Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Howa Plastics Co., Ltd.

Koji Sawada

Toru Tanaka

Koji Shinohara

Makoto Suzuki

Takafumi Tachibana

An operation load application member includes: a pivot support portion, a leg portion having a first projection and a second projection at its tip; and a connection portion which connects the pivot support portion and the leg portion together. The pivot support portion, the leg portion, and the connection portion are unitarily formed. The operation load application member can generate, by itself, a plurality of operation loads and a plurality of operation feels. Accordingly, there is provided an air blowing device which can reduce manufacturing cost while maintaining satisfactory operation loads and operation feels.

Air blowing device

An elastic bushing assembly including a rigid sleeve member disposed radially inwardly of an outer sleeve, the sleeve member having a radial flange extending radially outwardly from one axial end thereof, an elastic member interposed between the outer sleeve and the sleeve member, an inner sleeve disposed radially inwardly of the sleeve member, a sliding member interposed between the inner sleeve and the sleeve member and slidable relative to one of the inner sleeve and the sleeve member. A retainer member is located at one axial end of the inner sleeve corresponding to the radial flange of the sleeve member, and a sealing rubber member is in pressed abutting contact with the radial flange of the sleeve member and the retainer member, so as to provide sealing therebetween. The rubber member includes two radially spaced-apart annular sealing lips whose diameters increase in an axially outward direction of the sleeve member away from the radial flange. The outer sealing lip has a tapered distal end face whose diameter decreases in the axially outward direction.

Elastic bushing assembly

A bush assemblage having an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve disposed around the inner sleeve in co-axial and radially-spaced relation thereto, a rigid sleeve member disposed between the inner and outer sleeves, a cylindrical resilient member interposed between the outer sleeve and the rigid sleeve member, and a cylindrical sliding member interposed between the inner sleeve and the rigid sleeve member, a retainer member located at at least one of axial ends of the inner sleeve to extend radially outwardly, and a sealing device for sealing at least between the inner sleeve and the rigid sleeve member. The sealing device includes a rubber member which is disposed on the retainer member and an axial end of the rigid sleeve member corresponding to the at least one axial end of the inner sleeve, and which abuts against the other.

Bush assemblage

A mounting device for resiliently supporting a transverse engine on a frame in a vehicle which includes a cylindrical resilient mount having an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve disposed around and spaced apart from the inner sleeve so as to form a radial space therebetween, and a resilient member disposed in the radial space and having a first and a second void which are formed on diametrically opposite sides of the inner sleeve such that the voids are located opposite to each other in a first direction diametrically in the resilient mount. The device further includes a linking structure for connecting the resilient mount to the vehicle engine and frame, such that the axis of the resilient mount is parallel to an axis of rolling of the engine which extends transversely in the vehicle. The linking structure holds the resilient mount such that the first direction of the first and second voids coincides with a second direction in which the resilient mount is vibrated upon rolling of the engine about the rolling axis. The resilient member is subject primarily to a compressive stress upon application of a vibrational load in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and subjected primarily to a shearing stress upon application of a vibrational load in the second direction.

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Koji Sawada