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US4840359A
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Encapsulated rubber cushion
Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
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Filing: 1988-04-14
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Granted: 1989-06-20
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Expires: 2008-04-14
Abstract
Abstract An encapsulated rubber cushion loaded mostly perpendicularly to its axis, in which two sleeves, one radially inside the other, are bonded together by a resilient body of rubber. The resilient body contains fluid-filled chambers which are connected at least partially by connecting openings. The dividing walls of the resilient body which separate the chambers from one another have from their manufacture a breadth which exceeds their installed breadth. They thus join the ready-to-use encapsulated rubber cushion in a resiliently compressed state.
Inventors
- 👤 Arno Hamaekers
- 👤 Axel Rudolph
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 11:58
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16F; F16F13/00; F16F13/04; F16F13/06; F16F13/08; F16F13/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion having a longitudinal axis and adapted to be stressed chiefly perpendicular to its axis, comprising: two sleeves one around the other in an axially parallel relationship and a resilient body of rubber disposed between them which contacts the outer of the sleeves with at least two webs projecting substantially in the radial direction, the webs being associated with an imaginary perpendicular plane erected in the axis of the sleeves and together with terminal end walls and the outer of the sleeves defining at least partially liquid-filled chambers which are connected at least partially by connecting openings, the webs being compressed together resiliently between the two sleeves to a breadth that is smaller than the breadth in which they were manufactured, and the webs being compressed in the axial direction to a length that is shorter than the length in which they were manufactured, and the webs being produced in the form of pairs of partial webs which have an axial distance from one another which increases radially outwardly, and the distance being substantially eliminated in the assembled encapsulated rubber cushion by a pressing against one another of the pairs of partial webs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion having a longitudinal axis and adapted to be stressed chiefly perpendicular to its axis, comprising: two sleeves one around the other in an axially parallel relationship and a resilient body of rubber disposed between them which contacts the outer of the sleeves with at least two webs projecting substantially in the radial direction, the webs being associated with an imaginary perpendicular plane erected in the axis of the sleeves and together with terminal end walls and the outer of the sleeves defining at least partially liquid-filled chambers which are connected at least partially by connecting openings, the webs being compressed together resiliently between the two sleeves to a breadth that is smaller than the breadth in which they were manufactured, and the webs being compressed in the axial direction to a length that is shorter than the length in which they were manufactured, and the webs being produced in the form of pairs of partial webs which have an axial distance from one another which increases radially outwardly, and the distance being substantially eliminated in the assembled encapsulated rubber cushion by a pressing against one another of the pairs of partial webs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 1, in which the webs are compressed radially to a breadth that is smaller than the breadth in which they were manufactured.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 1, in which the webs are so constructed that the resultant force caused by the compression, which is opposed to the static load that is to be accommodated, is greater than the resultant force caused by the compression, which is acting in the direction of the load to be accommodated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 1, in which the webs are provided on the surface facing outward in the radial direction with metal facings.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 4, in which the metal facings comprise sheet metal and the facings are externally adapted to the shape of the inside of the outer sleeve.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 1, which includes metal end rings and in which in the area of the terminal walls the webs are affixed to metal end rings and in which the outer sleeve reaches with projections around the side facing away from the webs.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 6, which includes metal end rings and in which the facings and at least one of the end rings are integrally joined together.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 7, in which the end rings together with the outer sleeve define annular channels and in which the annular channels form a component of the connecting openings.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 8, which includes at least two different pairs of chambers connected in a fluid-carrying manner by the annular channels.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 1, in which from their manufacture the webs have a greater radial width in the middle part of their axial length than at their ends.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
65 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 1, which includes two webs disposed below the center line of the inner one of the sleeves and two of the webs disposed above the center line of the inner one of the sleeves and in which the two webs disposed below the center line have a greater thickness than the two webs disposed above the center line.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 11, which includes four webs and in which the lower webs include with one another an angle of 30° to 60° and the upper webs include with one another an angle of 120° to 150°.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 1, in which the axial distance forms a gap which opens outwardly substantially V-wise between each pair of partial webs, the gap being approximately in the middle part of the axial length of the webs.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 13, in which the gap has a profile associated at an angle with the axis of the encapsulated rubber cushion.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
An encapsulated rubber cushion according to claim 14, in which the partial webs of a pair have a length different from one another in the direction of the axis of the encapsulated rubber cushion.
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