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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Shingo Hatakeyama, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Kentarou Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Shingo Hatakeyama, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Kentarou Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A hydraulic antivibration device capable of sufficiently reducing strange sounds is provided. The one in a first embodiment includes first ribs whose tops are spaced apart from lattice members and second ribs having tops abutting on the lattice members and a smaller rib width than the first ribs. When an elastic partition membrane impinges on the lattice members with vibration, the second ribs resist and the elastic partition membrane impinges moderately on the lattice members, so that strange sounds can be reduced. In a second embodiment, such first and second displacement-regulating protrusions are provided that are disposed asymmetrically relative to a phantom plane passing through a center of the elastic partition membrane in its thickness direction. When the elastic partition membrane is displaced, the displacement-regulating protrusions on the opposite side to the displacement direction intensify the stiffness of it locally, so that the elastic partition membrane is difficult to displace, leading to an effective reduction of strange sounds.