Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Mie Miyauchi

Kazuhiko Kato

Norimasa Kuki

Yoshikane Akiyama

Mitiharu Hikosaka

Hitoshi Kawai

A vibration damping rubber bushing including: an inner cylindrical member; a main rubber elastic body bonded to an outer circumferential face of the inner cylindrical member; a plurality of anti-slip projections provided on at least one of axial end faces of the inner cylindrical member that project axially outward from the axial end face and extend with ribbed shape in a diametrical direction on the axial end face to produce a spokewise pattern overall; and an annular water barrier projection provided on a diametrical medial section of the at least one of the axial end faces of the inner cylindrical member, projecting axially outwardly and extending circumferentially, with the anti-slip projections being disposed to both radially inner side and radially outer side of the annular water barrier projection.

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Mie Miyauchi