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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul T. Herbst, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 1/122 ; F16F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 1/122 ; F16F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A vibration isolation device comprising a housing with a housing wall that defines a housing chamber, a first spring pack, a second spring pack, and a surface effect damper located between the first and second spring packs. The first and second spring packs and damper being located in the housing chamber. The isolation device further comprises a fuse mechanism which causes the device to act as a hard mount before the fuse is actuated and as a soft mount after the fuse is actuated.