WO2000023724A1 - Montage elastomere (a) - Google Patents

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WO2000023724A1
WO2000023724A1 PCT/GB1999/003478 GB9903478W WO0023724A1 WO 2000023724 A1 WO2000023724 A1 WO 2000023724A1 GB 9903478 W GB9903478 W GB 9903478W WO 0023724 A1 WO0023724 A1 WO 0023724A1
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elastomeric
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Donald James Newman
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Trelleborg Ab
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16F—SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
    • F16F1/00—Springs
    • F16F1/36—Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers
    • F16F1/42—Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers characterised by the mode of stressing
    • F16F1/44—Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers characterised by the mode of stressing loaded mainly in compression
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G11/00—Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location or kind of springs
    • B60G11/22—Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location or kind of springs having rubber springs only
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G7/00—Pivoted suspension arms; Accessories thereof
    • B60G7/04—Buffer means for limiting movement of arms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02—Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/04—Bolster supports or mountings
    • B61F5/08—Bolster supports or mountings incorporating rubber springs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02—Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/14—Side bearings
    • B61F5/142—Side bearings made of rubber elements, graphite or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/26—Mounting or securing axle-boxes in vehicle or bogie underframes
    • B61F5/30—Axle-boxes mounted for movement under spring control in vehicle or bogie underframes
    • B61F5/305—Axle-boxes mounted for movement under spring control in vehicle or bogie underframes incorporating rubber springs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16F—SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
    • F16F1/00—Springs
    • F16F1/36—Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers
    • F16F1/371—Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers characterised by inserts or auxiliary extension or exterior elements, e.g. for rigidification
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G2202/00—Indexing codes relating to the type of spring, damper or actuator
    • B60G2202/10—Type of spring
    • B60G2202/14—Plastic spring, e.g. rubber
    • B60G2202/143—Plastic spring, e.g. rubber subjected to compression
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G2204/00—Indexing codes related to suspensions per se or to auxiliary parts
    • B60G2204/10—Mounting of suspension elements
    • B60G2204/12—Mounting of springs or dampers
    • B60G2204/125—Mounting of rubber type springs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60G—VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS
    • B60G2204/00—Indexing codes related to suspensions per se or to auxiliary parts
    • B60G2204/40—Auxiliary suspension parts; Adjustment of suspensions
    • B60G2204/45—Stops limiting travel
    • B60G2204/4504—Stops limiting travel using cable or band to prevent extension

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  • This invention relates to an elastomeric mounting and in particular, although not exclusively, to a mounting intended normally to be loaded in compression and to resist subjecting the elastomeric material to tensile loading.
  • the invention relates additionally, but not exclusively, to an elastomeric mounting suitable for use in a vehicle suspension such as the suspension of an off-road truck to transmit compression and tensile forces between two relatively movable components, especially between an axle and the end of a bogie pivot beam.
  • an elastomeric element normally loaded in compression and resistant to tensile loading of the elastomeric material is that described in the specification of US. Patent No. 4 615 513. That comprises an elastomeric body located between and bonded to rigid end plates. The elastomeric body incorporates a plurality of parallel, spaced, flat metal rings to prevent circumferential outwards bulging of the elastomeric body when the end plates are pressed together. The end plates are also held together by means of a mechanical connecting means in the form of holders which extend into the rubber body from the central portion of the respective end plates, and secondly a link element linked to the holders.
  • the mechanical connecting means should provide a limitation to the maximum expansion of the elastomeric body, so as to prevent that body being subjected to tensile loading and a risk of tearing.
  • the chain links and holders can deform and that the elastomeric material becomes torn.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide an improved elastomeric mounting in which there is a better ability to withstand shock tensile loading and/or resist subjecting the elastomeric material to tensile load.
  • an elastomeric mounting cc ⁇ prises two rigid end members maintained spaced apart by an intervening tubular body of elastomeric material which defines a central chamber, and a substantially inextensible connecting means arranged to extend through said central chamber to interconnect said end members and resist more than a predetermined separation of the end members, at least one of the interfaces between the elastomeric body and a rigid end member being unbonded.
  • the substantially inextensible connecting means may be a chain type structure comprising a metal link. It may be able substantially freely to reduce in length upon axial compression of the elastomeric body and to resist separation of the end members when, and only when, there is more than a predetermined separation of the end members.
  • An example of another type of connecting means is a cable or stranded wire, such as high tensile steel stranded wire which, preferably, comprises a plurality of filaments which extend helically along the length of the wire.
  • inextensible relates to an inability to extend freely beyond a predetermined length. It does not exclude the possibility of extension from a contracted configuration to said predetermined length, as arising in the case of a chain.
