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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113495 | Vibration damper A vibration damper comprises a vibration dampening structure and a load bearing plate disposed on the vibration dampening structure. The vibration dampening structure includes a slip resistant layer and at least one foam layer disposed between the slip resistant lay... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8038133 | Coaxial tube damper A vibrating device has at least one dampening portion. The dampening portion comprises a first tube, a second tube and a layer of resilient material configured so that the first tube is disposed about the second tube, and the layer of resilient material is positione... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8002252 | Engine mount and elastomeric element thereof An isolation mount for supporting and isolating one part from another includes an inner member formed to be connected to one of the parts and an outer member formed to be connected to one of the parts. The inner member has a first and a second inner plates being con... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7350777 | Engine mount An engine mount has: a mount body including an upper and lower fitting of plate shape, and a pair of rubber mount elements of block shape; and an inner tube fitting situated within a through-hole in the upper fitting, formed at a location between the pair of rubber ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7316389 | Vibration isolation member A vibration isolation member comprising an inner member comprising an outer periphery having a first dimension; an outer member comprising a base and a shroud that extends away from the base, the shroud adapted to overlay the inner member, said shroud defining an in... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7296650 | Vibration isolating proof device An oscillation limiting mechanism 4 is integrally provided to an engine mount 3 (a vibration proof mount device) of a power plant P mounted on an automobile in a traverse mount fashion. Not only is a stopper metal member 40 in the shape of an in... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290759 | Vibration isolation damper for electronic equipment A vibration isolation platform utilizes a plurality of viscoelastic polymer blocks sandwiched between rigid plinths or boards and stacked on top of one another to provide vibration damping additively per layer of the sandwich. Smaller viscoelastic blocks are positio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273128 | Vibration proofing heat shield plate A vibration proofing heat shield plate fixed such as to cover at least a part of a heat source while forming a gap with respect to a surface of the heat source is provided with a vibration proofing heat shield plate main body portion, a collar member positioned at a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7200971 | Suspender bottom bracket for ceiling frameworks, a suspender having this kind of bottom bracket, and an assembly comprising a sealing framework and at least one such suspender A suspender bottom bracket for ceiling frameworks, includes a support wall that is adapted to be fastened to a rod of the suspender and is extended by two flanges in parallel planes that each have a rim parallel to the support wall, the two rims being directed towar... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195217 | Bracket assembly for removable mounting of a vibrator onto a railroad car A bracket assembly for a car shaker vibrator that includes a vibrator mounting member that is pivotally connected by a pivot pin, in a hinged or clevis arrangement, to a wedge member. The wedge member includes the male portion of a Gardner type bracket that is adapt... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188829 | Liquid sealed mount device A rubber 12 is vulcanized and bonded integrally with an engine side mounting member 11 and a barrel member 14 for caulking and fixing a diaphragm 16. A car body side mounting member 13 is formed by injection molding a resin materia... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7140603 | Vibration damping device having stopper structure A vibration damping device having a stopper structure includes: a rubber elastic body of generally frustoconical configuration overall; a first mounting member formed independently of the rubber elastic body, and directly or indirectly superimposed on the rubber ela... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128312 | Elastomeric spring assembly for a railcar and method of making same An elastomeric spring assembly for a railcar apparatus is disclosed. The elastomeric spring assembly includes an elongated body of elastomeric material having a series of axially spaced members coaxially arranged and wholly embedded within the body of elastomeric ma... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111705 | Vibration isolating mount device An oscillation limiting mechanism (4) is integrally provided to an engine mount (3) (a vibration proof mount device) of a power plant (P) mounted on an automobile in a traverse mount fashion. Not only is a stopper metal member (40) in the shape ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104561 | Air spring An air suspension system includes an air spring having an air cell and a piston. Preferably, the air cell tightly conforms to the piston and has a frustro-conical tapered configuration. By providing a tight conformal fit between the piston and the air cell, and by e... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097169 | Elastomeric bearing with modified cylindrical core An elastomeric bearing having inner and outer races and a core. The core has a plurality of resilient laminae and a plurality of non-resilient laminae interleaved with one another. Each of the lamina has an axially inner cylindrical portion of a given diameter, an a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6877623 | Elastomeric spring assembly for a railcar and method of making same An elastomeric spring assembly for a railcar apparatus is disclosed. The elastomeric spring assembly includes an elongated body of elastomeric material having a series of axially spaced members coaxially arranged and wholly embedded within the body of elastomeric ma... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6854721 | Vibration-damping device A vibration-damping device for damping vibrations of a vibrative member, which includes a damper mass member having a rigid abutting portion, a spring member for elastically connecting the damper mass member to the vibrative member to cooperate with the damper mass ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6773001 | Vibration isolation mount A rear engine mount includes a rectangular upper metal plate member, a metal stopper member, and a lower metal plate member. The metal stopper member includes a pair of side plates, and a bottom plate. The lower metal plate member is disposed a predetermined distanc... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6773000 | Vibration isolation spring mount A vibration isolation spring mount is disclosed. A compression coil spring is inserted between an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve and a pair of pads are disposed on the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. Outwardly extending blades disposed on the open end of the in... