Resilient mounting

Claim 2

A resilient mounting comprising: a. a tubular bushing of elastomeric material having a central body portion and opposite end portions, said body portion having an exposed outer surface, one of said end portions being an enlarged head projecting radially outside the body portion and the other end portion being an elongate tubular skirt extending axially from the body portion of the bushing; and b. a rigid tubular sleeve disposed within and bonded to the bushing, the sleeve having one end terminating substantially flush with the head of the bushing and having its other end terminating adjacent the skirt of the bushing, the tubular skirt having an internal diameter that (i) throughout the length of the skirt is at least equal to the internal diameter of the body portion of the bushing and (ii) adjacent the sleeve is greater than the outside diameter of the sleeve, the wall of the skirt being arched radially outward beyond the outside diameter of the body portion with the end of the skirt remote from the body portion tapering radially inward to an outside diameter substantially equal to the outside diameter of the body portion.

Claim 3

A resilient mounting, according to claim 1, wherein the wall of said tubular skirt is comparatively thick intermediate opposite ends relative to the thickness ajdacent opposite ends thereof.

Claim 4

A resilient mounting, according to claim 1, wherein the outside diameter of said tubular skirt tapers radially outward adjacent the body portion of said bushing and tapers radially inward adjacent the remote end of said skirt.

Claim 5

A resilient mounting, according to claim 3, wherein the internal diameter of said tubular skirt is generally cylindrical adjacent the body portion of said bushing and tapers radially inward adjacent the remote end of said skirt.

Claim 6

In a resilient mounting assembly a. a supporting member having an aperture therethrough, b. a tubular bushing of elastomeric material having a central body portion and opposite end portions, the body portion being disposed within the aperture of the supporting member and having an outer surface for radial engagement with a surface associated with the supporting member, one of the end portions of the buShing being an enlarged head projecting radially outside the body portion and resting upon a first surface of the supporting member adjacent said aperture, the other end portion of the bushing being an elongate tubular skirt extending axially from the body portion of the bushing beyond a second surface of the supporting member opposite the first surface, the tubular skirt of the bushing having an internal diameter that (i) throughout the length of the skirt is at least equal to the internal diameter of the body portion of the bushing, and (ii) adjacent the sleeve is greater than the outside diameter of the sleeve, the wall of the skirt being arched radially outward beyond the outside diameter of the body portion with the end of the skirt remote from the body portion tapering radially inward to an outside diameter substantially equal to the outside diameter of the body portion to facilitate insertion of said skirt through the aperture in said supporting member, c. a rigid tubular sleeve disposed within and bonded to the bushing, the sleeve having one end terminating substantially flush with the head of the bushing and having its other end terminating adjacent the skirt of the bushing, d. a supported member resting on the head of the bushing and having an aperture therethrough aligned with the tubular sleeve, and e. means for coupling together the supporting member and the supported member, the coupling means including (i) a bolt disposed through the aperture in the supported member and through the sleeve and projecting axially beyond the end of the tubular skirt, and (ii) means received on the portion of the bolt projecting beyond the skirt and being adjustable along the bolt for compressing the tubular bushing axially of the bolt between the supporting member and said adjustable means and between said supported and supporting members whereby said skirt intermediate its ends is buckled radially outwardly and folded between said adjustable means and the supporting member.

Claim 7

In a resilient mounting assembly a. a supporting member having an aperture therethrough, b. a tubular bushing of elastomeric material having a central body portion and opposite end portions, the body portion being disposed within the aperture of the supporting member and having an outer surface for radial engagement with a surface associated with the supporting member, one of the end portions of the buShing being an enlarged head projecting radially outside the body portion and resting upon a first surface of the supporting member adjacent said aperture, the other end portion of the bushing being an elongate tubular skirt extending axially from the body portion of the bushing beyond a second surface of the supporting member opposite the first surface, the tubular skirt of the bushing having an internal diameter that (i) throughout the length of the skirt is at least equal to the internal diameter of the body portion of the bushing, and (ii) adjacent the sleeve is greater than the outside diameter of the sleeve, the wall of the skirt being arched radially outward beyond the outside diameter of the body portion with the end of the skirt remote from the body portion tapering radially inward to an outside diameter substantially equal to the outside diameter of the body portion to facilitate insertion of said skirt through the aperture in said supporting member, c. a rigid tubular sleeve disposed within and bonded to the bushing, the sleeve having one end terminating substantially flush with the head of the bushing and having its other end terminating adjacent the skirt of the bushing, d. a supported member resting on the head of the bushing and having an aperture therethrough aligned with the tubular sleeve, and e. means for coupling together the supporting member and the supported member, the coupling means including (i) a bolt disposed through the aperture in the supported member and through the sleeve and projecting axially beyond the end of the tubular skirt, and (ii) means received on the portion of the bolt projecting beyond the skirt and being adjustable along the bolt for compressing the tubular bushing axially of the bolt between the supporting member and said adjustable means and between said supported and supporting members whereby said skirt intermediate its ends is buckled radially outwardly and folded between said adjustable means and the supporting member.

Claim 8

A mounting assembly, according to claim 5, wherein the wall of the tubular skirt is comparatively thick intermediate opposite ends relative to the thickness adjacent opposite ends thereof.

Claim 9

A mounting assembly, according to claim 5, wherein the outside diameter of the tubular skirt tapers radially outward adjacent the body portion of the bushing and tapers radially inward adjacent the remote end of the skirt.

Claim 10

A mounting assembly, according to claim 7, wherein the internal diameter of said tubular skirt is generally cylindrical adjacent the body portion of the bushing and tapers radially inward adjacent the remote end of the skirt.