Summary of the invention
In view of this problem, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of support, can prevent support recoil stop and the caused abnormal sound of contacting of vehicle body when the twisted displacement of piston rod effectively.
Support of the present invention has: the inner member that is installed in the piston rod side of vibration damper; Surround this inner member and be installed in the outer member of body side; And be folded between described inner member and the outer member, the vibrationproof matrix that constitutes by rubber-like elastic body with two member combinations, this support is embedded in the recess under shed of being located at described vehicle body from the below, promptly the upper wall portions at this recess has in the recess of opening portion, described outer member is not fastened on the described vehicle body, be mounted to the load that utilizes described vehicle body and sandwich state between described vehicle body and described piston rod, in this support, have the upper end portion support recoil stop that relative displacement downwards limits to described piston rod that is installed in described piston rod, this support recoil stop has: the spacing board of the relative configuration of upper wall portions around the described opening portion with described recess is left with gap in the top; And the spacing rubber section that is located at this limiting board subordinate surface, a plurality of spherical crown shape projections are located on the lower surface of this spacing rubber section along circumferential array.
Adopt said structure, owing to be provided with a plurality of spherical crown shape projections along circumferential array at lower surface with the spacing rubber section of the support recoil stop of the upper wall portions butt of vehicle body recess, as preventing the abnormal sound projection, so not only can prevent abnormal sound during the axial contact when common performance limiter effect, and when the manipulation wheel, can prevent that also spacing rubber section from contacting caused abnormal sound with vehicle body during the sort of twisted displacement of piston rod.Especially when the twisted displacement of piston rod, though generation contacts the effect of back to the power of horizontal off normal with vehicle body to projection, if the projection of above-mentioned spherical crown shape then has the property of following with respect to this horizontal off normal, so abnormal sound prevents the effect excellence.In addition, though one side piston rod is twisted on one side also is rotated, if the projection of spherical crown shape, then itself is non-directional, so with respect to the circumferential off normal also property followed, from this point, abnormal sound prevents also excellence of effect.
In support of the present invention, described spherical crown shape projection is if arrange the ring-type of being arranged to inside and outside dual at the lower surface of described spacing rubber section, then when twisted displacement, and the phenomenon that can as far as possible avoid spacing rubber section body to contact with vehicle body.
In addition, in this occasion, be listed as if described spherical crown shape projection arrangement is arranged to circumferentially mutually different inboard ring-type row and outside ring-type, the abnormal sound when then can further improve twisted displacement prevents effect.
In support of the present invention, if the interval between the described spherical crown shape projection of circumferential adjacency is set at below the width of described spherical crown shape projection, then during contacting when twisted displacement with vehicle body, although be independent mutually outstanding spherical crown shape projection, but can contact with vehicle body with projection as much as possible, can should bear load mutually.
In addition, in support of the present invention, the height of described spherical crown shape projection also can be set at more than the thickness of described spacing rubber section body.Improve the above-mentioned property followed by setting the higher projection of this projecting height, and the phenomenon that spacing rubber section body contacts with vehicle body can avoid twisted displacement the time, abnormal sound prevents the effect excellence.
In support of the present invention, the tangent line that described spherical crown shape projection is joined with the front end of described spacing rubber section body and with the angle that lower surface constituted of described spacing rubber section body, preferably set greatlyyer than the maximum twisted angle of described piston rod.Thus, when the twisted displacement of piston rod, can prevent that spacing rubber section from contacting with vehicle body prior to spherical crown shape projection, can bring into play the effect that prevents abnormal sound.And when spherical crown shape projection arrangement is arranged to the ring-type of inside and outside dual, also can set the state that satisfies this relation for for the spherical crown shape projection of the ring-type in outside row.
In support of the present invention, also described spherical crown shape protrusion-shaped can be become spherical crown shape with height more than the radius.By being set, the higher projection of this projecting height improves the above-mentioned property followed, and the phenomenon that spacing rubber section body contacts with vehicle body can avoid twisted displacement the time, abnormal sound prevents the effect excellence.
