JP2010025348A - Joining member - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joining member forming a damping device having a remarkably enhanced vibration damping action. <P>SOLUTION: A grommet 41 forms the damping device 21 for damping the transmission of vibration from an exhaust manifold 2 serving as a vibration source to a heat insulator 3 together with a damping material 40 and a collar member 22. A second holding part 43, a connection part 45, and a first holding part 44 are formed in this order starting at the exhaust manifold 2 side in such a manner that the heat insulator 3 held by the first holding part 44 and the exhaust manifold 2 are positioned at the opposite side of the damping material 40 held by the second holding part 43. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to, as an example, a coupling member that constitutes a shock absorber used for mounting covers, a housing, and the like to a member that generates vibration and heat .

  A heat insulator, which is an example of such a metal exhaust manifold cover or housing, is used in automobiles. Such a heat insulator covers, for example, the vicinity of an exhaust manifold mounted on an automobile engine, and suppresses the propagation of heat and noise from the exhaust manifold to the engine periphery. Such a heat insulator is attached to the exhaust manifold by a screw member such as a bolt.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the engine 1 of a vehicle such as an automobile showing the configuration that is the basis of the prior art, and FIG. Hereinafter, the related art will be described with reference to FIGS. An exhaust manifold 2 is attached to the side surface of the engine 1 to discharge combustion exhaust gas. A heat insulator 3 is attached to the exhaust manifold 2 so as to cover the exhaust manifold 2.

  The heat insulator 3 is mounted in order to prevent the heat and noise generated from the exhaust manifold 2 from propagating to the periphery of the engine 1 when pulsating combustion exhaust gas passes through the exhaust manifold 2. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 28, the heat insulator 3 has a configuration in which a damping material 6 having heat insulation is sandwiched between an inner 4 and an outer 5 each made of a metal plate. As this damping material 6, an inorganic fiber material or an inorganic porous material is used.

  A structure for attaching such a heat insulator 3 to the exhaust manifold 2 will be described with reference to FIG. That is, the heat insulator 3 is provided with an insertion hole 8 through which the bolt 7 is inserted, and a disc-shaped washer 9 is disposed. The bolt 7 is passed through the washer 9 and the heat insulator 3 and screwed to the mounting boss 10 of the exhaust manifold 2. Thereby, the heat insulator 3 is attached to the exhaust manifold 2.

  As an example of the above-described conventional heat insulator 3, an exhaust manifold insulator disclosed in Patent Document 1 below is known. The exhaust manifold insulator of Patent Document 1 is composed of a stack of two steel plates.

  The exhaust manifold insulator having such a configuration is heavy, and the momentum of vibration of the exhaust manifold insulator due to vibration transmitted from the exhaust manifold via a bolt or the like becomes large. As a result, cracks are likely to occur at the site where the exhaust manifold insulator is attached to the bolts, resulting in a problem of low durability.

  Moreover, in such an exhaust manifold insulator, when it is intended to improve the sound insulation performance, it is conceivable to increase the plate thickness to suppress the degree of noise transmission in the exhaust manifold insulator. In this case, as described above, The weight will increase. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to improve the sound insulation performance with such a conventional technique.

  Further, the above prior art further has the following problems. That is, when the heat insulator 3 is attached to the exhaust manifold 2 as shown in FIG. 28, the vibration generated from the exhaust manifold 2 and transmitting the bolt 7 is as indicated by an arrow A3 in FIG. The vibration component in the direction intersecting with the axis of the bolt 7 is difficult to be absorbed. The propagation of such a vibration component causes the heat insulator 3 to resonate or the mounting portion of the bolt 7 of the heat insulator 3. Metal fatigue occurs around. As a result, problems such as an increase in noise and generation of cracks in the heat insulator 3 occur, and a problem occurs in the quality of the heat insulator 3.

  Further, regarding the heat generated from the exhaust manifold 2, heat is transmitted to the heat insulator 3 through the bolts 7 in addition to the radiant heat from the exhaust manifold 2 to the heat insulator 3.

  In the heat insulator 3 shown in FIG. 28, the bolt 7 is in direct contact with the washer 9, and the washer 9 is in direct contact with the heat insulator 3, so that heat from the exhaust manifold 2 is easily transmitted to the heat insulator 3. As a result, the temperature of the heat insulator 3 rises and the radiant heat increases. For example, it becomes easy to damage the auxiliary devices, ducts, and harnesses around the engine 1 in the hood by heat, and the quality as a heat insulator. Cause problems.

  As a technique for solving such a problem, a technique shown in FIG. 29 can be considered. FIG. 29 is a cross-sectional view showing the shock absorber 11 used to attach the heat insulator 3 to an exhaust manifold or the like. Hereinafter, the configuration of the shock absorber 11 will be described.

  A collar 12 is attached to the insertion hole 8 of the heat insulator 3. The collar 12 includes a cylindrical connecting portion 13 and a pair of flange portions 14 and 15 that are integrally formed at both ends of the connecting portion 13 and spread outward in the radial direction. The mutual distance of the flange parts 14 and 15 is formed larger than the thickness of the heat insulator 3, and between each flange part 14 and 15 and the heat insulator 3, the felt-shaped damping sheet 16 which consists of inorganic fiber as an example, 17 are respectively mounted.

  That is, the flange portions 14 and 15 of the collar 12 sandwich and hold a pair of vibration damping sheets 16 and 17 sandwiching the heat insulator 3. The bolt 7 is passed through the collar 12 and screwed to a mounting boss or the like of the exhaust manifold 2. As a result, the heat insulator 3 is attached to the exhaust manifold 2 via the shock absorber 11.

