Magnetic field activated powertrain mount
First Claim
1. A system for managing the transfer of the movement of a vehicle'"'"'s powertrain component to the vehicle'"'"'s body structure, comprising:
- a powertrain mount connectable between a vehicle'"'"'s powertrain component and body structure, the powertrain mount including a moveable core and a housing for the moveable core, the housing supporting the moveable core for movement relative to the housing, in one or more open degrees of freedom, to one or more floating poses where the moveable core is rigidly mechanically decoupled from the housing in each of the open degrees of freedom; and
a magnetic field generation system, the magnetic field generation system including one or more housing-side magnetic devices at the housing and one or more moveable-core-side-magnetic devices at the moveable core, the housing-side magnetic devices and the moveable-core-side magnetic devices configured to collectively generate mutually balanced magnetic fields between the housing and the moveable core that attract and/or repel each other in sustained mutual balance in each of the open degrees of freedom to thereby retentively locate the moveable core in at least one of the floating poses.
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Abstract
A powertrain mount is connectable between a vehicle'"'"'s powertrain component and body structure. The powertrain mount includes a moveable core and a housing for the moveable core. The housing supports the moveable core for movement relative to the housing, in one or more open degrees of freedom, to one or more floating poses where the moveable core is rigidly mechanically decoupled from the housing in the open degrees of freedom. A magnetic field generation system includes one or more housing-side magnetic devices at the housing and one or more moveable-core-side magnetic devices at the moveable core. The housing-side magnetic devices and the moveable-core-side magnetic devices are configured to collectively generate mutually balanced magnetic fields between the housing and the moveable core in the open degrees of freedom that retentively locate the moveable core in one or more floating poses.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for managing the transfer of the movement of a vehicle'"'"'s powertrain component to the vehicle'"'"'s body structure, comprising:
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a powertrain mount connectable between a vehicle'"'"'s powertrain component and body structure, the powertrain mount including a moveable core and a housing for the moveable core, the housing supporting the moveable core for movement relative to the housing, in one or more open degrees of freedom, to one or more floating poses where the moveable core is rigidly mechanically decoupled from the housing in each of the open degrees of freedom; and a magnetic field generation system, the magnetic field generation system including one or more housing-side magnetic devices at the housing and one or more moveable-core-side-magnetic devices at the moveable core, the housing-side magnetic devices and the moveable-core-side magnetic devices configured to collectively generate mutually balanced magnetic fields between the housing and the moveable core that attract and/or repel each other in sustained mutual balance in each of the open degrees of freedom to thereby retentively locate the moveable core in at least one of the floating poses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle, comprising:
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a body structure, the body structure enclosing an engine compartment; a powertrain component housed in the engine compartment; a powertrain mount supporting the powertrain component with respect to the body structure, the powertrain mount including; a moveable core, the moveable core having a moveable-core-side connection portion connected to one of the body structure or the powertrain component, and a housing for the moveable core, the housing having a housing-side connection portion connected to the other of the body structure or the powertrain component, and supporting the moveable core for movement relative to the housing, in one or more open degrees of freedom, to one or more floating poses where the moveable core is rigidly mechanically decoupled from the housing in each of the open degrees of freedom; and a magnetic field generation system, the magnetic field generation system including one or more housing-side magnetic devices at the housing and one or more moveable-core-side magnetic devices at the moveable core, the housing-side magnetic devices and the moveable-core-side magnetic devices configured to collectively generate mutually balanced magnetic fields between the housing and the moveable core that attract and/or repel each other in sustained mutual balance in each of the open degrees of freedom to thereby retentively locate the moveable core in at least one of the floating poses. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for managing the transfer of the movement of a vehicle'"'"'s powertrain component to the vehicle'"'"'s body structure, comprising:
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a powertrain mount, the powertrain mount including; a moveable core, the moveable core having a moveable-core-side connection portion configured for connection to one of a vehicle'"'"'s body structure or powertrain component, and a housing for the moveable core, the housing having a housing-side connection portion configured for connection to the other of the vehicle'"'"'s body structure or powertrain component, and supporting the moveable core for movement relative to the housing, in one or more open degrees of freedom, to one or more floating poses where the moveable core is rigidly mechanically decoupled from the housing in each of the open degrees of freedom; and a magnetic field generation system, the magnetic field generation system including; one or more housing-side electromagnets at the housing, one or more moveable-core-side electromagnets at the moveable core, and a computing device in communication with the housing-side electromagnets and the moveable-core-side electromagnets, the computing device configured to control the actuation of the housing-side electromagnets and the moveable-core-side electromagnets to generate, at least in part, mutually balanced magnetic fields between the housing and the moveable core that attract and/or repel each other in sustained mutual balance in each of the open degrees of freedom to thereby retentively locate the moveable core in at least one of the floating poses. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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