If support of the present invention, not only can prevent abnormal sound effectively during the axial contact when common performance limiter effect, and when handling wheel, during the sort of twisted displacement of piston rod, can prevent effectively that also spacing rubber section from contacting caused abnormal sound with vehicle body.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the sectional view under the 1st embodiment's the installment state of support.
Fig. 2 is the exploded view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the plan view of support recoil stop.
Fig. 4 is the amplification view (enlarged view of IV portion among Fig. 1) of support recoil stop major component.
The half sectional view of support when Fig. 5 is the twisted displacement of piston rod.
Fig. 6 is the sectional view under the 2nd embodiment's the installment state of support.
Fig. 7 is the exploded view of Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 is the 2nd embodiment's a support recoil stop plan view.
Fig. 9 is the amplification view (enlarged view of IX portion among Fig. 6) of this support recoil stop major component.
The half sectional view of support when Figure 10 is the twisted displacement of the 2nd embodiment's piston rod.
Symbol description
10,10A is a support
The 12nd, piston rod
12a is the upper end portion of piston rod
The 14th, vehicle body
The 22nd, recess
The 26th, upper wall portions
The 28th, opening portion
The 30th, inner member
The 32nd, outer member
The 34th, the vibrationproof matrix
The 36th, the support recoil stop
The 42nd, spacing rubber section
42a is spacing rubber section body
42b is the lower surface of spacing rubber section
The 48th, spacing board
The 50th, the gap
The 52nd, spherical crown shape projection
The 56th, inboard ring-type row
The 58th, outside ring-type row
A is the thickness of spacing rubber section body
B is the height of spherical crown shape projection
C, C1, C2 are the intervals between spherical crown shape projection
D is the width of spherical crown shape projection
L is a tangent line
α is the angle that tangent line and spacing rubber section body lower surface are constituted
β is maximum twisted angle
Embodiment
Below, the support of the embodiment of the invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(the 1st embodiment)
Fig. 1 is the sectional view that expression the present invention the 1st embodiment's support 10 is installed in back state on the vehicle, and Fig. 2 is its exploded view.
Among the figure, symbol 12 is piston rods of vibration damper, and symbol 14 is vehicle bodies of vehicle, and symbol 16 is spring seats of line of support coil spring upper end, and symbol 18 is to utilize nut 20 and be fixed on bearing on the 12a of piston rod upper end portion.
Constituting on the tabular vehicle body 14, be provided with to be recessed to form upward and be the recess 22 of convex under shed.The side wall portion 24 of recess 22 forms the circular cone tubular that diameter is more little more upward, is provided with circular opening portion 28 in upper wall portions 26.Upper wall portions 26 from the upper end of side wall portion 24 in radial direction the side extend and be provided with, and by side within it opening portion 28 is set and forms the ring flat-plate shape, the upper end portion 12a of piston rod inserts from the below and leads in this opening portion 28.
Support 10 comprises: be installed in the metal inner member 30 on the 12a of piston rod upper end portion; Be installed in the metal outer member 32 of vehicle body 14 sides; And be folded between these members 30,32, by the vibrationproof matrix 34 that rubber-like elastic body constituted that both are combined, support 10 is embedded in the recess 22 of vehicle body 14 from the below, outer member 32 be not with bolton on vehicle body 14, but a kind ofly be mounted to the disconnected formula support that the load that utilizes vehicle body 14 is sandwiched state between vehicle body 14 and piston rod 12.
Outer member 32 is members that concentric shape surrounds inner member 30, and is chimeric with week in the side wall portion 24 of recess 22, be the circular cone tubular that diminishes gradually along with diameter upwards.In detail, in this example, be formed with that axial central part caves inward and the groove part 32a that forms along extending circumferentially.
Inner member 30 is and the outer chimeric member of the outer circumferential face that is located at the bearing 18 on the 12a of piston rod upper end portion, is the circular cone tubular that diminishes gradually along with diameter upward.In addition, the underpart 30a of inner member 30 extends to the radial direction foreign side of the opening portion 28 of recess 22, that is, overlap at above-below direction with respect to upper wall portions 26 and side wall portion 24 by being arranged to, and becomes piston rod 12 anti-avulsion part upward.In more detail, in this example, the shape of inner member 30 is to bloat laterally at the embedding part 30b place with bearing 18, further bloat laterally at underpart 30a place, with guarantee and spring seat 16 between predetermined gap.