  In this technique, vibration transmitted from the bolt 7 to the collar 12 is transmitted to the damping sheets 16 and 17 and is absorbed by the compression / restoration action of the damping sheets 16 and 17 along the axial direction of the bolt 7. Thereby, in this technique, vibration transmitted from the bolt 7 to the heat insulator 3 is suppressed.

  On the other hand, in the technique shown in FIG. 29, the vibration damping sheets 16 and 17 fall due to aging of the vibration damping sheets 16 and 17 and their own weight. As a result, the compression / restoration characteristics of the vibration damping sheets 16 and 17 are lowered, and a problem that the vibration suppressing action is lowered is assumed. Moreover, since the vibration damping sheets 16 and 17 are formed from inorganic fibers, there is a problem that the fibers are decomposed and scattered over time. In these respects, the technique shown in FIG. 29 may have a problem that the quality related to the vibration damping action is low.

  Furthermore, as yet another prior art for solving such problems, for example, a shock absorber disclosed in Patent Document 2 below is known. FIG. 30 is a cross-sectional view of the shock absorber 11b disclosed in Patent Document 2. Hereinafter, the prior art shock absorber 11b will be described with reference to FIG. Parts corresponding to parts that have already been described are assigned the same reference numerals, and new descriptions are omitted.

  The shock absorber 11b includes a substantially annular shock absorbing material 18 formed of stainless steel or the like provided to surround the bolt 7, and a grommet 20 that is formed of an aluminum alloy and has a substantially S-shaped cross section. It has. The grommet 20 has an insertion hole 19 through which a bolt 7 screwed to the mounting boss 10 of the exhaust manifold 2 is inserted.

  In order to hold the heat insulator 3, the grommet 20 has a first holding portion 20 a having a shape in which the inner peripheral edge of the annular metal plate is folded back to the outer peripheral side, and an annular metal plate for holding the buffer material 18. The outer peripheral edge of the plate is bent over the second holding portion 20b, the first holding portion 20a and the second holding portion 20b, and the heat insulator 3 and the cushioning material 18 are formed. Are connected via a first holding part 20a and a second holding part 20b. A collar 12 formed of a galvanized steel plate is provided between the inner periphery of the buffer material 18 and the bolt 7. A gap is provided between the collar 12 and the buffer material 18 in the axial direction and the radial direction of the bolt 7.

  In the shock absorber 11b having such a configuration, vibration generated from the exhaust manifold 2 and transmitted to the bolt 7 is transmitted to the heat insulator 3 via the shock absorber 18 and the grommet 20. This vibration is attenuated by the action of the buffer material 18 and the grommet 20.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-266850 (paragraph [0022], FIG. 1) JP 2002-235800 A (pages 7-8, FIG. 17)

  However, such conventional techniques have the problems described below. It is known that the mounting boss 10 to which the bolt 7 is attached is often formed in a size overlapping with the grommet 20 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. In such a case, since the grommet 20 and the mounting boss 10 are in contact with each other, noise due to this contact increases. Further, due to this contact, it is assumed that the contact part of the grommet 20 with the mounting boss 10 is worn over time and is damaged. This causes a problem in the quality of the shock absorber 11b.

  Further, based on the difference between the respective materials of the collar 12, the cushioning material 18 and the grommet 20, an electric current is generated between the aluminum on the surface of the grommet 20 and the stainless steel of the cushioning material 18 due to the difference in ionization tendency therebetween. In addition, electrolytic corrosion may occur in the grommet 20 and the buffer material 18. Thereby, there exists a possibility that the grommet 20 and the buffer material 18 may be damaged. This also causes a problem in the quality of the shock absorber 11b.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the above-described exhaust manifold insulators and shock absorbers. The purpose of the present invention is to prevent breakage due to wear and the occurrence of electrolytic corrosion, and the vibration buffering action is greatly improved. It is providing the coupling member which comprises the shock absorber improved.

The coupling member according to the first aspect of the present invention is disposed between a plurality of target members that are connected to each other using screw parts such as bolts, and transmits vibration from one target member to the other target member that becomes a vibration source. a shock absorber to buffer,
A substantially annular cushioning material provided with an insertion hole through which the screw member attached to the one target member is inserted, and surrounding the screw member;
A coupling that is arranged between the screw member and the cushioning material and that is configured with a collar member that includes a pair of flange portions that sandwich the cushioning material from both sides in the axial direction and a connecting portion that couples the pair of flange portions to each other A member,
A first holding portion that has an insertion hole through which the screw member attached to the one target member is inserted , holds the other target member on the radially outer side, and a second holding portion that holds the cushioning material on the radially inner side , A coupling portion that connects the first holding portion and the second holding portion, and the buffer that the other target member and the one target member held by the first holding portion hold by the second holding portion to sit on the opposite side with respect to wood, the second holding portion, the connecting portion and the first holding portion, and wherein the benzalkonium provided in this order from the other hand member side.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the coupling member according to the first aspect, wherein the buffer material is formed of an iron alloy, and at least one of a metal and a metal compound having an ionization tendency closer to aluminum than iron on the surface Forming a film comprising
At least one of the collar members is formed of an aluminum alloy.

According to the first aspect of the invention, the second holding portions of the binding member, the connecting portion and the first holding portion is provided in this order from one member side which is to the vibration source. That is, the first holding portion that holds the other target member is located on the opposite side of the one target member with respect to the cushioning material.

  Therefore, even if the attachment part of the one target member related to the screw member has a radial size that overlaps with the coupling member, the attachment part of the one target member is held by the coupling member or this coupling member. A situation of contact with the member is prevented. Thereby, the increase in the noise by the said contact is suppressed.