  • the connecting means may be adapted to retain the elastomeric body under residual compression, at least other than when a high load such as a shock load temporarily acts on and extends the connecting means.
  • the elastomeric body is bonded to one of the end members at the interface therebetween.
  • the connecting means may be substantially continuously rotatable relative to at least one of the end members so as not to act to present any substantial resistance to continuous or finite relative rotation of the end members. Alternatively it may be secured to each end member so as to resist any or more than a predetermined magnitude of relative rotation of the end members.
  • the substantially inextensible connecting means may be arranged in series with a buffer member provided between the connecting means and one of the end members. It may be arranged to cushion the transmission of forces through the mounting when a shock load acts on one of the end members to tend to cause extension of the mounting.
  • An elastomeric mounting the subject of the present invention may incorporate one or more other features such as are described in detail below, and also one or more of the features as disclosed more generally in any one or more of our co-pending UK patent applications of even date and entitled "Elastomeric Mounting B", “Elastomeric Mounting (C) and “Elastomeric Mounting (D)”.
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal cross-section of an elastomeric mounting of the present invention
  • Figure 2 is an end view of the mounting of Figure 1 in the direction of arrow "X" of Figure 1
  • Figure 3 is an end view of the mounting of Figure 1 in the direction of arrow "Y” of Figure 1
  • Figure 4 is a longitudinal cross-section of an main body part of the mounting of Figure 1
  • Figure 5 is a longitudinal cross-section of a buffer body part of the mounting of Figure 1
  • Figure 6 is a side view of a retention pin.
  • FIG. 1 An elastomeric mounting 10 for positioning between a vehicle axle structure and one end portion of a bogie pivot beam pivotally mounted in a vehicle frame is shown in Figure 1 to 6.
  • the mounting 10 comprises two metal end plates 11,12, each of a square shape, and an interposed elastomeric body 13 which is subject to compression loading as the end plates move one toward the other.
  • the body 13 is reinforced by two groups 14,15 of metal reinforcing rings 16-24 which are embedded in and bonded to the elastomeric material, in this case natural rubber, of the body.
  • Each reinforcing ring 16-24 is a flat annular steel disc and is positioned in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis A-A of the mounting.
  • each ring 16-21 is provided, axially spaced apart, and each extends radially for a distance substantially equal to the local radial extent of the elastomeric body at that axial position.
  • the inner edge 25 of each ring 16-21 is exposed to a central chamber 26 defined by the tubular body 13.
  • the outer edge 27 of each of these rings lies just beneath the outer surface 28 of the elastomeric body.
  • the body has a generally smooth profile at that region and conceals the presence of the embedded rings.
  • the rings 16-21 have a common inner diameter 25. Three of those rings 18- 20 also have a common outer diameter. A fourth ring 21 between that set 18-20 of identical rings and the rings 22-24 of the second group 15 has a smaller outer diameter intermediate the outer diameters of the neighbouring rings 20,22. At the other end of the set 18-20 the ring 17 has an outer diameter intermediate that of the rings 20 and 21.
  • the end ring 16, nearest the end plate 11 has an outer diameter substantially equal to that of the ring 21, and also substantially equal to the outer diameter of a profiled annular shoulder 29 defined by the end plate 11.
  • the rings 22 to 24 of the second group 15 have a common outer diameter 30 which is less than the outer diameter of any of the rings of the first group 14.
  • the ring 22 closest to the first group has the largest inner diameter of the second group
  • the end ring 24 has the smallest inner diameter
  • the intermediate ring 23 has an inner diameter intermediate that of the neighbouring rings 22,24.
  • the ring 24, which has the smallest inner diameter of the second group, is of an inner diameter greater than that of any of the rings of the first group.
  • the rings 22-24 of the second group have their outer edges exposed at the outer surface 28 of the elastomeric body, or if covered by a thin protective elastomeric layer nevertheless still have an identifiable presence. At their inner edges the rings 22-24 lie well space from the locally radially inner surface of the elastomeric material.
  • the elastomeric body is bonded to the end plate 12, but is located relative to the other end plate 11 only by shape features. Adjacent the aforedescribed annular shoulder 29 the end plate 11 has an annular recess 31.
  • the body 13 has an annular end rib 32 which seats in the recess 31, with the radially outer edge 33 of the rib abutting the inner face of the shoulder 29.
  • the shoulder 29 has a smooth, curved top region 33 to provide an abutment surface for the outer surface 28 of the body 13 when under axial compression.