The outer circumferential face of the inner peripheral surface of inner member 30 and outer member 32 is rubber-covered by thin-walled respectively, be entrenched in respectively by this thin-walled rubber and the recess 22 of bearing 18, vehicle body between.
The support recoil stop 36 that the excessive relative displacement of subtend below it limited is being installed on the 12a of the upper end portion of piston rod 12.Support recoil stop 36 comprises: be fixed on bounding means 40 on the piston rod 12 with nut 38; Be located at the spacing rubber section 42 on bounding means 40 tip portion.
Bounding means 40 comprises: circular installation base portion 44, and its central part has the hole 44a that runs through piston rod upper end portion 12a; Surrounding wall portion 46 cylindraceous, its periphery from this installation base portion 44 extends upward by the inboard of opening portion 28; Spacing board 48, it extends to radial direction foreign side from upper end of this surrounding wall portion 46 and is provided with, leave up gap 50 and with upper wall portions 26 relative configurations around the opening portion 28 of described recess 22.Spacing board 48 is and the parallel planar of recess 22 upper wall portions 26, and is in full week of upper wall portions 26 ring-type of configuration relatively.
Spacing rubber section 42 is with the state vulcanization forming of the lower surface, top end and the upper surface that cover spacing board 48, and is set under the state that is installed on the vehicle, and upper wall portions 26 between can guarantee gap 50.The thickness A (with reference to Fig. 4) that is located at the spacing rubber section body 42a of spacing board 48 lower surfaces is set at more than or equal to so minimum thickness, promptly when piston rod 12 is done excessive relative displacement downwards and upper wall portions 26 butts of vehicle body 14 and when performance limiter effect, can absorb the minimum thickness of the impact of vehicle body 14 and support recoil stop 36, in this example, be set to A=1.5mm.
At the lower surface 42b of spacing rubber section 42, be provided with the mutual a plurality of spherical crown shape projections 52 that independently protrude spherical shape along circumferential array.As shown in Figure 3, spherical crown shape projection 52 equally spaced is adapted to the ring-type of row in full week of the lower surface 42b upper edge of spacing rubber section 42.In this example, circumferentially be provided with every 12 °, amount to 30 spherical crown shape projection 52.In addition, as shown in Figure 1, spherical crown shape projection 52 is provided in vertically the position relative with the upper wall portions 26 of recess 22, thus, during axial butt when common performance limiter effect, spherical crown shape projection 52 can prevent the abnormal sound of knock than spacing rubber section body 42a elder generation and upper wall portions 26 butts.
As shown in Figure 4, spherical crown shape projection 52 is hemispheric projection in the present embodiment, and is provided with the connection face 54 of hemispheric sphere with the mild bending that is connected of lower surface 42b of spacing rubber section at its root.The height B of spherical crown shape projection 52 is made to respect to the thickness A of spacing rubber section body 42a to more than equal, and concavo-convex being meant of so-called wrinkle shape forms visibly different projection.In this example, the diameter of spherical crown shape projection 52 is 3mm, and height B is set at B=1.7mm greater than above-mentioned thickness A.1~2 times of the preferably spacing rubber section body of the height B 42a thickness A of spherical crown shape projection 52.In addition, spherical crown shape projection 52 preferably has the spherical crown shape of the above height of radius, to improve the property followed described later.In this example, with respect to the radius R=1.5mm of ball-crown body, height B makes 1.7mm.This height B is 1.0~1.5 times of ball-crown body radius R preferably.
Spherical crown shape projection 52 in the shape of the longitudinal section of Fig. 4, the tangent line L that the front end 42c of spacing rubber section body 42a joins with spherical crown shape projection 52 and be configured to bigger than the maximum twisted angle β of piston rod 12 with angle [alpha] that the lower surface 42b of spacing rubber section body 42a is constituted.When handling wheel, as shown in Figure 5, piston rod 12 is that the center is oblique obliquely to twisted direction displacement with the center O of bearing 18, but its maximum twisted angle β determines that by vehicle be generally 7~8 °, maximum also is about 10 °.In the present embodiment, described angle [alpha] is bigger than the twisted angle β of this maximum, specifically is set at more than 15 °, is set to about 20 ° in Fig. 4 example.
