Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount comprising: a first and a second support which are spaced apart from each other; an elastic body which is interposed between said first and second supports for elastically connecting the first and second supports and which partially defines a fluid chamber filled with a non-compressible fluid; an oscillating plate which partially defines said fluid chamber and which is displaceable to change a pressure of the fluid in said fluid chamber; a permanent magnet disposed on one of opposite sides of said oscillating plate remote from said fluid chamber; a first and a second yoke member which are connected to respective opposite magnetic pole faces of said permanent magnet and which cooperate with said permanent magnet to define a closed magnetic circuit, said first and second yoke members defining therebetween an annular gap in said magnetic circuit; an annular moving coil received in said annular gap and fixed to said oscillating plate, said moving coil being displaced in said annular gap in an axial direction thereof, to oscillate said oscillating plate upon energization of said moving coil; and a magnetic fluid which fills said annular gap in which said annular moving coil is received, said magnetic fluid including magnetic particles dispersed in a liquid medium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
208 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount comprising: a first and a second support which are spaced apart from each other; an elastic body which is interposed between said first and second supports for elastically connecting the first and second supports and which partially defines a fluid chamber filled with a non-compressible fluid; an oscillating plate which partially defines said fluid chamber and which is displaceable to change a pressure of the fluid in said fluid chamber; a permanent magnet disposed on one of opposite sides of said oscillating plate remote from said fluid chamber; a first and a second yoke member which are connected to respective opposite magnetic pole faces of said permanent magnet and which cooperate with said permanent magnet to define a closed magnetic circuit, said first and second yoke members defining therebetween an annular gap in said magnetic circuit; an annular moving coil received in said annular gap and fixed to said oscillating plate, said moving coil being displaced in said annular gap in an axial direction thereof, to oscillate said oscillating plate upon energization of said moving coil; and a magnetic fluid which fills said annular gap in which said annular moving coil is received, said magnetic fluid including magnetic particles dispersed in a liquid medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount according to claim 1, wherein said magnetic particles of said magnetic fluid are iron or ferrite particles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount according to claim 1, wherein said liquid medium of said magnetic fluid consists of water or kerosene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount according to claim 1, wherein said permanent magnet consists of a solid cylinder having opposite axial ends as said opposite magnetic pole faces.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
102 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount according to claim 4, wherein said first yoke member comprises a base member including a bottom wall portion and a cylindrical wall portion which cooperate to define a cylindrical space, said second yoke member comprising a circular disk disposed radially inwardly of said cylindrical wall portion, said solid cylinder being disposed within said cylindrical space such that one of said opposite axial ends of said solid cylinder of said permanent magnet is in contact with said bottom wall portion of said base men%her while the other of said opposite axial ends is in contact with said circular disk.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount according to claim 5, further comprising fastening means for connecting said base member and said circular disk to said permanent magnet, said fastening means comprising a cylindrical collar fitted on said solid cylinder of said permanent magnet, and a plurality of screws extending through said collar.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount according to claim 1, further comprising a movable member which is fixed to said oscillating plate and to which said annular coil is fixed to displace said oscillating plate with said movable member upon energization of said annular coil.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
A fluid-filled elastic mount according to claim 1, wherein said fluid chamber is a pressure-receiving chamber, and further comprising a flexible diaphragm which partially defines an equilibrium chamber, and means for defining an orifice passage for fluid communication between said pressure-receiving and equilibrium chambers, said orifice passage being tuned to damp a vibrational load having a frequency within a predetermined range, based on resonance of said non-compressible fluid flowing through said orifice passage upon application of said vibrational load between said first and second supports.