  • End plate 11 has an integral support sleeve 34 the outer diameter of which is slightly less than the inner diameter of the rings 16-21 of the first group 14. It extends axially beyond at least the first two rings and is intended to cooperate with the rings to ensure, in conjunction with the should 29 and recess 31, that the unbonded end of the body 13 is retained transversely aligned even when the mounting is loaded in tension and the end face of the body can lift away from the plate 11.
  • the support sleeve 34 provides location for a retention pin 35 that captures an end link of three chain links 36 extending axially in the chamber 26.
  • the other end of the chain is secured to a buffer member 37 by a half link 38.
  • Buffer member 37 is of a frusto-conical shape at each of its radially inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces 39,40.
  • the inner surface 39 is provided with a shallow groove 41 to locate the half link 38 and restrain any tendency for the chain to twist between its ends, when the end plates are similarly restrained.
  • Outer face 40 has a buffer layer 42 of elastomeric material bonded thereto.
  • the end plate 12 has a frusto-conical portion 44 and the outer surface 43 of the buffer layer 42 is arranged in the assembly to be supported by the radially inwardly facing surface 47 of that portion.
  • portion 44 has the elastomeric body 13 bonded thereto.
  • body 13 is bonded to a planar outer surface zone 46 of the plate 12.
  • the angle of the surface 45 relative to axis A-A is equal to, and opposite, the angle of a notional line connecting the inner diameter edges of the three rings 22-24 of the second group 15.
  • the axially inner extremity of the plate portion 44 lies substantially aligned with the axial position of the ring 22 of the second group 15 lying closest to the first group 14.
  • the pin 35 is fitted to the spigot 34 with an end link of the chain thereby being held captive.
  • the unbonded end of the body 13 is then presented to the end plate 11 to locate the rib 13 relative to the plate recess 31 and shoulder 29.
  • the chain is extended through the chamber 26, and with the buffer member seated in the end plate 12 against surface 47, the body is compressed sufficiently to allow the end half link 38 to be threaded through the end of the chain.
  • the half link is positioned with its free ends aligned with the plane of the outer end faces 50,51 of the buffer member and plate 12, and the applied compression load is then released.
  • the chain then holds the body 13 under residual compression.
  • the faces 50,51 are located against a vehicle member such as an axle housing or suspension arm. That vehicle member thereby locks the half link 38 in position so that it is not free to move and become disengaged from the chain end link.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un montage élastomère (10) adapté à une utilisation dans la suspension d'un véhicule tout-terrain et comprenant deux éléments d'extrémité rigides (11, 12) maintenus espacés l'un de l'autre par un corps tubulaire intermédiaire (13) en matière élastomère, lequel définit une chambre centrale (26), et un moyen de liaison sensiblement non-extensible, conçu pour s'étendre à l'intérieur de ladite chambre centrale (26) et relier entre eux lesdits éléments d'extrémité (11, 12) et résister mieux à une séparation prédéterminée de ces derniers, au moins une des interfaces entre le corps élastomère (13) et un élément d'extrémité rigide (11) n'étant pas liée.
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US1841795A (en) * 1924-03-31 1932-01-19 Cort Walker J Vehicle spring suspension
US1783801A (en) * 1926-05-17 1930-12-02 Int Motor Co Cushion connection for vehicle construction
US2674449A (en) * 1950-09-15 1954-04-06 Cardwell Westinghouse Co Bolster spring
DE1682368U (de) * 1954-05-26 1954-08-26 Wilhelm Cordes K G Schwingungsdaempfer, insbesondere fuer schleudermaschinen.
US3020856A (en) * 1957-10-03 1962-02-13 Metalastik Ltd Vehicle suspension system
FR1325016A (fr) * 1962-03-14 1963-04-26 Maduraud Ets Perfectionnements aux suspensions pour véhicules routiers
GB974210A (en) * 1963-04-17 1964-11-04 Edge And Sons Ltd A marine fender unit
GB1124790A (en) * 1964-08-29 1968-08-21 Maschf Augsburg Nuernberg Ag A method of accurately mounting the wheelsets in the frame of a railway vehicle bogie
US3606295A (en) * 1968-11-12 1971-09-20 Unilan Ag Shock absorber
US4684152A (en) * 1976-11-23 1987-08-04 Goodbary Edgar R Off-highway vehicle body support structure
US4615513A (en) 1983-05-05 1986-10-07 Volvo Bm Ab Flexible, force-transmitting element
EP0263388A2 (fr) * 1986-10-09 1988-04-13 MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Aktiengesellschaft Utilisation et construction d'un support en caoutchouc
DE19608860A1 (de) * 1996-03-07 1997-09-18 Joern Gmbh Druckfeder

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