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Control type vibro-isolating support
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-03-27
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Granted: 1997-07-15
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Expires: 2016-03-27
Abstract
Abstract A control type vibro-isolating support includes a pulse signal generator for generating reference signals x, which represent the state of the vibration being generated by an engine. An acceleration sensor detects residual vibration on the support member side, and generates a residual vibration signal e. A controller is supplied with the reference signals x and residual vibration signal e. On the basis of the reference signals x and residual vibration signal e and in accordance with, for example, synchronous filtered X LMS algorithm, the controller generates a drive signal y so as to lower the vibration level on the member side. An engine mount is interposed between the engine and the member, and has an electromagnetic actuator. The drive circuit for the actuator is supplied with the drive signal y. The controller judges that abnormality has occurred, if a maximum value of the residual vibration signal e exceeds a threshold, and if maximum values of the signal e have occurred at the same periodicity as the reference signals x.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeki Satoh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 11:05
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05D; G05D19/00; G05D19/02; F; F16; F16F; F16F13/00; F16F13/04; F16F13/06; F16F13/08; F16F13/10; F16F13/26; F16F13/264; G05B; G05B23/00; G05B23/02; G05B23/0205; G05B23/0218; G05B23/0224; G05B23/0227; G05B23/0235; G05B23/024; G05B23/0259; G05B23/0267; G05B23/027
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A control type vibro-isolating support, comprising: a source of control vibration which is interposed between a vibrator and a support body, and which can generate control vibration; reference signal generation means for detecting the state of the vibration being generated by said vibrator, and for outputting a reference signal; residual vibration detection means for detecting residual vibration on said support body side; and for outputting a residual vibration signal; control means for generating a drive signal for driving said source of control vibration on the basis of said reference signal and said residual vibration signal so as to damp the vibration on said support body side; state detection means for detecting the state of said vibro-isolating support; and abnormality judgment means for judging if there is abnormality on the basis of the detection result of said state detection means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A control type vibro-isolating support, comprising: a source of control vibration which is interposed between a vibrator and a support body, and which can generate control vibration; reference signal generation means for detecting the state of the vibration being generated by said vibrator, and for outputting a reference signal; residual vibration detection means for detecting residual vibration on said support body side; and for outputting a residual vibration signal; control means for generating a drive signal for driving said source of control vibration on the basis of said reference signal and said residual vibration signal so as to damp the vibration on said support body side; state detection means for detecting the state of said vibro-isolating support; and abnormality judgment means for judging if there is abnormality on the basis of the detection result of said state detection means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 1, and further comprising alarm raising means for raising an alarm if said abnormality judgment means judges abnormality occurring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 1, wherein said vibrator generates periodic vibration.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
84 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 3, wherein: said state detection means comprises maximum/minimum detection means for detecting the maximum or minimum value of said residual vibration signal for each cycle of said reference signal, and wherein said abnormality judgment means judges if there is abnormality on the basis of the magnitude of said maximum or minimum value and the intervals at which the maximum or minimum values of said residual vibration signal have occurred for a plurality of cycles of said reference signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 4, wherein: said abnormality judgment means judges abnormality occurring if the modulus of said maximum or minimum value exceeds a specified threshold and if said maximum or minimum values have periodically occurred.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 4, wherein: said abnormality judgment means judges abnormality occurring if the modulus of said maximum or minimum value exceeds a specified threshold and if said maximum or minimum values have occurred at the same cycle as said reference signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 3, wherein: said state detection means comprises auto-correlation function operation means for finding the auto-correlation function of said residual vibration signal with a time lag which is an integral number of times as long as the period of said reference signal, and wherein said abnormality judgment means judges if there is abnormality on the basis of said auto-correlation function.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 7, wherein: said abnormality judgment means judges abnormality occurring if said auto-correlation function exceeds a specified threshold.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
49 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 3, wherein: said state detection means comprises cross-correlation function operation means for finding the cross-correlation function of said residual vibration signal and said drive signal, and wherein said abnormality judgment means judges if there is abnormality on the basis of said cross-correlation function.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 9, wherein: said abnormality judgment means judges abnormality occurring if said cross-correlation function exceeds a specified threshold.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
48 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 9, wherein: said abnormality judgment means judges abnormality occurring, which is higher-order divergence, if said cross-correlation function exceeds a specified threshold at a plurality of points within a time lag of which the maximum value is the period of said reference signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
92 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 1, wherein: said source of control vibration comprises a supporting elastic body interposed between said vibrator and said support body, a diaphragm, a movable member which can be magnetized and is elastically supported so as to form part of said diaphragm, a fluid chamber defined at least partially by said supporting elastic body and said diaphragm, fluid in said chamber, and an electromagnetic actuator for operation in response to said drive signal to displace said movable member so as to change the volume of said chamber.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
49 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 12, wherein: said state detection means comprises clearance detection means for detecting the clearance between said movable member and said electromagnetic actuator, and wherein said abnormality judgment means judges if said source of control vibration is abnormal on the basis of said clearance.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
51 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 13, wherein: said electromagnetic actuator includes an exciting coil, and wherein said clearance detection means comprises induced voltage detection means for detecting voltage induced under no control in said coil if said vibrator vibrates and if said actuator is not supplied with said drive signal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
46 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 14, wherein: said abnormality judgment means judges that abnormality has occurred, which is decrease in said clearance, in said source of control vibration if the maximum or minimum value of said voltage induced under no control exceeds a specified value.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
48 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 14, wherein: said abnormality judgment means judges that abnormality has occurred, which is increase in said clearance, in said source of control vibration if the maximum or minimum value of said voltage induced under no control is less than a specified value.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
71 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 12, wherein: said electromagnetic actuator comprises an exciting coil, and wherein said state detection means comprises induced voltage detection means for detecting voltage induced under no control in said coil if said vibrator vibrates and if said actuator is not supplied with said drive signal, said abnormality judgment means judging said source of control vibration abnormal if said voltage induced under no control is zero.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
67 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 12, wherein: said electromagnetic actuator includes an exciting coil, and wherein said state detection means comprises maximum current value detection means for detecting the maximum value of the control current actually flowing through said coil, said abnormality judgment means judging said actuator in a high temperature state if the maximum value of said control current is less than a specified threshold.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
37 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 18, and further comprising: control current correction means for lowering the maximum value of said control current if said abnormality judgment means judges said electromagnetic actuator in a high temperature state.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
46 words
The vibro-isolating support claimed in claim 12, wherein: said source of control vibration has an orifice and an auxiliary fluid chamber of variable volume, which communicates through said orifice with the first-mentioned fluid chamber, and wherein said chambers and said orifice are filled with said fluid.
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