Method of damping vibration and article

Claim 1

An article of manufacture comprising at least two rigid members one of which is movable, said members having interposed therebetween an elastomer prepared by mixing 100 parts by weight of a polydiorganosiloxane gum having a unit formula of R2SiO where R is selected from the group consisting of methyl, phenyl and vinyl radicals, said units are bonded to one another through silicon-oxygen-silicon bonds, from 2 to 50 percent of the R groups of said polydiorganosiloxane being vinyl, said polydiorganosiloxane having endblocking units selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl radicals and R3SiO0.5 units, from 40 to 70 parts by weight of a reinforcing silica filler and a silicon compound of the formula CH3(C6H5)2SiNHX where X is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and -Si(C6H5)2CH3 in an amount sufficient to provide a weight ratio of silica filler to silicon compound of from 2 to 4.5 inclusive, and from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of an organic peroxide and thereafter heating the milled mixture above 100* C. until a cured elastomer is obtained.