Resilient supports

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1999-02-25

2001-01-09

King, Anita M. (Department: 3632)

Supports

Pipe or cable

Suspended

C248S638000, C248S636000, C267S152000, C267S153000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06170782

ABSTRACT:

The invention relates to a resilient support for resiliently supporting a vibratable member from a relatively rigid structure, comprising a first end part having a front face and a rear face and being adapted for connection to the structure, and a second end part having a front face and a rear face and being adapted for connection to the vibratable member, and arm means resiliently connecting the first and second end parts together such that vibration of the member relative to the structure tends to move the first and second end parts away from and towards each other, the arm means comprising at least a first arm made of resilient material connected to the first and second end parts for resiliently resisting the vibrations.
Such a support is known, for example from EP-A-0 411 246. The known support is usable for supporting part of the exhaust system of a motor vehicle. Such a support resists the vibrations of the exhaust system relative to the supporting structure of the vehicle. It is desirable, though, to arrange for such a support to have resistance also to forces acting in a sideways direction. The invention aims to deal with this problem.
According to the invention, therefore, the known support is characterized in that the first and second end parts face in opposite directions and the first arm is resiliently connected to the end parts and extends between corresponding faces of the end parts in a direction diagonal to the vibration directions whereby vibrations are resisted by tension and compression in the arm and by bending where the arm is resiliently connected to the end parts and whereby movement of the vibratable member relative to the structure in directions transverse to the vibration directions is resisted in one of those transverse directions substantially by tension in the arm and in the other of the transverse directions by a combination of compression in the arm and bending therein.


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