Hydraulic mount

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022010858-A1
Application number	US-202017119218-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 11, 2020
Priority date	Jul 8, 2020
Publication date	Jan 13, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A hydraulic mount includes: an outer pipe having a diaphragm defined thereon by vulcanization; a main rubber member disposed in the outer pipe by press-fitting; a core disposed inside the main rubber member; a ring stopper interposed between the diaphragm and the main rubber member; a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber configured by depressing both sides of an outer circumference of the main rubber member towards the core, each of the first and second fluid chambers configured to accommodate a fluid; a third fluid chamber configured to communicate with the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber, disposed in a part of the main rubber member under the core, and accommodating the fluid; and a fourth fluid chamber configured to communicate with the third fluid chamber and disposed between the ring stopper and the outer pipe to accommodate the fluid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A hydraulic mount comprising:
an outer pipe having a diaphragm defined thereon by vulcanization; a main rubber member disposed in the outer pipe by press-fitting; a core disposed inside the main rubber member; a ring stopper interposed between the diaphragm and the main rubber member; a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber configured by depressing both sides of an outer circumference of the main rubber member towards the core, each of the first and second fluid chambers configured to accommodate a fluid; a third fluid chamber configured to communicate with the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber, defined in a part of the main rubber member under the core, and accommodating the fluid; and a fourth fluid chamber configured to communicate with the third fluid chamber and defined between the ring stopper and the outer pipe to accommodate the fluid.

2 . The hydraulic mount of claim 1 , wherein sides of the outer circumference of the main rubber member includes a first stopper and a second stopper, respectively, and
wherein each of the first and second stoppers is configured to be concave inwards and spaced apart from an inner part of the main rubber member by a designated gap.

3 . The hydraulic mount of claim 1 , wherein the ring stopper comprises a through hole configured to directly communicate with the third fluid chamber.

4 . The hydraulic mount of claim 2 , wherein the first stopper and the second stopper include protrusions, and
wherein each protrusion protrudes from a concave surface of the first stopper and the second stopper, respectively.

5 . The hydraulic mount of claim 1 , wherein orifices are arranged at both ends of the ring stopper,
wherein the third fluid chamber and the first fluid chamber are configured to be in fluid communication with each other through one of the orifices, and wherein the third fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber are configured to be in fluid communication with each other through the other one of the orifices.

6 . The hydraulic mount of claim 5 , wherein the main rubber member includes a first ridge protruding on the outer circumference of the main rubber member and extending from one end of the first fluid chamber to one end of the ring stopper, and
wherein the first ridge is configured to divide a flow path from the first fluid chamber into a first flow path and a second flow path, the first flow path leading to the third fluid chamber and the second flow path leading to the fourth fluid chamber.

7 . The hydraulic mount of claim 6 , wherein the main rubber member includes a second ridge protruding on the outer circumference of the main rubber member and extending from one end of the second fluid chamber to the other end of the ring stopper, and
wherein the second ridge is configured to divide a flow path from the second fluid chamber into a third flow path and a fourth flow path, the third flow path leading to the third fluid chamber and the fourth flow path leading to the fourth fluid chamber.

8 . The hydraulic mount of claim 1 , wherein each thickness of both sides of the outer circumference of the main rubber member is greater than a thickness of the diaphragm forming the fourth fluid chamber.

9 . The hydraulic mount of claim 1 , wherein the fluid in the third fluid chamber flows to the fourth fluid chamber during damping in an upward and downward direction.

10 . The hydraulic mount of claim 9 , wherein, during damping in upward and downward directions, a portion of the fluid in the third fluid chamber flows to the fourth fluid chamber via the first fluid chamber and a remaining portion of the fluid in the third fluid chamber flows to the fourth fluid chamber via the second fluid chamber.

11 . The hydraulic mount of claim 1 , wherein, during damping in a forward direction, the first fluid chamber is compressed and the fluid in the first fluid chamber flows to the third fluid chamber and the fourth fluid chamber.

12 . The hydraulic mount of claim 1 , wherein, during damping in a rearward direction, the second fluid chamber is compressed and the fluid in the second fluid chamber flows to the third fluid chamber and the fourth fluid chamber.

13 . The hydraulic mount of claim 2 , wherein, during damping in a forward direction, the first fluid chamber is compressed and the compressed first fluid chamber is restored to an original position of the first fluid chamber by restoring force of the first stopper.

14 . The hydraulic mount of claim 2 , wherein, during damping in a rearward direction, the second fluid chamber is compressed and the compressed second fluid chamber is restored to an original position of the second fluid chamber by restoring force of the second stopper.

15 . The hydraulic mount of claim 6 , wherein, during damping in upward and downward directions, a portion of the fluid in the third fluid chamber flows to the first flow chamber through the first flow path and then flows to the fourth fluid chamber through the second flow path to the fourth fluid chamber.

16 . The hydraulic mount of claim 7 , wherein, during damping in upward and downward directions, a portion of the fluid in the third fluid chamber flows to the second flow chamber through the third flow path and then flows to the fourth fluid chamber along the fourth flow path.

17 . The hydraulic mount of claim 6 , wherein, during damping in a forward direction, the fluid in the first fluid chamber is compressed and a portion of the fluid in the first fluid chamber moves to the third fluid chamber through the first flow path and a remaining portion of the fluid in the first fluid chamber moves to the fourth fluid chamber through the second flow path.

18 . The hydraulic mount of claim 7 , wherein, during damping in a rearward direction, the fluid in the second fluid chamber is compressed and a portion of the fluid in the second fluid chamber moves to the third fluid chamber through the third flow path and a remaining portion of the fluid in the second fluid chamber moves to the fourth fluid chamber through the fourth flow path.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Seung Won

Classifications

• F16F13/1481

  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

• F16F13/1463

  characterised by features of passages between working chambers · CPC title

• F16F13/1418 Primary

  characterised by the location or shape of the equilibration chamber · CPC title

• F16F13/1427

  characterised by features of flexible walls of equilibration chambers; decoupling or self-tuning means · CPC title

• F16F13/1409

  characterised by buffering features or stoppers · CPC title