Active positioning element

• US 5,492,311 A
• Filed: 07/08/1994
• Issued: 02/20/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
• Original Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
• Inventors: Barth, Armin, Kurr, Klaus, Schweikert, Willi
• Primary Examiner(s): Butler, Douglas C.
• Application Number:
  US08/273,038
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• Field of Search: 267/140.11, 267/140.13, 267/140.14, 267/140.2, 267/140.3, 267/140.4, 267/122, 267/219, 267/220, 267/217, 267/227, 267/226, 267/225, 267/24, 267/30, 267/31 , 267/35, 267/34, 267/152, 267/153, 267/64.11, 267/64.15, 267/64.19-64.27, 267/162, 267/121, 267/124, 267/64.14, 92/48, 92/151, 180/300, 180/902, 180/312, 248/562, 248/636
• US Class Current: 267/140.13
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 13/26 characterised by adjusting or regulating devices responsive to exterior conditions F16F13/101 takes precedence

Abstract

An active positioning element for a rubber mount, including a space surrounded by a housing, a positioning member and a working member which is designed as a spring element arranged within the space. The positioning member and the working member are movable back and forth in the direction of oscillations introduced into the rubber mount, and the positioning member is sealed in the housing. The positioning member is formed by a gas pressure spring which can be acted on by gas under pressure, the gas pressure spring comprising at least one piston-cylinder unit which has a roller membrane for sealing the piston off from the housing. The spring element is formed by a compression spring which, in the direction of the oscillations introduced, rests under elastic initial stress, on one side against the positioning member and on another side against the support bearing of the rubber mount.

Claims

1. An active positioning element for a hydraulically-damped mount, said mount comprising an elastomeric spring and a support bearing, said active positioning element comprising:

a housing, said housing surrounding a space;

a working member, said working member being located within said space, said working member comprising a spring element, said spring element comprising a compression spring, said working member being movable within said space; and

a positioning member, said positioning member being located within said space, one side of said compression spring contacting said positioning member and another side of said compression spring contacting said support bearing, said positioning member comprising a plurality of pistons, said positioning member further comprising a plurality of rolling diaphragms sealing said pistons to said housing, each of said pistons being acted on by a fluid pressure difference to move said pistons and said compression spring, said pistons arranged in parallel with the parallel connection of the pistons producing a comparatively large resultant piston surface in which the total force obtained is formed by the addition of the individual forces of the corresponding pistons.

2. The active positioning element of claim 1, wherein:

said pistons are acted upon by a pressure less than atmospheric pressure on one side and by atmospheric pressure on another side.

3. The active positioning element of claim 1, wherein:

said pistons are acted on by atmospheric pressure on one side and by a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure on another side.

4. The active positioning element of claim 1, wherein:

said compression spring comprises a metallic material.

5. The active positioning element of claim 1, wherein:

said compression spring comprises a plurality of Belleville springs.

6. The active positioning element of claim 1, wherein:

said housing, on a side facing said support bearing, comprises a conically widened support surface, said support surface being covered with an elastomeric material, and wherein said support surface engages said support bearing when said positioning member is not acted on by said pressure difference.

7. A hydraulically-damped mount comprising:

an elastomeric spring;

a support bearing connected to said elastomeric spring;

a housing, said housing surrounding a space;

a working member, said working member comprising a compression spring, said working member being movable within said space; and

a positioning member, said positioning member being located within said space, one side of said compression spring contacting said positioning member and another side of said compression spring contacting said support bearing, said positioning member comprising at least one piston, said positioning member further comprising at least one rolling diaphragm sealing said at least one piston to said housing, said at least one piston being acted on by a fluid pressure difference to move said support bearing relative to said housing a plurality of pistons arranged in parallel with the parallel connection of the pistons producing a comparative large resultant piston surface in which the total force obtained is formed by the addition of the individual forces of the corresponding pistons.

8. The hydraulically-damped mount of claim 7, wherein:

said at least one piston is acted upon by a pressure less than atmospheric pressure on one side and by atmospheric pressure on another side.

9. The hydraulically-damped mount of claim 7, wherein:

said at least one piston is acted on by atmospheric pressure on one side and by a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure on another side.

10. The hydraulically-damped mount of claim 7, wherein:

said compression spring comprises a plurality of Belleville springs.

11. The hydraulically-damped mount of claim 7, wherein:

said housing, on a side facing said support bearing, comprises a conically widened support surface, said support surface being covered with an elastomeric material, and wherein said support surface engages said support bearing when said positioning member is not acted on by said pressure difference.