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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Allan Bergdahl, Dearborn, MI (US);
Isiah Charles White, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 1/300 ; F16F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 1/300 ; F16F 7/00 ;
Abstract
An elastomeric mounting/isolation assembly ( ) having several annular elastomeric elements ( ), several rigid sleeves ( ), and a fastener ( ), in which the radial and axial spring rates are effectively de-coupled from each other such that changing one spring rate has substantially no, or little, effect on the other spring rate. The de-coupled spring rates can enable the assembly to better meet diverse considerations involving noise, vibration, and/or harshness, commonly known as NVH, on the one hand, and vehicle dynamics on the other hand.