  Moreover, when the contact of the said attachment site | part with a coupling member or the other object member is assumed, it is assumed that the contact site | part with the said installation site | part of a coupling member will be abraded by this contact, and will be damaged. In the present invention, occurrence of such damage is prevented. As a result, the quality of the shock absorber is significantly improved.

  According to invention of Claim 2, the film | membrane comprised including at least any one of the metal or metal compound whose ionization tendency is closer to aluminum than iron is formed in the surface of the said buffering material. Further, at least one of the coupling member and the collar member is formed of an aluminum alloy. Therefore, in the present invention, in addition to the action related to claim 1, the action of reducing the difference in ionization tendency between the buffer member and the coupling member and / or the collar member at least one of which is made of an aluminum alloy is realized. . Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the electrolytic corrosion in at least any one of a coupling member and a collar member, and a buffer material is suppressed. In this respect as well, the quality of the shock absorber is greatly improved.

It is sectional drawing of the buffering device 21 of 1st Example of this invention. 1 is a front view of an engine 1 showing a configuration that is the basis of the present invention. It is sectional drawing seen from the cut surface line X3-X3 of FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a cover 1. FIG. It is sectional drawing seen from the cut surface line X5-X5 of FIG. It is sectional drawing seen from the cut surface line X6-X6 of FIG. It is sectional drawing seen from the cut surface line X7-X7 of FIG. FIG. 3 is a simplified cross-sectional view seen from a section line X8-X8 in FIG. 2. It is a figure explaining the characteristic of a present Example. It is sectional drawing which shows the general appearance of the buffering device 21a of 2nd Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the principle of a present Example. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the principle of a present Example. It is a graph which shows the effect of a present Example. It is sectional drawing of the buffering device 21b of 3rd Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the proportionality of a present Example. It is sectional drawing which shows the characteristic of the buffering device 21b. It is a top view of the spring washers 23 and 24 of the buffer device 21b. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of spring washers 23 and 24. It is a perspective view proportional to the buffer device 21b. FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows one operation example of the buffer device 21b. It is sectional drawing which shows the other operation example of the buffer device 21b. It is sectional drawing which shows the other operation example of the buffering device 21b. It is a graph explaining the effect | action of a present Example. It is sectional drawing which shows the modification of 1st Example. It is sectional drawing of the buffering device 21c of 4th Example of this invention. It is a graph explaining the effect | action of this invention. It is sectional drawing of a prior art. It is sectional drawing which shows the buffer device. It is sectional drawing of the buffering device 11b.

  The present invention is described below with reference to examples. 1 to 9 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an overview of a state in which the shock absorber 21 of the present embodiment is used, FIG. 2 is a front view of the engine 1 showing the basic configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a metal exhaust manifold cover (hereinafter referred to as a heat insulator) 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line X5-X5, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along section line X6-X6 in FIG. 4, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view seen from section line X7-X7 in FIG. FIG. 8 is a simplified cross-sectional view taken along the section line X8-X8 in FIG. 2, and FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the features of this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that FIG. 2 is referred to and described in the section of the prior art, and the description thereof will be omitted. When FIG. 2 is referred to, the reference numerals described above are used. In FIG. 2, the heat insulator 3 according to an embodiment of the metal exhaust manifold cover of the present invention is attached to the exhaust manifold 2 attached to the engine 1.

  At this time, a plurality of target members are configured including the engine 1, the exhaust manifold 2 and the heat insulator 3, and in the case of the present embodiment, the exhaust manifold 2 constitutes one target member and the heat insulator 3 constitutes the other target member. 7 constitutes a screw member. In the present embodiment, the heat insulator 3 has a configuration in which a damping material 6 having heat insulation properties is sandwiched between an inner 4 and an outer 5 each made of a metal plate, as shown in FIG. is doing.

  Hereinafter, the heat insulator 3 in the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the heat insulator 3 of this embodiment includes a pair of metal plates (for example, NIMBUS manufactured by T & N Co.) 4 and 5 and a metal plate 4 made of an aluminum alloy having a specific gravity of about 2.7. 8 is formed by laminating a heat-resistant damping material (hereinafter referred to as damping material) 6 made of inorganic fibers or the like sandwiched between 5 and formed into a three-dimensional shape along the external shape of the exhaust manifold 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the side wall T1 and a top portion T2 connecting the entire circumference of the end portion of the side wall T1 are provided. The side wall T1 and the top part T2 are connected at an obtuse angle θ. In this embodiment, the metal plates 4 and 5 will be described as including aluminum foil or aluminum alloy foil, and a thin plate made of aluminum or an alloy thereof.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the metal plates 4 and 5 used in the heat insulator 3 of the present embodiment have a corrugated shape 59 in which raised portions 57 and valley portions 58 are alternately repeated in a first direction. It extends along A1 and has a shape in which other corrugated shapes are continuous along a second direction A2 that is a direction that intersects the first direction A1, preferably a direction orthogonal thereto. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the raised portions 57 are alternately arranged with the first raised portions 60 and the second raised portions 61 rising from the valley portions 58 along the longitudinal direction thereof. . Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the valley portion 58 has flat portions 62 and recessed portions 63 arranged alternately.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the first upright portion 60 is formed by connecting a pair of side walls 64 and 65 that rise substantially in a trapezoidal shape from the valley portion 58 and the tips of the side walls 64 and 65 to each other. And a flat top portion 68. The first upright portion 60 is bent inward, and the distal end portion is wider than the proximal end portion of the first upright portion 60.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the second upright portion 61 is formed by crushing the first upright portion 60 to a predetermined extent in the approximate width direction, and a pair of side walls 69 and 70 respectively rising from the flat portion 62. And the front-end | tips of the side walls 69 and 70 are mutually connected, and the recessed part 73 is comprised in the downward side of FIG. Each of the second upright portions 61 and the recesses 63 is intermittently connected along a second direction A2 that is a direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction A1 that is a direction in which the plurality of corrugated shapes 59 extend. Formed as follows.

  Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the protruding portion of the raised portion 57 of the metal plate 5 is fitted into the inner peripheral portion of the raised portion 57 of the metal plate 4 that is bent inward. Also, in the second upright portion 61, the side walls 69 and 70 are formed to have an inwardly curved shape with the tip portion wider than the base end portion. In such a second upright portion 61, the protruding portion of the second upright portion 61 of the metal plate 5 is fitted into the inner peripheral portion of the second upright portion 61 of the metal plate 4 that is bent inward. Thereby, the metal plates 4 and 5 can be firmly fixed to each other without using any special fixture or fastener. This mutual fixation is similarly performed even when the damping material 6 made of inorganic fiber or the like is interposed between the metal plates 4 and 5. This is because the mutual coupling of the metal plates 4 and 5 is due to the mechanical meshing relationship between them.

  The heat insulator 3 has such a shape, and is formed by pressing the metal plates 4 and 5 sandwiching the vibration damping material 6 into a three-dimensional shape along the outer shape of the exhaust manifold 2.

  A flange 78 in which the corrugated shape is crushed by press working is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the side wall T1 of the heat insulator 3 formed in a three-dimensional shape. As shown in FIG. 8, the flange 78 is folded back to the inner side of the heat insulator 3 to form a folded portion 79.

  When the folded portion 79 is not formed, the outer peripheral portion of the heat insulator 3 is in a state where the sharp cut ends of the blanked metal plates 4 and 5 are directly exposed to the outside. Therefore, the folding portion 79 is an assembly worker who works with the heat insulator 3 in the assembly process of the heat insulator 3 to the exhaust manifold 2 of the vehicle engine 2 in the vehicle production process, or a vehicle after production. It is intended to prevent a worker or a general user who may have the heat insulator 3 from having a wound on a finger during maintenance.

  Further, in the present embodiment, it is necessary to perform folding processing, drilling processing, marking processing, etc. on the metal plates 4, 5 having a corrugated shape such as the flange 78 of the heat insulator 3, the portion to be punched, the portion to be stamped, etc. A certain crushing target part is formed into a substantially flat plate shape by crushing the corrugated shape of the crushing target part by pressing or the like.

  Accordingly, since the corrugated shape of the portion to be crushed including the flange 78 is crushed and formed into a substantially flat plate shape, when the outer peripheral portion of the heat insulator 3 is bent, drilled or engraved, the processing target The part can be handled in the same manner as a flat metal plate.

  In other words, assuming that the corrugated shape remains when these processing operations are performed, for example, when the folding operation is performed by pressing, the corrugated shape is collapsed during the folding operation by pressing. As a matter of course, it is necessary to design a press die that assumes the collapse of the corrugated shape, and much time and man-hours are required for the folding operation.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, the crushing target portion can be handled in the same manner as a flat metal plate, so that the workability in manufacturing the heat insulator 3 is improved in each stage.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG.2 and FIG.8, the other characteristic of the heat insulator 3 of a present Example is demonstrated. Since the heat insulator 3 of the present embodiment is formed in a three-dimensional shape along the three-dimensional appearance of the exhaust manifold 2 as described above, the heat insulator 3 has a metal plate 4 as shown in FIGS. One or a plurality of ridge line equivalent parts 80 which are five bent parts are formed. In the present embodiment, the metal plates 4, 5 are arranged such that the first direction A <b> 1, which is the longitudinal direction of the corrugated shape 59, is a direction intersecting the main ridge line equivalent part 80 among the plurality of ridge line equivalent parts 80. Is pressed into a three-dimensional shape.

  Here, the main ridge line equivalent portion 80 is a portion where a bent portion having a relatively large curvature characterizing the overall shape of the heat insulator 3 continues. That is, it refers to a bent portion extending over a relatively long length that substantially determines the external shape of the heat insulator 3 among the various large and small bent portions formed in the heat insulator 3.

  When the heat insulator 3 is attached to the exhaust manifold 2, the heat insulator 3 is also vibrated by transmission of vibration from the exhaust manifold 2. When the heat insulator 3 vibrates due to this vibration, it is assumed that the portions of the heat insulator 3 on both sides of the main ridge line corresponding portion 80 are vibrated greatly like butterfly wings. When such vibrations occur, a portion near the ridge line corresponding portion 80 of the heat insulator 3 is likely to be cracked due to metal fatigue due to repeated bending.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the first direction A1 of the plurality of corrugated shapes 59 formed in the heat insulator 3 intersects the main ridge line equivalent portion 80, preferably in the orthogonal direction. Therefore, the corrugated shape 59 realizes the action of the rib against the vibration centered on the ridge line equivalent portion 80. Thereby, the vibration of the heat insulator 3 can be suppressed, the occurrence of cracks in the heat insulator 3 can be prevented, and the quality of the heat insulator 3 can be significantly improved.

  Moreover, with respect to the vibration generated along the direction in which the ridge line equivalent portion 80 extends, it is shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 that extend intermittently along the second direction A2 and continue along the first direction A1. The second upright portion 61 also realizes the function of a rib and suppresses vibration.

  Hereinafter, the shock absorber 21 used in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The shock absorber 21 of the present embodiment is formed of a flat plate material such as an expanded metal made of stainless steel, for example, which is provided so as to surround the bolt 7, and has a zinc coating by dacrotized (trade name) treatment as an example on the surface. And a grommet 41 which is a coupling member formed of an aluminum alloy and having a substantially S-shaped cross section. The grommet 41 has an insertion hole 42 through which the bolt 7 screwed to the bolt boss 10 of the exhaust manifold 2 is inserted.

