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Vibration damping device
Assignee: Bridgestone Corp
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Filing: 1994-04-12
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Granted: 1994-11-22
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Expires: 2014-04-12
Abstract
Abstract A vibration damping device comprises two cylindrical and flexible membrane members, a restricted passage constituting member connected at both end portions to these membrane members, two face plates connected at their end portion to the membrane members, a closed chamber defined by these members and face plates, a rigid member connecting both the face plates to each other at inside or outside of the closed chamber, a fluid filled in the closed chamber, and a fastening member disposed at each side of the restricted passage constituting member and the face plate.
Inventors
- 👤 Isao Watanabe
- 👤 Makoto Nakao
- 👤 Kiyoshi Ohno
- 👤 Masatoshi Ohishi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-08 02:51
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16F; F16F9/00; F16F9/02; F16F9/04; F16F9/0472; F16F9/10; F16F9/103; F16F9/32; F16F9/53; F16F9/532; B; B60; B60G; B60G2202/00; B60G2202/20; B60G2202/24; B60G2500/00; B60G2500/10; B60G2500/104; B60G2600/00; B60G2600/22; B60G2600/26; F16F2230/00; F16F2230/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A vibration damping device comprising; two cylindrical rolling lobe type flexible membrane members each having an inwardly folded portion, two face plates each connected at an end to an end portion of each of the membrane members, a restricted passage constituting member connected at each end portion thereof to an opposite end portion of each of the membrane members to form a closed chamber in such a manner that the folded portions of both membrane members face each other for rolling movement on said restricted passage constituting member, a rigid member passing through the restricted passage constituting member and connecting both the face plates to each other and disposed inside the closed chamber, an electrorheological fluid filled in the closed chamber, electrodes arranged on the restricted passage constituting member in the closed chamber and contacting with the electrorheological fluid, and two fastening members disposed on sides of the restricted passage constituting member and the face plates.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A vibration damping device comprising; two cylindrical rolling lobe type flexible membrane members each having an inwardly folded portion, two face plates each connected at an end to an end portion of each of the membrane members, a restricted passage constituting member connected at each end portion thereof to an opposite end portion of each of the membrane members to form a closed chamber in such a manner that the folded portions of both membrane members face each other for rolling movement on said restricted passage constituting member, a rigid member passing through the restricted passage constituting member and connecting both the face plates to each other and disposed inside the closed chamber, an electrorheological fluid filled in the closed chamber, electrodes arranged on the restricted passage constituting member in the closed chamber and contacting with the electrorheological fluid, and two fastening members disposed on sides of the restricted passage constituting member and the face plates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The vibration damping device according to claim 1, wherein said device further comprises an air spring arranged therearound and airtightly defined by an outer sleeve and a flexible sleeve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The vibration damping device according to claim 1, wherein a slide guide for guiding the sliding of the rigid member in the axial direction thereof is arranged in the restricted passage constituting member.
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