As shown in Figure 3, the interval C of 52 of the spherical crown shape projections of adjacency is set to width D with respect to spherical crown shape projection for below equal.Specifically, in this example, the width D of spherical crown shape projection 52 is that diameter is 3mm, and the interval C that spherical crown shape projection is 52 is set at than its also narrow about 2.8mm.Described interval C is 0.5~1 times of width D of spherical crown shape projection 52 preferably.
As shown in Figure 2, the support 10 of the present embodiment of above-mentioned formation is embedded in the recess 22 of vehicle body 14 from bottom to top, the piston rod 12 that is fixed with bearing 18 is inserted from the below, support recoil stop 36 is fastened on the upper end portion 12a of piston rod 12 from opening portion 28 tops of vehicle body 14 with nut 38, thereby be installed in as shown in Figure 1 on the vehicle body 14, and be retained weight and the recess 22 inner face state of contact of utilizing vehicle body 14.When this is installed, on support recoil stop 36, because the edge equally spaced is provided with spherical crown shape projection 52 as described above week entirely, thus no circumferential directivity, the installation exercise excellence.
In the support 10 after installation, as shown in Figure 1, between the upper wall portions 26 of the spacing rubber section 42 of support recoil stop 36 and vehicle body recess 22, guaranteed gapped 50.And, when vehicle driving, when piston rod 12 is done excessive displacement downwards, spacing rubber section 42 is just brought into play the limiter effect with upper wall portions 26 butts, but this moment, because the spherical crown shape projection 52 of spacing rubber section 42 contacts with upper wall portions 26 earlier, contacts caused knock so can reduce with upper wall portions 26.
On the other hand, as shown in Figure 5, for example when handling wheel, piston rod 12 with bearing 18 be the center and oblique obliquely to twisted direction displacement, desire and upper wall portions 26 approaching contacts at the position of spacing rubber section 42 on its circumference.In this occasion, if present embodiment, then owing to contacting with 26 of upper wall portions, so can reduce the abnormal sound that is produced because of contact by above-mentioned spherical crown shape projection 52.Especially when this twisted displacement, in spherical crown shape projection 52 with after upper wall portions 26 contacts, because of further twisted projection 52 is produced the laterally effect of (being radial direction foreign side) off normal power, but because of being aforesaid spherical crown shape, so this relatively horizontal off normal has the property of following, abnormal sound prevents the effect excellence.In addition, though one side piston rod 12 is twisted on one side also rotates, if spherical crown shape projection 52 be circular because of the horizontal section then and self is non-directional, so with respect to the circumferential off normal also property followed, from this point, abnormal sound prevents also excellence of effect.
In addition, because the interval C between the projection of the adjacency of this spherical crown shape projection 52 is set to below the width D of spherical crown shape projection,, correspondingly can bear load so during contacting when twisted displacement, can contact with upper wall portions 26 with projection 52 as much as possible with vehicle body 14.In addition, because the tangent line L that spherical crown shape projection 52 is joined with the front end 42c of spacing rubber section body and be configured to maximum twisted angle β greater than piston rod 12 with angle [alpha] that spacing rubber section body lower surface 42b is constituted, so when twisted displacement, can make spherical crown shape projection 52 prior to spacing rubber section body 42a and with vehicle body 14 butts, can bring into play abnormal sound and prevent effect.
As shown in Figure 5, spherical crown shape projection 52 preferably is adapted to: when twisted displacement, with from the upper wall portions 26 of recess 22 to radial direction and near the butts curved face part 25 of broad warp and the side wall portion 24 that arrives downwards.So,, with the contacting of vehicle body 14, especially after contact, produced the time spent of doing of the such power of horizontal off normal in the time of can relaxing twisted displacement, can suppress its energy savings, suppressed the generation of abnormal sound by being arranged in the upper wall portions 26 also near the butt with curved face part 25.In addition, the butt position with vehicle body 14 during the twisted displacement of spherical crown shape projection 52 is different because of the load that acts on vehicle body 14, it is more little to load, strut recoil stop 36 is just narrow more with the gap of vehicle body 14, abnormal sound takes place when twisted displacement easily, therefore, when this little load (for example under the state no occupant), preferably set near butt above-mentioned curved face part 25 for.