The grommet 41 has an annular shape for holding the heat insulator 3 and the first holding portion 43 having a shape in which the inner peripheral edge of the annular metal plate is folded back to the outer peripheral side. The outer peripheral edge of the metal plate is bent over the second holding part 44, the first holding part 43, and the second holding part 44 having a shape that is folded back to the inner peripheral side, and the heat insulator 3 and the cushioning material and 40, and a connecting portion 45 via the first holding portion 43 and the second holding portion 44 is displaced freely elastically connected to the axial and radial direction of the bolt 7.

  In the present embodiment, the connecting portion 45 is a portion extending from the bent portion of the first holding portion 43 to the bent portion of the second holding portion 44. The second holding portion 44, the connecting portion 45, and the first holding portion 43 are provided in this order from the exhaust manifold 2 side.

  Further, a collar member 22 formed of a galvanized steel plate is provided between the inner periphery of the buffer material 40 and the bolt 7. The collar member 22 includes a cylindrical portion 27 and flange portions 28 and 31 that are integrally formed on both ends of the cylindrical portion 27 in the axial direction. The collar member 22 and the buffer material 40 are formed and arranged so that a gap 37 is formed between the collar member 22 and the shock absorber 40 along the axial direction and the radial direction of the bolt 7.

  Hereinafter, the function and effect of the shock absorber 21 will be described. In the shock absorber 21, vibration generated from the exhaust manifold 2 and transmitting the bolt 7 is transmitted to the heat insulator 3 via the collar member 22, the shock absorber 40 and the grommet 41. At this time, a gap 37 is formed between the collar member 22 and the buffer material 40 along the axial direction and the radial direction of the bolt 7.

  Therefore, the degree of vibration transmitted from the bolt 7 to the collar member 22 is greatly suppressed by the gap 37. Thereby, the buffer action with respect to the vibration of the shock absorber 21 is remarkably improved, and the vibration suppressing function of the heat insulator 3 can be remarkably improved.

  Moreover, since the buffer material 40 is comprised from flat plate-like materials, such as an expanded metal, it can carry out a curved motion in the axial direction of the volt | bolt 7 easily. Therefore, the vibration transmitted from the collar member 22 to the buffer material 40 is converted into the curved motion of the buffer material 40 and absorbed. Also in this respect, the buffering action of the shock absorber 21 is improved, and the vibration damping function of the heat insulator 3 is improved.

  In the present embodiment, the second holding part 43, the connecting part 45, and the first holding part 44 of the grommet 41 are provided in this order from the exhaust manifold 2 side. That is, the first holding portion 44 is located on the opposite side of the exhaust manifold 2 with respect to the cushioning material 40.

  Therefore, even when the mounting boss 10 of the exhaust manifold 2 has a radial size overlapping the collar member 22, the mounting boss 10 is connected to the grommet 41 and the heat insulator 3 held by the grommet 41. Contact is prevented. Thereby, the increase in the noise by the said contact is suppressed.

  Further, when the contact between the mounting boss 10 and the grommet 41 or the heat insulator 3 is assumed, it is assumed that the contact portion of the grommet 41 with the mounting boss 10 is worn and damaged. . In this embodiment, the occurrence of such damage is prevented. Thereby, the quality of the shock absorber 21 is remarkably improved.

  Moreover, according to the present Example, the zinc film | membrane whose ionization tendency is closer to aluminum than iron is formed in the surface of the said buffer material 40. FIG. The collar member 22 is formed from a galvanized steel plate, and the grommet 41 is formed from an aluminum alloy. Therefore, in the present embodiment, an effect of reducing the difference in ionization tendency between the buffer material 40 and the grommet 41 is realized. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the electrolytic corrosion in the grommet 41 and the buffer material 40 is suppressed. Also in this point, the quality of the shock absorber 21 is significantly improved.

  As a modification of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 25, the first holding portion 43 of the grommet 41 may be fixed in contact with the inner peripheral end of the heat insulator 3 without being folded back as described above. . Even in such a modification, it is obvious that the same effect as the effect of the above-described embodiment is realized. Therefore, the present embodiment can realize the same operation effect as the above-described embodiment.

  FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing an overview of the shock absorber 21a of the second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing the principle of this embodiment, and FIG. 12 is an enlarged section showing the principle of this embodiment. FIG. 13 is a graph showing the effect of this example.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13, the shock absorber 21 a of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. This embodiment is similar to the above-described embodiment, and corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the present embodiment, when the heat insulator 3 is attached to the exhaust manifold 2, the shock absorber 21a shown in FIG. 10 is used. The shock absorber 21 a includes a collar member 22, spring washers 23 and 24 which are shock-absorbing materials having a thickness t 1 attached to the collar member 22, and annular grommets 25 and 26 attached to the outer peripheral edges of the spring washers 23 and 24, respectively. And.

The collar member 22 includes a collar piece 29 including a tubular portion 27, a flange portion 28 formed integrally with one end portion in the axial direction of the tubular portion 27, a tubular portion 30 having a larger diameter than the tubular portion 27, and a tubular portion 30 and a collar piece 32 including a flange portion 31 integrally formed at one axial end portion. In a state where the cylindrical portion 27 is press-fitted into the cylindrical portion 30 and fixed, the flange portions 28 and 31 are configured to be separated from each other by a distance L1 shown in FIG.
The distance L1 is
L1> 2 × t1 (1)
The thickness of the color pieces 29 and 32 is selected so that Therefore, when the spring washers 23 and 24 are attached to the collar member 22, a gap 37 is formed between the flange portions 28 and 31 and the spring washers 23 and 24, as shown in FIG. 12.
The gap 37 has a length L2 along the axial direction of the bolt 7.
L2 = L1-2 × t1 (2)
Have Moreover, the color member 22 having the flange portions 28 and 31 and the cylindrical portion 33 is configured by combining the color pieces 29 and 32 as described above.

