US6186485B1
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Vibration insulating apparatus and method
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1999-02-05
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Granted: 2001-02-13
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Expires: 2019-02-05
Abstract
Abstract A vibration insulating apparatus and a vibration insulating method disclosed herein is preferably applied to a vibration insulating mount disposed between a vibrating body and a mounting body. Here, the vibration insulating mount comprises a fluid chamber filled with fluid, an elastic support partly defining the fluid chamber, a movable member partly defining the fluid chamber, a resilient member resiliently supporting the movable member, and an actuator generating displacing force for the movable member according to a drive signal so as to change volume of the fluid chamber. Also, a reference signal indicative of a vibrating condition of the vibrating body and a residual vibration signal indicative of a residual vibration of the mounting body are generated. Thereupon, a driving signal is generated according to the reference signal and the residual signal and is output to the actuator so as to reduce vibration transmitted from the vibrating body to the mounting body by use of low-pass filter processing, and a cutoff frequency used in the low-pass filter processing is set in accordance with a state of a load applied to the vibration insulating mount.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Kawazoe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 10:52
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16F; F16F13/00; F16F13/04; F16F13/06; F16F13/08; F16F13/18; B; B60; B60K; B60K5/00; B60K5/12; B60K5/1208; B60K5/1216; F16F13/26; F16F13/264; F16F15/00; F16F15/02; F16F15/023; F16F15/027
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
A vibration insulating apparatus comprising: a vibration insulating mount disposed between a vibrating body and a mounting body, said vibration isolation mounting device insulating mount having a fluid chamber filled with fluid, an elastic support partly defining said fluid chamber, a movable member partly defining said fluid chamber, a resilient member resiliently supporting said movable member, and an actuator generating displacing force for said movable member according to a drive signal so as to change volume of said fluid chamber; a reference signal generating device detecting a vibrating condition of said vibrating body and outputting a reference signal indicative of said vibrating condition; a residual vibration signal generating device detecting a residual vibration of said mounting body and outputting a residual vibration signal indicative of said residual vibration; and a driving control device calculating said driving signal output to said actuator according to said reference signal and said residual signal so as to reduce vibration transmitted from said vibrating body to said mounting body, and said driving control device outputting said driving signal to said actuator by use of low-pass filter processing, wherein a cutoff frequency used in said low-pass filter processing is set in accordance with a state of a load applied to said vibration insulating mount.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
208 words
A vibration insulating apparatus comprising: a vibration insulating mount disposed between a vibrating body and a mounting body, said vibration isolation mounting device insulating mount having a fluid chamber filled with fluid, an elastic support partly defining said fluid chamber, a movable member partly defining said fluid chamber, a resilient member resiliently supporting said movable member, and an actuator generating displacing force for said movable member according to a drive signal so as to change volume of said fluid chamber; a reference signal generating device detecting a vibrating condition of said vibrating body and outputting a reference signal indicative of said vibrating condition; a residual vibration signal generating device detecting a residual vibration of said mounting body and outputting a residual vibration signal indicative of said residual vibration; and a driving control device calculating said driving signal output to said actuator according to said reference signal and said residual signal so as to reduce vibration transmitted from said vibrating body to said mounting body, and said driving control device outputting said driving signal to said actuator by use of low-pass filter processing, wherein a cutoff frequency used in said low-pass filter processing is set in accordance with a state of a load applied to said vibration insulating mount.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A vibration insulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said cutoff frequency used in said low-pass filter processing is lowered in accordance with increase in said load applied to said vibration insulating mount, and increased in accordance with reduction in said load applied to said vibration insulating mount.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A vibration insulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said vibrating body is a power unit including an engine, and said mounting body is a structural member at the side of a vehicle body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
A vibration insulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said vibration insulating apparatus is applied to a vehicle including a transmission, includes a shift state detector detecting a shift state of said transmission, and set said cutoff frequency in accordance with said shift state detected by said shift state detector.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
A vibration insulating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said transmission is an automatic transmission, and said shift state detected by said shift state detector includes a shift position capable of moving said vehicle forward, a shift position capable of moving said vehicle rearward, and a shift position capable of stopping said vehicle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A vibration insulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said vibration insulating apparatus is applied to a vehicle, and includes an acceleration state detector detecting an acceleration state of said vehicle, and said driving control device sets said cutoff frequency in accordance with said acceleration state of said vehicle detected by said acceleration state detector.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A vibration insulating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein said acceleration state detector detects an acceleration of said vehicle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
60 words
A vibration insulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said vibrating body is a power unit including an engine, said vibration insulating apparatus includes a revolution state detector detecting a revolution state of said engine, and said driving control device sets said cutoff frequency in accordance with said revolution state of said engine detected by said revolution state detector.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A vibration insulating apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said revolution state detector detects a revolution number of said engine.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
98 words
A vibration insulating apparatus comprising: vibration isolation mounting means disposed between a vibrating body and a mounting body; control means applying a driving signal generated by use of low-pass filter processing to a mass/spring system of said vibration isolation mounting means so as to control said active mounting characteristic of said vibration isolation mounting means; and load detecting means detecting a state of a load applied to said vibration isolation mounting means, wherein a cutoff frequency used in said low-pass filter processing is set in accordance with said state of said load detected by said load detecting means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
98 words
A vibration insulating apparatus comprising: vibration isolation mounting means disposed between a vibrating body and a mounting body; control means applying a driving signal generated by use of low-pass filter processing to a mass/spring system of said vibration isolation mounting means so as to control said active mounting characteristic of said vibration isolation mounting means; and load detecting means detecting a state of a load applied to said vibration isolation mounting means, wherein a cutoff frequency used in said low-pass filter processing is set in accordance with said state of said load detected by said load detecting means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
91 words
A vibration insulating method comprising: generating a driving signal by use of low-pass filter processing so as to vibrate a mass/spring system of a vibration isolation mounting device disposed between a vibrating body and a mounting body; applying said driving signal to said mass/spring system of said vibration isolation mounting device to vibrate said mass/spring system; and detecting a state of a load applied to said vibration isolation mounting device, wherein a cutoff frequency used in said low-pass filter processing is set in accordance with said detected state of said load.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
91 words
A vibration insulating method comprising: generating a driving signal by use of low-pass filter processing so as to vibrate a mass/spring system of a vibration isolation mounting device disposed between a vibrating body and a mounting body; applying said driving signal to said mass/spring system of said vibration isolation mounting device to vibrate said mass/spring system; and detecting a state of a load applied to said vibration isolation mounting device, wherein a cutoff frequency used in said low-pass filter processing is set in accordance with said detected state of said load.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
57 words
A vibration insulating method according to claim 11 , wherein said vibration isolation mounting device is applied to a vehicle including a transmission, and said detection of said state of said load applied to said vibration isolation mounting device is a detection of a state of a load varying depending upon a shift state of said transmission.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
53 words
A vibration insulating method according to claim 11 , said vibration isolation mounting device is applied to a vehicle, and said detection of said state of said load applied to said vibration isolation mounting device is a detection of a state of a load varying depending upon an acceleration state of said vehicle.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
53 words
A vibration insulating method according to claim 11 , said vibrating body is a power unit including an engine, and said detection of said state of said load applied to said vibration isolation mounting device is a detection of a state of a load varying depending upon a revolution state of said engine.
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