(the 2nd embodiment)
The 2nd embodiment's support 10A is described according to Fig. 6~Figure 10 below.The structure of the 2nd embodiment's spacing rubber section 42 is different with above-mentioned the 1st embodiment.Structure beyond the spacing rubber section is identical with the 1st embodiment, puts on same-sign for same area, omits explanation.
As Fig. 6~shown in Figure 8, in the present embodiment,, described a plurality of spherical crown shape projections 52 equally spaced are adapted to the ring-type of inside and outside dual along full week of this lower surface 42b at the lower surface 42b of spacing rubber section 42.And this spherical crown shape projection 52 is arranged and is arranged to along the circumferential circular ring-type row 56 of different inboards mutually and the circular ring-type row 58 in the outside.Promptly, in the ring-type row 58 in the ring-type row 56 of inboard and the outside, spherical crown shape projection 52 is not provided in a side of the position that overlaps fully on the radial direction, but on the intermediate angular position with 52,52 of the spherical crown shape projections that is centered close to inboard ring-type row 56 adjacency of the spherical crown shape projection 52 of the ring-type row 58 in the outside, with this state along the configuration of circumferentially staggering.In illustrated embodiment, the inboard ring-type row 56 and the ring-type row 58 in the outside all circumferentially are being provided with 48 spherical crown shape projections 52 altogether every 7.5 ° of ground, and the circumferential misalignment between the inboard ring-type row 56 and the ring-type row 58 in the outside is set to 3.75 °.
As shown in Figure 9, spherical crown shape projection 52 is roughly hemispheric projections, and its root is provided with continuous facial 60 of bending that the lower surface 42b of hemispheric sphere and spacing rubber section is connected gently.In more detail, spherical crown shape projection 52 is made of the spherical crown shape with height more than the radius, and in this example, with respect to the radius R=1mm of ball-crown body, its height B is set at 1.2mm.This height B is 1.0~1.5 times of ball-crown body radius R preferably.In addition, in this example, the thickness A of spacing rubber section body 42a is set at 2mm.
Spherical crown shape projection 52 in the shape of the longitudinal section of Fig. 9, the tangent line L that the front end 42c of spacing rubber section body 42a joins with the spherical crown shape projection 52 of outside ring-type row 58 and be configured to bigger than the maximum twisted angle β of piston rod 12 with angle [alpha] that the lower surface 42b of spacing rubber section body 42a is constituted.In this example, described angle [alpha] is set to about 35 °.
The width D that interval C1, the C2 that the spherical crown shape projection of circumferential adjacency is 52 is set at respect to spherical crown shape projection is equal following (with reference to Fig. 8).Specifically, in this example, the width D of spherical crown shape projection 52 is that diameter is 2mm, 52 of spherical crown shape projections be that interval C1 in the inboard ring-type row 56 is set to narrower than described D at interval, be about 1.5mm, the interval C2 in the ring-type row 58 in the outside is set to described D equal, is about 2mm.These are C1, C2 0.5~1 times of spherical crown shape projection 52 width D preferably at interval.
As the configuration structure of spherical crown shape projection 52, as shown in figure 10, when twisted displacement, the spherical crown shape projection of outside ring-type row 58 52 with from the upper wall portions 26 of recess 22 to radial direction foreign side and below broad warp curved face part 25 butts to side wall portion 24.
Other structure is identical with above-mentioned the 1st embodiment, can obtain same action effect.In addition, if the 2nd embodiment, then because described spherical crown shape projection 52 is arranged the ring-type of being arranged to inside and outside dual, formed along circumferentially mutual different inboard ring-type row 56 and outside ring-type row 58, therefore, because of contact the load that acts on spherical crown shape projection 52 with vehicle body 14, can further improve abnormal sound and prevent effect in the time of can being reduced in twisted displacement as far as possible.
The present invention mainly can be used as the employed support of strut suspension of vehicles such as automobile.