For example, the spring washers 23 and 24 are formed of any one of plate-shaped materials such as a metal plate, a punching metal, an expanded metal, and a wire mesh. In the present embodiment, a description will be given assuming that it is formed of expanded metal as an example. The spring washers 23 and 24 are formed in a substantially annular shape, and as shown in FIG. 12, the inner diameter L5 is larger than the outer diameter L3 of the cylindrical portion 33 of the collar member 22 and smaller than the outer diameter L4 of the flange portions 28 and 31.
L3 <L5 <L4 (3)
The insertion hole 34 is formed. Therefore, in order to mount such spring washers 23, 24 on the collar member 22, the collar member 22 is divided into two as shown in FIG. 10, and after mounting the spring washers 23, 24 on the collar piece 29 as an example, The piece 32 is press-fitted into the collar piece 29. In this manner, the spring washers 23 and 24 are assembled to the collar member 22. Thereby, the said clearance gap 37 has length (L5-L4) in the radial direction of the volt | bolt 7. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, grommets 25 and 26 are attached to the outer periphery of the spring washers 23 and 24, respectively. The grommets 25 and 26 are formed by folding the outer periphery of an annular metal plate made of, for example, a stainless steel plate or an aluminum alloy inward. Accordingly, the grommets 25 and 26 are formed so as to wrap around the outer periphery of the spring washers 23 and 24.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the spring washers 23 and 24 are made of expanded metal, and a sharp cut end protrudes from the outer periphery in a state where the spring washers 23 and 24 are cut. By wrapping the vicinity of the cut end portion with grommets 25 and 26, the appearance of the spring washers 23 and 24 is improved, and the fingers of workers who work while holding the spring washers 23 and 24 are prevented from being wounded. To achieve the effect.

  The heat insulator 3 is sandwiched and held between the spring washers 23 and 24 fitted with such grommets 25 and 26 as shown in FIG. In order to attach the heat insulator 3 mounted with such a shock absorber 21 a to the exhaust manifold 2, a bolt 7 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 33 of the collar member 22, and a screw is attached to the mounting boss 10 of the exhaust manifold 2. wear. In this way, the heat insulator 3 is attached to the exhaust manifold 2.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the shock absorber 21a of the present embodiment will be described. According to the shock absorber 21a of the present embodiment, vibration generated from the exhaust manifold 2 and transmitted to the bolt 7 is transmitted to the spring washers 23 and 24 via the collar member 22. At this time, a gap 37 is provided between the pair of flange portions 28 and 31 of the collar member 22 and the spring washers 23 and 24. Accordingly, the collar member 22 and the spring washers 23 and 24 are allowed to be relatively displaced in a direction parallel to and intersecting with the axial direction of the bolt 7. Therefore, the vibration from the bolt 7 is absorbed by the relative displacement between the collar member 22 and the spring washers 23 and 24, and the transmission of the vibration to the spring washers 23 and 24 can be suppressed.

  Further, vibrations from the spring washers 23 and 24 are transmitted to the heat insulator 3. At this time, since the spring washers 23 and 24 are plate-shaped, they are bent substantially in the axial direction of the bolt 7. Thereby, transmission of the vibration from the spring washers 23 and 24 to the heat insulator 3 is suppressed.

  The present inventor conducted an experiment on such an action and obtained the measurement results shown in the graph of FIG. In FIG. 13, the horizontal axis represents frequency, and the vertical axis represents vibration acceleration. A curve g1 shows the result of measuring the vibration of only the collar member 22, the curve g2 shows the result of measuring the vibration transmitted to the cover 3 of the shock absorber 11 having the configuration shown in FIG. Shows the result of measuring the vibration of the prototype without the gap 37 between the spring washer 23 and 24, and the curve g4 shows the result of measuring the vibration in this example.

  As can be seen from these measurement results, it is better to use the spring washers 23 and 24 made of expanded metal as an example of this embodiment than to use the felt-shaped vibration damping sheet shown in FIG. The vibration suppression characteristics in the entire frequency band of the vibration generated from the above are improved. In particular, as in the present embodiment, the configuration example in which the gap 37 is provided has improved vibration suppression characteristics. In particular, vibration suppression characteristics in a relatively low frequency band are improved.

  The exhaust manifold 2 also serves as a heat source because the combustion exhaust gas from the engine 1 flows through. In such a case, when the heat from the exhaust manifold 2 transmitted through the bolt 7 is transmitted to the spring washers 23 and 24 via the collar member 22, the pair of flange portions 28 and 31 of the collar member 22 and the spring washer 23. , 24, the heat conduction is effectively cut off by the gap 37 between them. Thereby, the transfer of heat from the exhaust manifold 2 to the heat insulator 3 is also efficiently suppressed.

  Thereby, in the present embodiment, transmission of vibration from the exhaust manifold 2 that is a vibration source to the heat insulator 3 is efficiently suppressed, so that the heat insulator 3 resonates due to the transmitted vibration, or the heat insulator 3 It is possible to suppress the occurrence of metal fatigue in the vicinity of the attachment site to the bolt 7, and it is possible to eliminate situations such as an increase in noise and the occurrence of cracks in the heat insulator 3, and the quality of the heat insulator 3 is markedly improved. Can be improved. In addition, since heat transfer from the exhaust manifold 2 can be efficiently suppressed, the quality can be improved in this respect as well.

