Liquid sealed vibration isolating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9488246-B2
Application number	US-201314653997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2013
Priority date	Dec 20, 2012
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

An elastic partition member located in the partition member is integrally provided with a relief valve that opens and closes a leak passage to suppress the generation of the cavitation phenomenon. A pair of relief valves is formed in a crescent shape on the outer circumferential side of the movable diaphragm section in opposed relation. The crescent shape of the relief valve is formed by an inner circumferential side of elliptical arc shape and an outer circumferential side of circular arc shape. A valve length of the relief valve varies in the longitudinal direction such that a middle portion in the longitudinal direction is largest. is easily deformed when the extraordinary vibration is inputted. Each end portion in the longitudinal direction of the relief valve is short in valve length and high in rigidity whereby to prevent the leak when the normal vibration is inputted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid sealed vibration isolating device comprising:
a liquid chamber using an elastic insulator as a part of its wall and being filled with hydraulic liquid,
a partition member partitioning the liquid chamber into a primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber,
an orifice passage communicating through the partition member between the primary liquid chamber and the secondary liquid chamber,
an elastic partition member being provided in the partition member,
an movable diaphragm section being integrally provided at a central portion of the elastic partition member so as to absorb hydraulic pressure fluctuation of the primary liquid chamber, and
a relief valve being integrally provided at an outer peripheral portion of the elastic partition member so as to open and close a leak passage provided in the partition member, the relief valve being configured to be opened when a vibration amplitude above a predetermined threshold is inputted, so as to leak the hydraulic liquid from the leak passage to the primary liquid chamber in order for suppressing generation of cavitation,
wherein the relief valve is formed along a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral portion of the elastic partition member and includes a valve recess which is open toward the primary liquid chamber and an inclined surface wall which forms an outer peripheral wall of the valve recess, and
wherein a valve length, which is a length in the radial direction of the inclined surface wall, varies in the circumferential direction of the relief valve in such a manner that the valve length is greatest at a middle portion in the circumferential direction of the relief valve.

2. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , wherein
an opening width of the recess varies in the circumferential direction of the relief valve in such a manner that the opening width is largest at a middle portion in the circumferential direction of the relief valve.

3. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , wherein the relief valve has a crescent shape in a plan view of the elastic partition member.

4. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , wherein the relief valve is formed of two different curved lines of which one of inner and outer circumferential sides is an elliptic arc and the other is a circular arc, in a plan view of the elastic partition member.

5. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , wherein the movable diaphragm section of the elastic partition member is of non-circular shape.

6. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , wherein there is provided a thick-wall end of the outer circumferential portion of the elastic partition member formed in a part on the opposite side of the position projection; and,
wherein the relief valve is formed between the position projection and the thick wall end, which are provide in the outer circumferential portion of the elastic partition member, and a second relief valve is arranged in a symmetrical fashion with the first relief valve with respect to a center of the elastic partition member.

7. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic partition member includes a fixing section, which is thicker than the movable diaphragm section and the relief valve, provided for fixing the outer peripheral portion of the movable diaphragm section, and an outer circumferential part of the fixing section defines a valve region in which the relief valve is formed, and wherein a valve non-forming part is arranged in the vicinity of each end in the circumferential direction of the relief valve in the valve region, and an elastic force adjustment section for adjusting elastic force of the valve non-forming part is provided in the valve non-forming part.

8. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , further comprising a radial groove being open to the primary liquid chamber and extending in the radial direction, wherein the radial groove is provided on a surface of the inclined surface wall facing the primary liquid chamber.

9. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the inclined surface wall located on the secondary liquid chamber side is supported by a stopper formed within the leak passage, and the stopper is configured to push forward the inclined surface wall through a supporting portion thereof in the direction of the primary liquid chamber in an initial position thereof.

10. The liquid sealed vibration isolating device according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic partition member includes a fixing section, which is thicker than the movable diaphragm section and the relief valve, for fixing the outer peripheral portion of the movable diaphragm section, the inclined surface wall of the relief valve extends integrally and outwardly in the radial direction from the fixing section and has a base section which is connected to the fixing section of the incline surface wall, and a circumferential groove of arc shape extending in the circumferential direction is formed in a surface on the primary liquid chamber side of the base section, and wherein a fixing base portion which is thicker than the fixing section is connected continuously integral with the fixing section and extends from the base section to the secondary liquid chamber side, and an outer circumferential surface of the fixing base portion is located outwardly in the radial direction with respect to a bottom center of the circumferential groove.

Assignees

• Yamashita Rubber Kk
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Satori Kazutoshi
• Hirokawa Teruyuki
• NAKAMARU Yuuichi
• Komatsu Atsushi

Classifications

• F16F13/106 Primary

  Design of constituent elastomeric parts, e.g. decoupling valve elements, or of immediate abutments therefor, e.g. cages · CPC title

• F16F13/18 Primary

  characterised by the location or the shape of the equilibration chamber, e.g. the equilibration chamber, surrounding the plastics spring or being annular (F16F13/1418 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16F13/08

  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

• B60K5/1208

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

• F16F13/10 Primary

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