Damping component and structure including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9863496-B2
Application number	US-201615073887-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2016
Priority date	Mar 20, 2015
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A dumping structure includes a first frame on which a driving portion is mounted, a second frame, a fixture fixing the first frame to the second frame, a restrict portion, provided around the fixture and provided between the first and second frames, which restricts a distance between the first and second frames, and a damping member, provided around the restrict portion, which is compressed by the first and second frame. The damping member has rigidity lower than rigidity of the first frame, rigidity of the second frame and rigidity of the restrict portion, and has a loss factor, measured by a mechanical impedance method in the state being compressed between the first and second frames, of 0.05 or more.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A damping structure comprising:
a first frame on which a driving portion is mounted;
a second frame;
a screw which fixes the first frame to the second frame;
a restrict portion, provided around the screw and provided between the first and second frames, which restricts a distance between the first and second frames; and
a damping member provided around the restrict portion and including one surface on a side of one end of the screw in an axial direction and another surface on a side of the other end of the screw, the damping member being compressed by the first and second frames in a condition in which the one surface and the other surface of the damping member respectively contact with the first and second frames, the damping member having elasticity and rigidity, the rigidity of the damping member being lower than rigidity of the first frame, rigidity of the second frame and rigidity of the restrict portion, and the damping member having a loss factor, measured by a mechanical impedance method in a state of being compressed between the first and second frames, of 0.05 or more.

2. The damping structure according to claim 1 , wherein the restrict portion has rigidity which is greater than rigidity of the first frame and rigidity of the second frame.

3. The damping structure according to claim 1 , wherein the damping member is disposed between the first frame and the restrict portion.

4. The damping structure according to claim 3 , wherein the damping member is disposed between the second frame and the restrict portion.

5. The damping structure according to claim 1 , wherein the restrict portion is a cylindrical member and the damping member is provided around an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical member.

6. The damping structure according to claim 5 , further comprising an opposed member provided around an outer circumference of the damping member in a radial direction of the cylindrical member and compressing the damping member with the cylindrical member.

7. The damping structure according to claim 6 , wherein a length of the opposed member in an axial direction of the cylindrical member is shorter than a distance between the first and second frames.

8. The damping structure according to claim 1 , wherein the damping member has hardness of 70 degrees or less in terms of Asker C hardness.

9. The damping structure according to claim 1 , wherein the damping member is compressed more than 0% and less than 50% from a thickness thereof before compression.

10. The damping structure according to claim 1 , wherein the screw includes a head portion abutting with an outer surface of either one of the first and second frames and a male thread portion screwed into a screw hole provided in the other one of the first and second frames, and
wherein the restrict portion includes a through-hole through which the male thread portion of the screw passes.

11. The damping structure according to claim 1 , wherein the driving portion is a driving motor.

12. A damping component configured to reduce a vibration from a first frame to a second frame by being disposed between the first and second frames, the damping component comprising:
a base portion configured to restrict a distance between the first and second frames, the base portion including a portion defining a through-hole through which a screw for fixing the first and second frames to each other penetrates, a first surface on a side of one end of the screw in an axial direction, and a second surface on a side of the other end of the screw in the axial direction, the first surface being configured to contact with the first frame, and the second surface being configured to contact with the second frame; and
a damping member provided to contact with an outer circumferential surface of the base portion, configured to be compressed between the first and second frames in a state in which the first and second surfaces of the base portion respectively contact with the first and second frames, the damper member including a third surface on a side of the one end of the screw and a fourth surface on a side of the other end of the screw, the third surface being configured to contact with the first frame, the fourth surface being configured to contact with the second frame, the compressible damping member having elasticity and rigidity, the rigidity of the damping member being lower than rigidity of the base portion, and the damping member having a loss factor, measured by a mechanical impedance method in a state of being compressed between the first and second frames, of 0.05 or more.

13. The damping component according to claim 12 , wherein the compressible damping member has hardness of 70 degrees or less in terms of Asker C hardness.

14. The damping component according to claim 12 , wherein the compressible damping member is disposed around the base portion, and
wherein the damping component further comprises an opposed member disposed around the compressible damping member and compressing the damping member with the base portion.

15. A damping component configured to reduce a vibration from a first frame to a second frame by being disposed between the first and second frames, the damping component comprising:
a base portion configured to restrict a distance between the first and second frames, the base portion including a portion defining a through-hole through which a screw for fixing the first and second frames to each other penetrates, a first surface on a side of one end of the screw in an axial direction, and a second surface on a side of the other end of the screw in the axial direction, the first surface being configured to contact with the first frame, and the second surface being configured to contact with the second frame; and
a damping member provided to contact with an outer circumferential surface of the base portion, configured to be compressed between the first and second frames in a state in which the first and second surfaces of the base portion respectively contact with the first and second frames, the damping member including a third surface on a side of the one end of the screw and a fourth surface on a side of the other end of the screw, the third surface being configured to contact with the first frame, the fourth surface being configured to contact with the second frame, the compressible damping member having elasticity and rigidity, and the rigidity of the compressible damping member being lower than rigidity of the base portion,
wherein a distance between the third and fourth surfaces of the damping member in the axial direction is longer than a distance between the first and second surfaces of the base portion in the axial direction.

16. The damping component according to claim 15 , wherein the compressible damping member has hardness of 70 degrees or less in terms of Asker C hardness.

17. The damping component according to claim 15 , wherein the damping component further includes an opposed member disposed around the damping member and compressing the damping member with the base portion.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Endo Rie
• Yokoyama Katsunori
• Yamamoto Shinji
• Takahata Kazuaki
• Shibata Kazumasa
• KASAMA Hiroki

Classifications

• F16F15/08 Primary

  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

• F16F1/3732

  having an annular or the like shape, e.g. grommet-type resilient mountings · CPC title