Vibration-Dampening Rod

• US 20150240908A1
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hutchinson (Welltower, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hutchinson (Welltower, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pizanti, Thierry, Stahl, Manfred, Petit, Pascal, Ledoux, Antony
• Application Number:
  US14/633,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20150240908A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 11/0614 the female part of the joint being open on two sides
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 11/0695 Mounting of ball-joints, e.g. fixing them to a connecting rod
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 11/083 by means of parts of rubber or like materials
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 7/04 with elastic intermediate part of fluid cushion
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/3849 Mounting brackets therefor, e.g. stamped steel brackets; Restraining links
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

Vibration-dampening rod comprising a rod body connecting first and second joints. The second joint comprises a ring having a central axis and comprising a through-window, an inner frame surrounded by the ring, and an elastomeric body overmolded on the inner frame and on the inside of the ring, molded as one piece and extending over a major portion of the axial height of the ring. The rod body traverses the window of the ring and is fixed to the inner frame.

Claims

1. A vibration-dampening rod having first and second joints and a rigid rod body extending between first and second ends respectively connected to the first and second joints, the second joint comprising:

a rigid ring having a central axis and extending for a certain axial height, the ring comprising a through-window,

a rigid inner frame surrounded by the ring,

and an elastomeric body overmolded on the inner frame and on the inside of the ring,

said rod body traversing said window and the second end of the rod body being fixed to the inner frame,

wherein said elastomeric body is molded as one piece and extends over a major portion of the axial height of the ring, including at said window.

2. The vibration dampening rod according to claim 1, wherein the elastomeric body comprises two arms arranged in a V and respectively extending in a diverging manner from first ends overmolded on the inner frame, to second ends overmolded on the inside of the ring on each side of the window.

3. The vibration-dampening rod according to claim 2, wherein the inner frame comprises a frame body extending substantially perpendicularly to the central axis of the ring and two side fins arranged one on either side of the second end of the rod body, said side fins extending parallel to the central axis and having outer surfaces on which are overmolded the first ends of the arms of the elastomeric body, said outer surfaces of the side fins diverging away from the ring window.

4. The vibration-dampening rod according to claim 3, wherein the inner frame further comprises a rear wall extending along the central axis and interconnecting said side fins opposite the ring window, said rear wall defining, together with the frame body and the side fins, a rod body housing into which the second end of the rod body is fitted.

5. The vibration-dampening rod according to claim 4, wherein the second end of the rod body is traversed by a screw that secures the inner frame to a rigid insert, the second end of the rod body being clamped between the insert and the frame body by said screw.

6. The vibration-dampening rod according to claim 5, wherein the insert comprises an insert body which extends substantially perpendicularly to the central axis and two fingers which extend along the central axis, the insert body being clamped by the screw against the second end of the rod body and being fitted into an insert housing defined by the side fins and rear wall of the inner frame, the fingers being arranged substantially as an extension of the side fins toward the window, and the frame body comprising a front portion arranged near said window, said front portion being nested with the second end of the rod body between the fingers of the insert.

7. The vibration -dampening rod according to claim 6, wherein the insert body comprises a rear portion arranged near the rear wall of the inner frame, said rear portion of the insert body comprising two outer side surfaces diverging toward said rear wall, the side fins and the rear wall of the inner frame together defining an insert body housing having a shape complementary to the rear portion of the insert body and said rear portion of the insert body nesting within it, the rod body housing being delimited between parallel inner side surfaces that are part of the side fins of the inner frame, the second end of the rod body comprising two parallel outer side surfaces extended by two converging outer side surfaces which converge toward the first end of the rod body, the parallel outer side surfaces of the second end of the rod body nesting between the inner side surfaces which define the rod body housing and the converging outer side surfaces of the second end of the rod body nesting between the fingers of the insert, which have a shape complementary to said converging outer side surfaces.