Vibration damping device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9360079-B2
Application number	US-201414276462-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	Feb 14, 2012
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

A vibration damping device including a first mounting member arranged on a lower side of a second mounting member, the first and second mounting members being elastically connected by a main rubber elastic body, and an outer bracket arranged on the lower side of the second mounting member. A coupling part is constituted by engagement between a bottom edge of the second mounting member and a top edge of the outer bracket, and the second mounting member is configured to be attached to a vibration source via the outer bracket. The outer bracket is arranged in opposition to the first mounting member in an axis-perpendicular direction, and an axis-perpendicular stopper member that regulates relative displacement between the first and second mounting members in the axis-perpendicular direction is constituted by contact between the first mounting member and the outer bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vibration damping device comprising:
a first mounting member, the first mounting member including a stopper part integrally formed from the same material with the first mounting member, and the stopper part transversely protruding away from the first mounting member in a direction towards an outer periphery of the vibration damping device;
an at least partially cylindrical second mounting member extending vertically such that the first mounting member is arranged on a lower side of the second mounting member;
a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting the first mounting member and the second mounting member, the first mounting member being configured to be attached to a member to be vibration-damped while the second mounting member is configured to be attached to a vibration source;
a separate outer bracket arranged on the lower side of the second mounting member; and
a coupling part being constituted by engagement between a bottom edge of the second mounting member and a top edge of the outer bracket; wherein
the outer bracket is coupled to the second mounting member at the coupling part, the outer bracket including an attaching part that is positioned lower than the coupling part and that perpendicularly protrudes sideways from a downwardly extending portion of the outer bracket, the outer bracket comprises a positioning pin perpendicularly extending downwards and away from the attaching part, the outer bracket is configured to be attached to the vibration source at the attaching part via the positioning pin such that the second mounting member is attached to the vibration source via the outer bracket,
the downwardly extending portion extending downward from the coupling part while being located outside of the first mounting member, and separated outwardly away from the first mounting member in an axis-perpendicular direction, which is a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the vibration damping device, so as to be arranged in opposition thereto, and
the stopper part is arranged in opposition to the downwardly extending portion of the outer bracket at a given distance interposed therebetween in the axis-perpendicular direction, the downwardly extending portion extending downward beyond the stopper part;
an axis-perpendicular stopper member that regulates relative displacement between the first mounting member and the second mounting member in the axis-perpendicular direction is constituted by contact between the stopper part and the downwardly extending portion of the outer bracket,
a stopper piece is provided at a bottom edge of the downwardly extending portion of the outer bracket, the stopper piece protruding toward an inner periphery of the vibration damping device so that the stopper piece is arranged on a lower side of the stopper part in opposition thereto at a given distance interposed therebetween in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the vibration damping device; and
a rebound stopper member that regulates relative displacement between the first mounting member and the second mounting member in a direction of moving away from each other along the longitudinal axis of the vibration damping device is constituted by contact between the stopper part and the stopper piece.

2. The vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein
an inner bracket is arranged on a lower side of the first mounting member, the inner bracket being configured to attach the first mounting member to the member to be vibration-damped;

the stopper piece is arranged on an upper side of the inner bracket in opposition thereto at a given distance interposed therebetween in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the vibration damping device;
a bound stopper member that regulates relative displacement between the first mounting member and the second mounting member in a direction of moving closer to each other along the longitudinal axis of the vibration damping device is constituted by contact between the inner bracket and the stopper piece.

3. The vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling part that couples the second mounting member and the outer bracket is provided continuously about an entire circumference.

4. The vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein
a locking piece is provided to protrude to a lower side of the second mounting member than a portion of the second mounting member onto which the main rubber elastic body is bonded; and
a locking protrusion is provided at the top edge of the outer bracket protruding toward an outer periphery of the vibration damping device so as to constitute the coupling part by means of inserting the locking protrusion of the outer bracket into the locking piece of the second mounting member and fixing the locking piece by caulking to the locking protrusion.

5. The vibration damping device according to claim 1 , wherein the second mounting member extends upward beyond the main rubber elastic body while an upper opening of the second mounting member is covered by a flexible film so as to form a fluid chamber with a non-compressible fluid sealed therein between the main rubber elastic body and the flexible film.

Assignees

• Tokai Rubber Ind Ltd
• Sumitomo Riko Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ichikawa Hiroyuki
• Yasuda Takayoshi
• Saiki Akio

Classifications

• F16F13/08 Primary

  the plastics spring forming at least a part of the wall of the fluid chamber of the damper (F16F13/20 - F16F13/24 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F13/1409 Primary

  characterised by buffering features or stoppers · CPC title

• F16M13/02

  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle · CPC title

• F16F13/262

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

• F16F15/08

  with rubber springs {(grommet- or bushing-type resilient mountings F16F1/3732, F16F1/38); with springs made of rubber and metal (arrangement of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units B60K5/12; mounting of propulsion plants on vessels B63H21/30; mounting of vehicle drivers' cabs B62D33/0604)} · CPC title