Fluid-sealed engine mount

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11904694-B2
Application number	US-202117354207-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2021
Priority date	Oct 26, 2020
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

A fluid-sealed engine mount controls the movement of an engine mounted to a vehicle body and insulates from vibration. In particular, the fluid-sealed engine mount improves vibration damping performance and dynamic characteristics compared to a conventional engine mount, thereby enhancing noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) performance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid-sealed engine mount comprising:
a nozzle unit partitioning a fluid chamber into an upper fluid chamber and a lower fluid chamber, and comprising a fluid passage provided for a fluid flow between the upper fluid chamber and the lower fluid chamber, wherein the fluid chamber is surrounded by an insulator and a diaphragm and filled with fluid; and
a membrane arranged in a center portion of the nozzle unit in a radial direction of the nozzle unit and configured to elastically vibrate by the fluid flow,
wherein:
the membrane comprises a membrane lip, which is formed by extending in a circumferential direction of the membrane at an edge portion thereof and is inserted in and fixed to an inner circumferential portion of the nozzle unit,
the membrane lip comprises a membrane channel provided at at least one portion of the membrane lip in the circumferential direction thereof,
the nozzle unit comprises a ring-shaped nozzle groove portion in which the membrane lip is inserted and arranged,
a nozzle channel provided at an inner circumferential portion of the ring-shaped nozzle groove portion, and
the nozzle channel provides the fluid passage for the fluid flow together with the membrane channel.

2. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 1 , wherein the membrane channel is arranged to be collinear with the nozzle channel based on a radial direction of the membrane.

3. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 1 , wherein the nozzle unit further comprises:
a nozzle lower plate having a lower groove portion at an upper surface portion thereof; and
a nozzle upper plate mounted to the upper surface portion of the nozzle lower plate while being stacked, and having an upper groove portion at a lower surface portion thereof to constitute the ring-shaped nozzle groove portion together with the lower groove portion,
wherein an upper inner rim portion that is an inner circumferential portion of the nozzle upper plate has an upper channel adjacent to the upper groove portion, a lower rim portion that is an inner circumferential portion of the nozzle lower plate has a lower channel adjacent to the lower groove portion, and the upper channel constitutes the nozzle channel together with the lower channel.

4. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 3 , wherein the membrane lip further comprises:
a lip upper protrusion formed by protruding upward, and having an upper surface portion that is in close contact with an upper surface of the upper groove portion;
a lip lower protrusion formed by protruding downward, and having a lower surface portion that is in close contact with a lower surface of the lower groove portion; and
a lip side protrusion formed by protruding outward in a radial direction of the membrane lip, and having an outer circumferential surface that is in close contact with an outer circumferential surface of the lower groove portion.

5. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 4 , wherein the nozzle unit further comprises a flow limiting portion arranged to be adjacent to each of opposite sides of the nozzle channel in a circumferential direction of the nozzle unit, and the flow limiting portion is in close contact with the membrane lip and configured to limit the fluid flow to the nozzle channel and the membrane channel.

6. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 5 , wherein the flow limiting portion comprises:
an upper limiting protrusion that is formed on the lower surface portion of the nozzle upper plate and is arranged adjacent to the upper channel, wherein the upper limiting protrusion is in close contact with an inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the lip upper protrusion and further in close contact with an upper surface of the lip side protrusion and an upper surface of a center portion of the membrane; and
a lower limiting protrusion that is formed on the upper surface portion of the nozzle lower plate and is arranged adjacent to the lower channel, wherein the lower limiting protrusion is in close contact with the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the lip lower protrusion and further in close contact with a lower surface of the lip side protrusion and a lower surface of the center portion of the membrane.

7. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 4 , wherein the nozzle upper plate comprises a plurality of upper support portions in the upper groove portion, the plurality of upper support portions being arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the upper groove portion, and
each upper support portion of the plurality of upper support portions comprises:
a first upper support protrusion formed by protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the upper inner rim portion and positioned in close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the lip upper protrusion; and
a second upper support protrusion formed by protruding from an inner circumferential surface of an upper outer rim portion arranged on an outer circumference of the upper groove portion, and positioned in close contact with an outer circumferential surface of the lip upper protrusion.

8. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 4 , wherein the nozzle lower plate comprises a plurality of lower support portions in the lower groove portion, the plurality of lower support portions being arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the lower groove portion, and
each lower support portion of the plurality of lower support portions comprises:
a first lower support protrusion formed by protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the lower rim portion and positioned in close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the lip lower protrusion; and
a second lower support protrusion formed by protruding from an inner circumferential surface of a ring-shaped boss, which is an outer circumferential portion of the lower groove portion, and positioned in close contact with an outer circumferential surface of the lip lower protrusion.

9. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 7 , wherein a radial width of the ring-shaped nozzle groove portion is greater than a radial width of the membrane lip.

10. The fluid-sealed engine mount of claim 3 , wherein:
the nozzle lower plate comprises a ring-shaped boss that is in close contact with the lower surface portion of the nozzle upper plate,
the ring-shaped boss comprises a connection passage arranged on the same line in a radial direction of the nozzle lower plate as the nozzle channel on an upper surface portion thereof, and
the connection passage is configured to connect the nozzle channel to the fluid passage in a fluid flow manner.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Kwon Young Jun
• Park Yong Bin

Classifications

• B60K5/1225 Primary

  comprising resilient rings surrounding a part of the unit · CPC title

• F16F15/023

  using fluid means · CPC title

• B60K5/1208 Primary

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

• F16F13/105 Primary

  characterised by features of partitions between two working chambers · CPC title

• F16F13/1481 Primary

  characterised by features of plastic springs, e.g. presence of cavities or stiffeners; characterised by features of flexible walls of equilibration chambers, i.e. membranes · CPC title