  14 is a cross-sectional view of the shock absorber 21b of the third embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the present embodiment, FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing the characteristics of the shock absorber 21b, 17 is a plan view of the spring washers 23 and 24 of the shock absorber 21b, FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the spring washers 23 and 24, FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the shock absorber 21b, and FIG. FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view showing an operation example of the shock absorber 21b, FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view showing another operation example of the shock absorber 21b, and FIG. 23 is still another example of the shock absorber 21b. FIG. 24 is a graph for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 14 to 24, the shock absorber 21b of the present embodiment will be described. This embodiment is similar to the second embodiment, and corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals. 15 to 23, only a single spring washer 24 and a grommet 26 are shown for simplification of description. The feature of this embodiment is that, in the shock absorber 21a of the second embodiment, the grommets 25, 26 are not used, and the outer peripheries of the spring washers 23, 24 are free ends that perform free vibration.

As a comparative example of this embodiment, the shock absorber 21a of the second embodiment is cited with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the radially inner end portions of the grommets 25, 26 are projected from the radially inner end portion of the heat insulator 3, and the heat insulator from the outer periphery of the flange portions 28, 31. The radial length c of the portion contributing to the bending displacement of the spring washers 23 and 24 with respect to the distance b to the radially inner end of 3 is:
c = b−a (3)
It becomes.

On the other hand, in the shock absorber 21b of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16, the vibrations on the outer periphery of the spring washers 23, 24 are not restricted by the grommets 25, 26. The radial length d of the portion to be
d = b (4)
It becomes. Therefore,
d> c (5)
If the spring washers 23 and 24 of the shock absorber 21b of this embodiment are used, the radial length of the bolt 7 that performs bending displacement of the spring washers 23 and 24 can be set large.

That is, in this embodiment, the spring washers 23 and 24 are substantially plate-shaped members made of expanded metal as an example, and as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the natural inner diameter e and outer diameter of the spring washers 23 and 24 are shown. f, and the inner diameter e and outer diameter f1 of the spring washers 23 and 24 in the bent state,
f1 <f (6)
19 and FIG. 20, the natural inner diameter e and outer diameter f of the spring washers 23 and 24 and the outer diameter h of the grommets 25 and 26 and the spring washer 23 in a bent state, as shown in FIGS. , 24 and the outer diameter h1 of the grommets 25, 26, the outer diameters h, h1 are substantially equal to each other.

  This is because the outer peripheries of the spring washers 23 and 24 are fixed by the grommets 25 and 26, and the grommets 25 and 26 are made of a relatively hard material such as stainless steel as described above. .

  Accordingly, the spring washers 23 and 24 used in the shock absorber 21b of the present embodiment are freely bent and displaced along the axial direction of the collar member 22 as shown in FIGS. The degree of curvature is greatly increased.

  Therefore, the vibration generated from the exhaust manifold 2 and transmitting the bolt 7 is transmitted to the spring washers 23 and 24 via the collar member 22. At this time, in this embodiment, the degree of bending of the spring washers 23, 24 is remarkably increased, so that the vibration is efficiently absorbed by the relatively large deformation of the spring washers 23, 24, and the heat insulator 3 Can be suppressed.

  The present inventor conducted an experiment regarding such an action, and obtained the measurement results shown in the graph of FIG. In FIG. 24, the horizontal axis represents frequency, and the vertical axis represents vibration acceleration. A curve g5 shows the result of measuring the vibration of the shock absorber 21a of the second embodiment in which the grommets 25, 26 are attached to the spring washers 23, 24, and the curve g6 shows the result of measuring the vibration in the present embodiment.

  As can be seen from these measurement results, the shock absorber 21a of the second embodiment achieves a remarkable effect as compared with the prior art as described above, but the shock absorber 21b of the present embodiment The vibration damping characteristic more remarkable than one embodiment is achieved.

  That is, in the shock absorber 21b, the transmission of vibration from the exhaust manifold 2 to the heat insulator 3 is efficiently suppressed, so that the heat insulator 3 resonates due to the transmitted vibration, or the bolt 7 to the heat insulator 3 is resonated. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of metal fatigue in the vicinity of the attachment site, and it is possible to eliminate situations such as an increase in noise and the occurrence of cracks in the heat insulator 3, and the quality can be greatly improved.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the plate-like spring washers 23 and 24 are used, so that they are bent and deformed during vibration transmission. Vibrations are absorbed by this curved deformation. Therefore, compared with the case where the spring washers 23 and 24 are made of a felt-like material made of inorganic fibers or the like, the cushioning material is in a state of sagging due to secular change or its own weight, and the compression / restoration characteristics are lowered, thereby suppressing vibration. Is prevented from falling. Further, in the case of a felt-like material, it is assumed that the fiber is decomposed and scattered over time. In this embodiment, such a situation is also prevented.

  As a result, transmission of vibration from the exhaust manifold 2 to the heat insulator 3 is efficiently suppressed, so that the same effects as the above-described effects can be achieved also in this respect.

  FIG. 26 is a sectional view of a shock absorber 21c according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. This embodiment is similar to the above-described embodiments, and corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals. The feature of this embodiment is that at least one of the spring washers 23 and 24 used in each of the above embodiments is used, and at least one of the used spring washers 23 and 24 is spot welded to the heat insulator 3 or by any fixing method. Fix it. In the following description, the case where only the spring washer 24 is used is assumed as an example.

  In the present embodiment, the following configuration is used as an attachment structure for attaching the heat insulator 3 to the exhaust manifold 2. That is, the heat insulator 3 is provided with an insertion hole 8 having a hole diameter j for inserting the bolt 7, and a spring washer 24 is disposed so as to cover the insertion hole 8. The joint 46 at the periphery is fixed to the heat insulator 3 by a technique such as spot welding or rivet. The bolt 7 is inserted into the insertion hole 34 formed in the spring washer 24 and screwed to the mounting boss 49 or the like of the exhaust manifold 2, and the heat insulator 3 is attached to the exhaust manifold 2.

