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ENGINE MOUNT, SYSTEM AND METHOD
20170355256 · 2017-12-14 ·

An engine mount includes a center pin, a main rubber element, and a housing. In embodiments, the main rubber element may include at least one joining plate with at least one tab, and may be configured to at least partially encapsulate the center pin and the at least one joining plate. The housing may be configured to receive and/or engage the main rubber element including the center pin and the at least one joining plate. The main rubber element may be secured to the housing via the at least one joining plate and/or the at least one tab.

Thrust bearing and compressed air shock absorber
09829036 · 2017-11-28 · ·

A thrust bearing for a compressed air shock absorber is provided. The thrust bearing includes an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve, and an elastomer body connected to the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve and ending in a compressed air chamber of the air shock absorber, wherein the elastomer body is designed as a conical spring that extends between an inner sleeve connection area from the inner sleeve and an outer sleeve connection area from the inner sleeve, and wherein at least one of the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve near an axial end section of the inner sleeve connection area and the outer sleeve connection area, respectively, has a radial projecting support edge for bracing of the elastomer body in the axial direction.

MOUNT DEVICE AND VEHICLE

A mount device includes an inner rod, a damper made of an elastic material to be mounted to the inner rod, and an outer cover to be mounted to the damper. The damper includes a plurality of projecting portions projecting radially outward from the inner rod and small-thickness portions thinner than the plurality of projecting portions in a radial direction. Spaces are formed radially outward of the small-thickness portions. The outer cover includes a plurality of contact surfaces to respectively come into contact with the plurality of projecting portions. The contact surfaces have a larger curvature than that of a circumscribed circle of the damper.

Mount assembly with clip
11255362 · 2022-02-22 · ·

A mount assembly includes a core, an elastomeric member connected to the core, and a clip connected to the elastomeric member. In embodiments, the clip may be configured to connect the mount assembly to a mating component. Embodiments of a clip may include a plurality of support members and a plurality of clip portions. A clip for a mount assembly may include a flange, a base, a plurality of support members extending in an axial direction between the flange and the base, and a plurality of clip portions extending from the base toward and short of the flange.

VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE FOR STRUCTURE
20170276204 · 2017-09-28 ·

A vibration damping device for a structure 1 includes a circular tubular member 3 having a circular tubular inner peripheral surface 2; a columnar elongated member 6 which is disposed in the circular tubular member 3 relatively movably in a direction X with respect to the circular tubular member 3 and having a circular tubular outer peripheral surface 5; and a circular tubular elastic member 10 which has a circular tubular member outer peripheral surface 8 fixed to the inner peripheral surface 2 of the circular tubular member 3 and a circular tubular member inner peripheral surface 9 fixed to the circular tubular outer peripheral surface 5 of the elongated member 6, and which is disposed between the inner peripheral surface 2 of the circular tubular member 3 and the outer peripheral surface 5 of the elongated member 6.

Rubber-metal sleeve bearing
09732816 · 2017-08-15 · ·

A rubber-metal sleeve bearing includes an outer sleeve having a first outer edge and a second outer edge in opposing relationship to the first outer edge, when viewed in an axial direction. The first and second outer edges each have at least one section provided with radially inwardly recessed outer edge regions. An inner sleeve is disposed in concentric relation to the outer sleeve, and an intermediate sleeve is disposed concentrically between the outer and inner sleeves and connected to the outer sleeve via a first elastomer layer and to the inner sleeve via a second elastomer layer.

VEHICLE ELECTRIC FLUID MACHINE

A vehicle electric fluid machine includes: a housing provided with a mounting leg; a fastener having a shaft portion and a head portion at one end of the shaft portion, the fastener fastening the other end of the shaft portion to a mounting object; a sleeve disposed between the mounting leg and the shaft portion; elastic vibration dampers each having a cylindrical portion and a collar extending from one of opposite ends of the cylindrical portion in its radial outward direction; and an annular plate through which a fastening force is applied to the mounting leg. The annular plate has an elongated protrusion protruding toward the mounting leg, the elongated protrusion spaced from the collar with a predetermined clearance formed radially outside the collar. A deformation limit of the collar is defined by the elongated protrusion being in contact with the collar.

VIBRATION-DAMPING DEVICE AND ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR VIBRATION-DAMPING DEVICE
20170321775 · 2017-11-09 · ·

Included are an outer attachment member 12, which is coupled to one of a vibration generator 16 and a vibration receiver, an inner attachment member 11, which is coupled to the other one of the vibration generator 16 and the vibration receiver, and an elastic body 13, which is positioned on the outer side of the inner attachment member 11 to couple the outer attachment member 12 and the inner attachment member 11. The outer attachment member 12 is disposed in at least one pair on the outer side of the elastic body 13, with the inner attachment member 11 being interposed between the at least one pair of outer attachment members 12. Each of the at least one pair of outer attachment members 12 includes an attachment surface 14, which is attached to the one of the vibration generator 16 and the vibration receiver.

CONTROLLED TORQUE BUSHING WITH SHOULDERED TWO-PIECE INNER SLEEVE
20220235817 · 2022-07-28 · ·

A bushing assembly includes an inner sleeve, a bearing, an elastomeric bushing, and an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve includes two pieces. Each of the two pieces includes a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. Each of the proximal end portions includes an external shoulder having an outer radial face and an inner axial face. The bearing is rotationally mounted around the inner sleeve and captured between each of the inner axial faces of the external shoulders. The elastomeric bushing is disposed around the bearing and abutting the outer radial faces of the external shoulders. The outer sleeve is disposed around the elastomeric bushing and extending at least partially over the external shoulders.

Fastening Arrangement of a Vibration Damper
20210370736 · 2021-12-02 ·

A fastening arrangement of a vibration damper of a vehicle includes a rubber bearing with a first bush and a second bush, a fastener where via the fastener one of the first bush and the second bush of the rubber bearing is fixed in three degrees of longitudinal freedom with regard to a wheel support of the vehicle or the body of the vehicle, and a measure disposed on the second bush and on the wheel support or on the body of the vehicle where via the measure a degree of rotational freedom of the second bush about an axis of the fastener is blocked by a positively locking block. The positively locking block is formed by a convexly curved cylinder segment of the second bush and a concavely curved cylinder segment of the wheel support or the body of the vehicle that are engagable into one another.