Hydro bushing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12222015-B2
Application number	US-202217973053-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2022
Priority date	Apr 19, 2022
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

A hydro bushing includes an outer pipe, an inner pipe disposed within the outer pipe and spaced apart from the outer pipe, an elastic body disposed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe and provided with a liquid chamber portion accommodating liquid therein, and a nozzle disposed between the outer pipe and the elastic body and including a stopper extending toward the liquid chamber portion such that a portion of an internal surface of the nozzle protrudes to be in contact with the liquid chamber portion. A contact end of the stopper is formed to have a surface corresponding to deformation of the elastic body caused by conical movement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydro bushing comprising:
an outer pipe;
an inner pipe disposed within the outer pipe and spaced apart from the outer pipe;
an elastic body disposed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe and provided with a liquid chamber portion accommodating liquid therein; and
a nozzle disposed between the outer pipe and the elastic body and including a stopper extending toward the liquid chamber portion such that a portion of an internal surface of the nozzle protrudes to be in contact with the liquid chamber portion,
wherein a surface of a contact end of the stopper has a circumferential shape formed in a circumferential direction of the inner pipe, and
the circumferential shape has the same circumferential curvature as an outer radius of the inner pipe,
a gap in a load direction is present between the nozzle and the elastic body, and
the circumferential shape of the surface of the contact end is formed based on a movement of a virtual circle by the gap with respect to a center point of the inner pipe, a radius of the virtual circle corresponds to an outer radius of the inner pipe.

2. The hydro bushing of claim 1 , wherein the gap ranges from 1.5 mm to 3 mm.

3. The hydro bushing of claim 1 , wherein the hydro bushing is disposed on an installation object such that an axial line of the outer pipe or the inner pipe is perpendicular to a ground.

4. A hydro bushing comprising:
an outer pipe;
an inner pipe disposed within the outer pipe and spaced apart from the outer pipe;
an elastic body disposed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe and provided with a liquid chamber portion accommodating liquid therein; and
a nozzle disposed between the outer pipe and the elastic body and including a stopper extending toward the liquid chamber portion such that a portion of an internal surface of the nozzle protrudes to be in contact with the liquid chamber portion,
wherein a surface of a contact end of the stopper comprises:
a linear section extending in a thickness direction of the stopper; and
a curved section continuous with the linear section and contacting the elastic body during conical movement, and
a length of the linear section is within a range of 10% to 30% of a thickness of the stopper.

5. The hydro bushing of claim 4 , wherein
the inner pipe is relatively inclined by a conical angle with respect to the outer pipe during the conical movement,
the linear section is set on the surface of the contact end to include a center of a thickness of the stopper,
a virtual line inclined by the conical angle with respect to a reference line extending in parallel to an axial line of the outer pipe is extended from one start point on the linear section toward one side surface of the stopper to determine an end point at the one side surface of the stopper, and the curved section is formed along a curve connecting the start point and the end point to each other.

6. The hydro bushing of claim 5 , wherein
the conical angle ranges from −9 degrees to +9 degrees.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp
• Pyung Hwa Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ryu Yong Hyun
• Park Chan Hee
• Kim Young Ho
• Sung Dae Un
• Jo Gi Bong
• Choi Jae Hyeok
• Ju Young Bin
• Lee Ho Sung

Classifications

• F16F13/1463

  characterised by features of passages between working chambers · CPC title

• B60G7/008

  Attaching arms to unsprung part of vehicle (B60G7/005, B60G7/006 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F2222/12

  Fluid damping · CPC title

• F16F15/023 Primary

  using fluid means · CPC title

• F16F13/14 Primary

  Units of the bushing type {, i.e. loaded predominantly radially (bushes F16F1/38; mounting brackets therefor F16F1/3849)} · CPC title