  At this time, a region in which free vibration is caused by bending displacement between the fixed portion 47 fixed to the mounting boss 49 having the diameter m of the exhaust manifold 2 by the bolt 7 having the diameter k of the spring washer 24 and the coupling portion 46. The distance in the radial direction of the free vibration part 48 is such that the free vibration due to the spring property of the spring washer 24 can sufficiently contribute to the vibration damping action as described above. The diameter j, the diameter k of the bolt 7 and the diameter m of the mounting boss 49 are selected as appropriate dimensions.

  Also in the shock absorber 21c having such a configuration, the buffer effect by the bending deformation of the spring washer 24 is realized, so that the same effect as the effect described in the above embodiments is realized.

  In any of the shock absorbers 21, 21a, 21b, and 21c of each of the above embodiments, the shock absorber 40 is substantially composed of Al: content 6 to 10% by weight and the balance Fe. You may make it form from a damping alloy body or an alloy material containing this damping alloy body.

  As such a damping alloy body, for example, an Fe-Al damping alloy of Urban Materials Co., Ltd. can be used. The damping alloy has an Al content of 6 to 10% by weight, Fe and unavoidable impurities (Si 0.1% by weight or less; Mn 0.1% by weight or less; other C, N, S, O, etc.) 0.1 wt% or less). In addition, it is essential that the average grain size of the crystal of the damping alloy body is in the range of 300 to 700 μm. As an example, the damping alloy body has a thickness of about 0.1 to 1.0 mm.

  Since such a damping alloy body is a ferromagnetic material, its main vibration damping mechanism is due to a magnetic / mechanical hysteresis loss associated with irreversible movement of the domain wall.

  The inventor of the present invention measured the damping coefficient that becomes the damping ability of vibration for three points of a steel plate, the damping alloy body, and a normal sandwich type damping steel plate as a typical contrast. The result is shown by lines L1, L2, and L3 in FIG. As described above, the present inventors have confirmed that the vibration damping property of the vibration damping alloy body is remarkably improved as compared with a normal metal plate.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and includes a wide variety of modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the coupling member of the first aspect, the second holding portion of the coupling member, the coupling portion and the first holding portion is provided in this order from one member side which is the vibration source I did it. That is, the first holding portion that holds the other target member is located on the opposite side of the one target member with respect to the cushioning material.

  Therefore, even if the attachment part of the one target member related to the screw member has a radial size that overlaps with the coupling member, the attachment part of the one target member is held by the coupling member or this coupling member. A situation of contact with the member is prevented. Thereby, the increase in the noise by the said contact is suppressed.

  Moreover, when the contact of the said attachment site | part with a coupling member or the other object member is assumed, it is assumed that the contact site | part with the said installation site | part of a coupling member will be abraded by this contact, and will be damaged. In the present invention, occurrence of such damage is prevented. As a result, the quality of the shock absorber is significantly improved.

  According to invention of Claim 2, the film | membrane comprised including at least any one of the metal or metal compound whose ionization tendency is closer to aluminum than iron is formed in the surface of the said buffering material. Further, at least one of the coupling member and the collar member is formed of an aluminum alloy. Therefore, in the present invention, in addition to the action related to claim 1, the action of reducing the difference in ionization tendency between the buffer member and the coupling member and / or the collar member at least one of which is made of an aluminum alloy is realized. . Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the electrolytic corrosion in at least any one of a coupling member and a collar member, and a buffer material is suppressed. In this respect as well, the quality of the shock absorber is greatly improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Engine 2 ... Exhaust manifold 3 ... Heat insulator 7 ... Bolt 10 ... Bolt boss | hub 21, 21a, 21b, 21c ... Shock absorber 22 ... Collar member 23, 24 ... Spring washer 25, 26, 41 ... Grommet 27 ... Cylindrical part 28 31 ... Flange portions 33, 45 ... Connecting portion 37 ... Gap 40 ... Buffer material 43 ... First holding portion 44 ... Second holding portion 46 ... Coupling portion 48 ... Free vibration portion 54 ... Flange portion 59 ... Corrugated shape 80 ... Ridge line Corresponding part A1, A2 ... direction T1 ... side wall T2 ... top

Claims (2)

Disposed between a plurality of target members to be interconnected using threaded fasteners such as bolts, the shock absorber to cushion the transmission of vibrations to the other object member from one object member, which becomes a vibration source,
A substantially annular cushioning material provided with an insertion hole through which the screw member attached to the one target member is inserted, and surrounding the screw member;
A coupling that is arranged between the screw member and the cushioning material and that is configured with a collar member that includes a pair of flange portions that sandwich the cushioning material from both sides in the axial direction and a connecting portion that couples the pair of flange portions to each other A member,
A first holding portion that has an insertion hole through which the screw member attached to the one target member is inserted , holds the other target member on the radially outer side, and a second holding portion that holds the cushioning material on the radially inner side , A coupling portion that connects the first holding portion and the second holding portion, and the buffer that the other target member and the one target member held by the first holding portion hold by the second holding portion to sit on the opposite side with respect to wood, the second holding portion, the connecting portion and the first holding portion, wherein the benzalkonium provided in this order from the other hand member side
Connecting member. The buffer material is formed of an iron alloy, and on the surface thereof, a film is formed that includes at least one of a metal or a metal compound whose ionization tendency is closer to aluminum than iron,
In said collar member, and the at least one formed of aluminum alloy
The coupling member according to claim 1.

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