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6755027 | Cylindrical spring with integral dynamic gas seal One embodiment of a spring with an integral dynamic gas seal according to the present invention includes a spring with a pair of spaced-apart ends and a spring body extending therebetween. The spring body includes a perimeter wall formed of a first material and exte... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6641119 | Vibration-damping device having independent mass member Disclosed is a vibration-damping device comprising: a first and a second mounting member disposed in mutually spaced apart relationship with each other and attachable to two members of a vibration system, respectively; and an elastic body disposed between... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6578836 | Shock absorber for automobile A shock absorber for an automobile which exhibits a vibration damping effect in a wide range of a frequency, while suppressing generation of frictional noise. The shock absorber for the automobile has a buffer member interposed between parts. The buffer m... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6572087 | Thrust spring An elastomer spring for supporting an axially arranged coil spring, in particular in an engine mounting is constructed to reduce the radial loads on the coil spring with simultaneous damping and includes a transversely soft composition for the elastomeric... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6550752 | Hydraulically damped mounting device A hydraulically damped mounting device has a first anchor part in the form of a clip and a second anchor part in the form of a boss connected to the cup by a deformable wall. The deformable wall bounds a working chamber for hydraulic fluid which is connec... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6508343 | Vibration damper A vibration damper little depending on temperature, capable of damping plural resonance vibrations over a wide frequency region as well as damping a specific frequency vibration is provided. The vibration damper comprises a housing formed of a rigid mater... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6382603 | Ridged elastomer mount A shock isolator comprising a first plate having a set of ridges and grooves extending there along and a second plate having a complementary set of ridges and grooves with an elastomeric sheet sandwiched between the two plates so that when a compressive f... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378849 | Methods and apparatus for mounting motors A method for facilitating the reduction of transmitted motor noise using a mounting system in a frame. The mounting system includes a motor assembly having an end bell, a mounting bracket including a brace, a plurality of attachment openings, a plurality ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6357731 | Vibration damping device exhibiting high durability of elastic body A vibration damping device is disclosed, which includes: a first mounting member and a second mounting member including a cylindrical portion; an elastic body elastically connecting the first and second mounting member such that the elastic body is bonded... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6352250 | Vehicle suspension system A dynamic damper is disposed between an upper spring seat and a strut mount, comprising a supporting plate secured to a piston rod of a strut and an annular inertia mass body mounted on the supporting plate through an elastic member. The annular inertia m... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6270066 | Engine mount with vertical alignment An engine mount with vertical alignment for mounting a powertrain member on a chassis of a vehicle. The engine mount with vertical alignment has a mount body which has a hollow core for housing a metal core. The metal core has at least one channel for acc... | 08/07/2001 |
| 5988611 | Liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus and assembling method thereof There is provided a liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus which reduces a number of members to be aligned and which simplifies the assembling procedure in liquid, so as to reduce assembling steps and production cost. A cylindrical rubber bod... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5979884 | Vibration isolating apparatus A vibration isolating apparatus mainly used for supporting an engine for a compact vessel which is structured such as to securely perform a stopper operation and to widely improve a durability at a time when a large load is given, without changing a faste... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5918708 | Linearly decelerated powered slides and method An end of stroke linear decelerator apparatus for powered slides and method include a disc spring member (A) retained upon a guide rod by a retainer disc member (B) which is itself positioned for retention upon a guide rod adjacent a tooling member. An el... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5876023 | Vibration isolation insert for aircraft floor planels and the like An insert used to connect aircraft floor panels, and the like, to supporting structure includes features which function to isolate the supported panel from vibrations in the supporting structure. The isolation of the panels leads to reductions in SIL (Spe... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5868384 | Composite elastomeric spring A composite elastomeric spring having a predetermined final shape and including a first member of elastomeric material having a first durometer hardness and a second member of elastomeric material having a second durometer hardness is disclosed. The secon... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5836427 | Mounting construction of disc brake assembly A disc brake assembly that includes a mounting bracket formed with an attachment face for engagement with the corresponding attachment face of a stationary support bracket and fixed to the stationary support bracket by way of a fastening bolt, is provided... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5810337 | Suspension isolating device An improved device for isolating a vehicle frame from an axle assembly is provided. This device is characterized such that deflection caused by road shock is severely limited when the vehicle is in a loaded condition and substantially higher when the vehi... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5718406 | Counterbalance apparatus A counterbalance apparatus (10) for moving the work surface (100B) of a work station (100) is described. Preferably, the apparatus includes first and inner tubular members (12 and 20), a spring (70) and a cam follower (50). The first member is mounted to ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5676352 | Vibration absorber with mount The vibration absorbers have mounts for radial fastening of the vibration absorber to an inside surface of a wheel rim to be used on rails. A plurality of mounts are uniformly distributed over the circumference of the inside surface and are each coupleabl... | 10/14/1997 |
