumps and a highest protrusion of each outside bump of the plurality of outside bumps respectively have round shapes with predetermined curvatures.

12. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein each inside bump of the plurality of inside bumps extends in a left to right direction, which is a penetration direction of the inner pipe, and the plurality of inside bumps is arranged in the circumferential direction.

13. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein each outside bump of the plurality of outside bumps extends in the circumferential direction and the plurality of outside bumps is arranged in a left to right direction, which is a penetration direction of the inner pipe.

14. The void bush of claim 1 , wherein each outside bump of the plurality of outside bumps has a curvature greater than a curvature of each inside bump of the plurality of inside bumps.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Sung Dae Un
• Hwang Kyung Jung
• Ryu Yong Hyun
• Lee Hee Jung
• Lee Tae Hee
• Kim Se Young
• Park Jin Wook
• Heo Seong Jun

Classifications

• F16F1/3828 Primary

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

• F16F2230/02

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

• B60G2204/41

  Elastic mounts, e.g. bushings · CPC title

• B60G7/006 Primary

  Attaching arms to sprung or unsprung part of vehicle, characterised by comprising attachment means controlled by an external actuator, e.g. a fluid or electrical motor (B62D7/146 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16F1/387

  comprising means for modifying the rigidity in particular directions {(spherical or conical sleeves F16F1/393)} · CPC title