Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Hiroaki Happou

Atsushi Muramatsu

Hiroyuki Ueno

Satoru Takeshima

A fluid filled type vibration-damping device including: an elastic body connecting a first and second mounting member and sealing off one opening of the second mounting member; a flexible film fluid-tightly sealing off an another opening of the second mounting member; a partition member firmly fitted into the second mounting member thereby forming a pressure-receiving chamber partially defined by the rubber elastic body and an equilibrium chamber partially defined by the flexible film, which communicate together via an orifice passage; a short circuit passage is formed to connect the two chambers, and a valve body placing the short circuit passage in a communicating state on a basis of elastic deformation of the elastic body when an excessive pressure differential arises between the two chambers.

Fluid filled type vibration-damping device

A fluid filled type vibration damping device includes: a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting first and second mounting members; a partition member supported by the second mounting member; a pressure-receiving chamber partially defined by the elastic body and having a non-compressible fluid sealed therein; an equilibrium chamber partially defined by a flexible film and having the non-compressible fluid therein. The chambers are formed to either side of the partition member and an orifice passage permits a fluid communication between the two chambers. A short-circuit passage is formed so that the pressure-receiving and equilibrium chambers are able to be short-circuited through the short-circuit passage. A valve is used for switching the short-circuit passage, and a metal spring is used for holding the valve in a closed state at a predetermined initial level of elastic deformation.

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Hiroaki Happou