Device for filtering vibration, and a fixing system comprising a plurality of such devices for fixing a load on a support

• US 5,358,210 A
• Filed: 03/30/1993
• Issued: 10/25/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hutchinson (Welltower, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hutchinson (Welltower, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ciolczyk, Jean-Pierre, Simon, Jean-Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US08/039,857
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 248/628, 248/626, 248/618, 248/621, 248/638, 248/603, 248/604, 248/630, 267/44, 267/41, 267/47, 267/269, 267/260, 267/30
• US Class Current: 248/628
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/40 consisting of a stack of similar elements separated by non-elastic intermediate layers F16F9/306 takes precedence; laminated constructions to protect buildings against abnormal external influences, e.g. earthquakes, E04H9/022
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/426 Radial flexion of ring-type springs
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 2236/025 radial flexion of ring-type springs
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 3/12 the steel spring being in contact with the rubber spring F16F1/12 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a vibration-filtering device and to a system for fixing a load on a support by means of a plurality of such devices.

The device of the invention for fixing a load on a support comprises:

a first fastening zone including fastening means for fastening the device to a support;

an arcuate zone;

a beam substantially parallel to the first fastening zone;

a second fastening zone including fastening means for fastening a load to the device; and

at least two spring blades interconnected by an elastomer layer extending through the first fastening zone and the arcuate zone; wherein:

the device is a vibration-filtering device;

the spring blades interconnected by an elastomer layer pass through the beam to terminate in the second fastening zone close to the fastening means but separated therefrom by respective elastomer layers, in that the spring blades are separated from one another in the first fastening zone for fastening the fastening means on a support by an elastomer layer; and

the layer interconnecting the spring blades includes an elastomer having a high damping coefficient, in particular butyl rubber, in particular in the arcuate zone.

Claims

1. A vibration-filtering device adapted for fixing a load on a support, the device comprising in succession:

a first fastening zone including fastening means for fastening the device to a support;

an arcuate zone;

a beam substantially parallel to the first fastening zone;

a second fastening zone including fastening means for fastening a load to the device; and

at least two spring blades interconnected by an elastomer layer;

the spring blades and the interconnecting elastomer layer passing through the beam to terminate in the second fastening zone close to the fastening means but being separated therefrom by respective elastomer layers;

the spring blades also being separated from one another in the first fastening zone by an elastomer layer; and

the elastomer layer interconnecting the spring blades having a high damping coefficient in the arcuate zone.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the spring blades are composite material springs.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the layer interconnecting the spring blades includes an elastomer having a low damping coefficient, in particular natural rubber, in particular in the beam.

4. A device according to claim 1, including a transition zone between the arcuate zone and the beam, the thickness of the beam being greater than the thickness of the arcuate zone of the device.

5. A device according to claim 1, including a transition zone between the arcuate zone and the beam which is narrower than the arcuate zone of the device.

6. A device according to claim 1, including a mass fixed substantially halfway along the arcuate zone to modify the dynamic behavior of the device.

7. A device according to claim 1, including at least three spring blades interconnected in pairs by elastomer layers.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein the elastomer layer in tim first fastening zone and interconnecting the springs and the fastening means is substantially in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped.

9. A device according to claim 1, wherein the fastening means for fastening a load to the device comprise a comb having the ends of the spring blades penetrating between the teeth of the comb.

10. A device according to claim 9, wherein the second fastening zone includes elastomer overmolding on the first and last teeth of the comb formed by the ends of the fastening means.

11. A device according to claim 1, that is generally C-shaped.

12. A system for fastening a load on a support, and in particular for fastening a rotary machine that would otherwise generate vibration in said support, wherein the system load is secured to the support solely by means of a plurality of devices according to claim 1.

13. A device according to claim 1, wherein the elastomer layer comprises butyl rubber.