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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2002
Robert J. Michael, Erie, PA (US);
Peter D. Howorth, Fairview, PA (US);
Atle Larsen, Erie, PA (US);
Troy P. Herbst, Erie, PA (US);
Ulrich A. Kuester, Erie, PA (US);
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
A mount with a first attachment member; a second attachment member spaced from the first attachment member; and resilient members joining the first and second attachment members, each of the resilient members having at least one void, the voids being collapsible under loading between a first open void condition where the mount has a first substantially constant stiffness, and a second collapsed condition where the voids are substantially closed, the mount having a second substantially constant stiffness when the voids are in the second collapsed condition.