Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Kiyohiko Yoshida

Ryouji Kanda

Rentaro Kato

Yasuhiko Mihara

A sliding type bushing including an inner sleeve having an axially intermediate large-diameter portion, a race disposed radially outwardly of the inner sleeve, and radially spaced from the large-diameter portion, and a sliding sleeve formed of a fiber reinforced resin material between the large-diameter portion and the race. The sliding sleeve has an outer surface fixed to the race, and an inner surface which faces an outer surface of the large-diameter portion with a predetermined clearance therebetween, such that the sliding and inner sleeves are freely slidable relative to each other about the axis of the bushing. The sliding type bushing further includes a cylindrical sliding cloth fixed to the inner surface of the sliding sleeve and formed of a fibrous material having a low coefficient of sliding friction, and a pair of axial retainers for axially retaining the sliding sleeve at axially opposite end faces thereof, and a generally cylindrical elastic body disposed radially outwardly of the race, such that the elastic body is fixed to an outer surface of the race.

Sliding type bushing having injection-molded sliding sleeve made of

A fluid-filled elastic mounting structure including a first fand a second support members disposed in spaced-apart relation with each other in a load-receiving direction, an elastic body elastically connecting the support members, a closure member secured to the second support member, so as to define therebetween a fluid chamber filled with a non-compressible fluid between the elastic body and the second support member, a partition assembly disposed within the fluid chamber, so as to divide the fluid chamber into a pressure-receiving chamber, and an equilibrium chamber, and a first orifice for fluid communication between the two chambers. The partition assembly has an opening communicating with the two chambers. A first and a second movable member are disposed within the opening of the partition assembly, such that the two movable members are spaced apart from each other in the load-receiving direction so as to define an intermediate chamber. A second orifice is formed in association with one of the movable members, for fluid communication of the intermediate chamber with the pressure-receiving or equilibrium chamber.

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Kasugai, Japan

Kiyohiko Yoshida