Liquid-encapsulated damper mount and hydraulic damper mounting structure in suspension of automobile
First Claim
1. A structure for mounting a hydraulic damper used in a suspension of an automobile on a vehicle body, comprising a first rubber member disposed between an axial end of said hydraulic damper and the vehicle body and adapted to receive a load in an axial direction of said hydraulic damper, and a second rubber member disposed between an outer peripheral portion of said hydraulic damper and the vehicle body and adapted to receive a load in a radial direction perpendicular to an axis of said hydraulic damper, wherein a mounting plate is mounted to the vehicle body and has an opening provided herein for passage of said axial end of the hydraulic damper therethrough, said first rubber member being provided to envelope vertically opposed surfaces of the mounting plate around said opening and clamped between a retaining plate fixed to the axial end of the hydraulic damper and an upper wall portion of the hydraulic damper.
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Abstract
A mount for an upper portion of a vehicle damper suspension includes an elastic member interconnecting a bracket fixed to a vehicle body and a bracket fixed to a damper rod protruding from a damper case and formed into a tubular shape to surround an outer periphery of an upper portion of the bracket, a first liquid chamber defined in part by the elastic member, and a second liquid chamber defined in part by a diaphragm communicate with each other through a communication passage. The elastic member is shear-deformed vertically with the vertical movement of the damper rod. Thus, it is possible to reduce the vertical dimension of a damper mount, while ensuring a large amount of change in the volume of the first liquid chamber, as compared with a conventional damper mount in which the block-shaped elastic member provided at the upper portion of the damper case is deformed under compression or tension, to thereby change the volume of the first liquid chamber.
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- 1. A structure for mounting a hydraulic damper used in a suspension of an automobile on a vehicle body, comprising a first rubber member disposed between an axial end of said hydraulic damper and the vehicle body and adapted to receive a load in an axial direction of said hydraulic damper, and a second rubber member disposed between an outer peripheral portion of said hydraulic damper and the vehicle body and adapted to receive a load in a radial direction perpendicular to an axis of said hydraulic damper, wherein a mounting plate is mounted to the vehicle body and has an opening provided herein for passage of said axial end of the hydraulic damper therethrough, said first rubber member being provided to envelope vertically opposed surfaces of the mounting plate around said opening and clamped between a retaining plate fixed to the axial end of the hydraulic damper and an upper wall portion of the hydraulic damper.
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