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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasukuni Wakita, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention is intended to reduce the weight of the suspension support without increasing its production cost. An inner and outer cylinders ( ), ( ) are made of aluminum. Out of the upper and lower inner circumferential flanges ( ), ( ) which hold vertically a rubber elastomer ( ) in between, one flange is formed on an open condition when the outer cylinder ( ) is forged, and after inserting the rubber elastomer ( ) from the opening ( ) a circumferential edge of the opening ( ) is inwardly folded to form the inner circumferential flanges ( ), ( ), thus completing a product.