Spring devices – Vehicle – Elastomeric
Patent
1985-11-25
1987-11-17
Kashnikow, Andres
Spring devices
Vehicle
Elastomeric
248636, 2671411, 267153, F16F 700, F16F 136, B60G 1122, F16M 1300
Patent
active
047069465
ABSTRACT:
A strut connecting a transversely mounted engine to an automobile frame component accommodates normal engine oscillation within a limited range of motion, such occurs at idle, while restraining excessive engine motion such as occurs during acceleration. The strut includes a complementary pair of elongate plates slidably mounting therebetween at opposite ends a pair of friction elements each of which is compressed between the plates by attachment means for connecting the strut in place. The attachment means includes a pair of elastomeric blocks bonded to the plates and washers bonded to the blocks and interconnected by a sleeve passing transversely through apertures in the plates and the friciton element. The aperture in the friction element is smaller than the apertures in the plates to provide a gap around the attachment sleeve. The elastomeric blocks provide an elastic shear connection which permits the attachment sleeve to oscillate axially through a limited extent relative to the plates for accommodating normal engine oscillations while enabling the sleeve to engage the friction element and displace it between the plates for controlling and damping engine motion outside the permitted range.
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Schwemmer Leonard J.
Thorn Richard P.
Kashnikow Andres
Oberleitner Robert J.
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