Liquid sealed bushing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9377078-B2
Application number	US-201314419770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2013
Priority date	Aug 7, 2012
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A first orifice provides a connection between a first liquid chamber and a third liquid chamber that are formed in pairs to cause a volume variation in an opposite direction, and a second orifice provides a connection between a second liquid chamber and a fourth liquid chamber. A first communicating passage communicates between a second liquid chamber side portion of the second orifice and a second liquid chamber neighboring portion of the first orifice. In order of height of an input vibration frequency, a first resonance in the first orifice, a second resonance mainly in the second orifice between an enlarged liquid chamber consisting of the first and second liquid chambers, and the fourth liquid chamber, and a third resonance in a location that the first liquid chamber is connected through the first communicating passage to the second liquid chamber are produced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid sealed bushing comprising:
an inner cylinder,
an outer cylinder,
an elastic vibration isolating member elastically connecting the inner and outer cylinders,
a first liquid chamber group and a second liquid chamber group being partitioned by the elastic vibration isolating member to cause expanding and contracting variations in volume relative to an input vibration and being formed in pairs such that expansion and contraction occur in an inverse relationship between the first liquid chamber group and the second liquid chamber group, the first liquid chamber group being further partitioned into at least a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber to cause a difference in volume change at the time of deformation, the second liquid chamber group being further partitioned into at least a third liquid chamber and a fourth liquid chamber to cause a difference in volume change at the time of deformation,
a first orifice providing a connection between the first liquid chamber and the third liquid chamber, and
a second orifice providing a connection between the second liquid chamber and the fourth liquid chamber, the first and second orifices being configured to create two resonances composed of a first resonance by the first orifice and a second resonance by the second orifice,
wherein one of the first orifice and the second orifice communicates with another liquid chamber which is different from the pair of liquid chambers between which the one of the first and second orifices provides the connection, whereby, in the case of the first orifice, the first orifice also communicates with one of the second liquid chamber or fourth liquid chamber, or, in the case of the second orifice, the second orifice also communicates with one of the first liquid chamber or the third liquid chamber, and thereby
a third resonance which is different from the first resonance and the second resonance is created.

2. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the second orifice located in the vicinity of the second liquid chamber is connected through a communicating passage to a portion of the first orifice located in the vicinity of the first liquid chamber.

3. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 2 , wherein the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber are partitioned by a first elastic wall, the second liquid chamber and the third liquid chamber are partitioned by a second elastic wall, the third liquid chamber and the fourth liquid chamber are partitioned by a third elastic wall, and the fourth liquid chamber and the first liquid chamber are partitioned by a fourth elastic wall, wherein the second elastic wall and the fourth elastic wall are arranged substantially along a direction (Y) orthogonal to a main vibration inputting direction (Z) and to an axial direction (X) of the inner cylinder, and the first elastic wall and the third elastic wall are arranged to intersect diagonally the orthogonal direction (Y).

4. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 2 , wherein there are provided n pairs (n is an integer of not less than 2) of liquid chambers including the first through fourth liquid chambers, and n orifices communicating between these liquid chambers formed in pairs, in such a manner as to create at least n+1 or more resonances.

5. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the second orifice located in the vicinity of the second liquid chamber is directly connected by a communicating passage to the first liquid chamber.

6. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 5 , wherein the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber are partitioned by a first elastic wall, the second liquid chamber and the third liquid chamber are partitioned by a second elastic wall, the third liquid chamber and the fourth liquid chamber are partitioned by a third elastic wall, and the fourth liquid chamber and the first liquid chamber are partitioned by a fourth elastic wall, wherein the second elastic wall and the fourth elastic wall are arranged substantially along a direction (Y) orthogonal to a main vibration inputting direction (Z) and to an axial direction (X) of the inner cylinder, and the first elastic wall and the third elastic wall are arranged to intersect diagonally the orthogonal direction (Y).

7. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 5 , wherein there are provided n pairs (n is an integer of not less than 2) of liquid chambers including the first through fourth liquid chambers, and n orifices communicating between these liquid chambers formed in pairs, in such a manner as to create at least n+1 or more resonances.

8. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 1 , wherein the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber are partitioned by a first elastic wall, the second liquid chamber and the third liquid chamber are partitioned by a second elastic wall, the third liquid chamber and the fourth liquid chamber are partitioned by a third elastic wall, and the fourth liquid chamber and the first liquid chamber are partitioned by a fourth elastic wall, wherein the second elastic wall and the fourth elastic wall are arranged substantially along a direction (Y) orthogonal to a main vibration inputting direction (Z) and to an axial direction (X) of the inner cylinder, and the first elastic wall and the third elastic wall are arranged to intersect diagonally the orthogonal direction (Y).

9. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 8 , wherein there are provided n pairs (n is an integer of not less than 2) of liquid chambers including the first through fourth liquid chambers, and n orifices communicating between these liquid chambers formed in pairs, in such a manner as to create at least n+1 or more resonances.

10. The liquid sealed bushing according to claim 1 , wherein there are provided n pairs (n is an integer of not less than 2) of liquid chambers including the first through fourth liquid chambers, and n orifices communicating between these liquid chambers formed in pairs, in such a manner as to create at least n+1 or more resonances.

Assignees

• Yamashita Rubber Kk

Inventors

• Kadowaki Hirokazu

Classifications

• F16F13/1463 Primary

  characterised by features of passages between working chambers · CPC title

• F16F13/1427

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

• B60K5/1208

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

• F16F13/10

  the wall being at least in part formed by a flexible membrane or the like (F16F13/14 - F16F13/18 take precedence) · CPC title