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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Timothy J. Kubat, Erie, PA (US);
Kyle R. Zimmerman, Albion, PA (US);
Scott K. Thompson, Erie, PA (US);
Timothy J. Kubat, Erie, PA (US);
Kyle R. Zimmerman, Albion, PA (US);
Scott K. Thompson, Erie, PA (US);
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
Center-bonded mounts for resiliently connecting a supported structure to a support structure are assembled from members that are adapted to disproportionately affect the axial and radial stiffness of the mount. Each of the members includes a shoulder portion for engaging an opposite side surface of the support structure and a neck portion that extends within a socket formed through the support structure. The shoulder portion of one member disproportionately affects the downward axial stiffness of the mount, and the neck portion of the other member disproportionately affects the radial stiffness of the mount. A mount stiffness characteristic of the individual members can be varied, and the varied members can be interchangeably combined to provide both a greater selection and a greater range of axial and radial stiffness characteristics for a given part count.