F16F9/0409

3D-PRINTED ELASTIC PRODUCTS REINFORCED BY MEANS OF CONTINUOUS FIBRES AND HAVING ASYMMETRICAL ELASTIC PROPERTIES
20210324177 · 2021-10-21 ·

The present invention relates to a fibre-reinforced 3D-printed elastic product (1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12), wherein the product comprises a weight proportion of ≥50% of a polymer having a mean molecular weight of ≥5000 g/mol, measured by means of GPC, and a weight proportion of ≥0.5% and ≤20% of one or more fibres having an aspect ratio of ≥100 and a length of ≥3 cm and ≤1000 cm, the product being produced at least in part by means of an FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) method, and the product having a tensile modulus of ≥1.5 GPa in the region of the fibre reinforcement and in the direction of the fibre symmetry axis. The product also has a tensile modulus, measured according to DIN EN ISO 527-1, of ≤1.2 GPa in the region of the fibre reinforcement and perpendicular to the fibre symmetry axis, and has a yield strength of ≥5%, measured according to DIN EN ISO 527-1, perpendicular to the fibre symmetry axis.

Elastomeric articles with improved fire protection properties

An air spring having an airsleeve, wherein at least one layer of the airsleeve includes the vulcanization product of a composition that includes at least one vuicanizable polymer, a curative, at least one halogenated hydrocarbon wax, and expandable graphite.

Vibration propagation suppressing apparatus
11041538 · 2021-06-22 · ·

In a vibration propagation suppressing apparatus, each of fluid machine elements includes: a first volume chamber; a second volume chamber coupled to the first volume chamber through an orifice; an intermediate forming the orifice; and a coupling rod. A first end portion of a first volume chamber is connected to an intermediate adjacent thereto, an intermediate of the first volume chamber is connected to the intermediate of the adjacent fluid machine element through intermediation of an elastic body, and the first volume chamber and the second volume chamber are connected to each other so as to be alternately arranged in a vibration propagation direction. A fluid machine element on a first stage has an intermediate connected to the base surface, and each of the plurality of fluid machine elements has dispersion relationships matching with each other, and has a band gap on the dispersion relationships.

Article, in particular air spring bellows, a metal-rubber element, or a vibration damper

The invention relates to an article having a single- or multi-layered main body having elastic properties, in particular an air spring bellows, a metal-rubber element or a vibration damper. In order to improve its flame retardant properties, the main body of the article consists of or contains at least one layer D constructed from a rubber mixture which is free from halogen-containing flame retardants and contains a first aluminum trihydrate (ATH_1) and at least one further aluminum trihydrate (ATH_2) and at least one amorphous silicic acid having spherical particle geometry, wherein the first aluminum trihydrate (ATH_1) and the further aluminum trihydrate (ATH_2) each have a different particle size.

Air springs with improved high temperature performance

An air spring bellow comprising a vulcanized rubber component including the at least partially vulcanized residue of EPDM and a rubber other than EPDM. A method for preparing an air spring bellow is also provided.

Article, particularly an air spring bellows, a metal-rubber element, or a vibration damper

The invention relates to an article having a main body with elastic characteristics, in particular an air spring bellows, a metal-rubber element or a vibration damper. The article has a single-layer or multilayer main body having elastic properties, wherein the outer layer C has at least two laminas C1/C2 and each lamina is formed from an elastomer mixture, and wherein at least one layer D composed of a weave or loop-formed knit or loop-drawn knit has been embedded into this outer layer. This leads to further optimization of the fire-retardant properties.

AIR SPRING BELLOWS FOR AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
20210061038 · 2021-03-04 ·

An air spring bellows for an air spring. The air spring may be used in suspension systems for automobiles, trucks, buses, trains, and industrial machines, among other applications. The air spring includes an air spring bellows. The bellows includes a flexible elastomeric substrate. The substrate is formed of polyurethane. Polyurethane may be the sole elastomer, or the majority of the elastomeric material, in the substrate. The substrate may be translucent. The bellows may include reinforcements, such as fiber cords. Plies of the fiber cords may be arranged within the elastomeric substrate.

ARTICLE, IN PARTICULAR AIR SPRING BELLOWS, A METAL-RUBBER ELEMENT, OR A VIBRATION DAMPER

The invention relates to an article having a single- or multi-layered main body having elastic properties, in particular an air spring bellows, a metal-rubber element or a vibration damper.

In order to improve its flame retardant properties, the main body of the article consists of or contains at least one layer D constructed from a rubber mixture which is free from halogen-containing flame retardants and contains at least one carbon black having a BET surface area according to DIN-ISO 9277 between 35 and 140 m.sup.2/g and an oil absorption number (OAN) according to ISO 4656 between 70 and 140 ml/100g and a first aluminum trihydrate (ATH_1) and at least a further aluminum trihydrate (ATH_2), wherein the first aluminum trihydrate (ATH_1) and the further aluminum trihydrate (ATH_2) each have a different particle size.

FLUID-SEALED ENGINE MOUNT

A fluid-sealed engine mount may include an insulator integrally formed on an external side of a mount core configured to be coupled to an engine and having a chamber with which fluid for insulation of vibration is sealed; an orifice module mounted below the mount core to divide the chamber into two chambers and having a fluid passage for flow of the fluid; an air chamber provided at a center portion of the orifice module and filled with air; and an elastic membrane mounted above the air chamber at the center portion of the orifice module to seal the air chamber airtightly.

Air spring unit having a divided outer guide
10851864 · 2020-12-01 · ·

An air spring unit for a chassis of a motor vehicle, includes an air spring cover and an air spring piston, wherein an airtightly secured rolling bellows made of elastomer material partially delimits a working chamber between the air spring cover and the air spring piston, which working chamber can be filled with compressed air, wherein the rolling bellows is surrounded by a divided, sleeve-shaped outer guide having a first outer guide part and a second outer guide part.