VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE

Abstract

There is provided a vibration damping device including; a pair of rubber arm portions connecting an inner fitting and an outer fitting to each other in the horizontal direction; and a rubber leg portion connecting in the vertical direction; the paired rubber arm portions are formed so that the thickness thereof decreases gradually from the inner fitting side toward the outer fitting side, and the rubber leg portion is formed so that each of both side surfaces is formed by an inwardly depressed curved surface, and is formed into a curved broaden shape toward the outer fitting side. Thereby, a spring constant in the horizontal direction is increased advantageously while a spring constant in the vertical direction kept large, and the durability of the rubber elastic body can be increased effectively.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of a vibration damping device having a construction in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is sectional views of the vibration damping device shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2A being a sectional view taken along the line 2A-2A of FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B being a sectional view taken along the line 2B-2B of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a back view of the vibration damping device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view schematically showing one rubber arm portion in the vibration damping device shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged front view showing the shape of a rubber arm portion in another example of a vibration damping device in accordance with the present invention.

Claims

1. A vibration damping device, comprising: an inner fitting;an outer fitting disposed separately on the outside of the inner fitting and surrounding the inner fitting; anda rubber elastic body elastically connecting the inner fitting and the outer fitting, and having a pair of rubber arm portions which is positioned on both right and left sides of the inner fitting and the outer fitting to each other in a horizontal direction, and a pair of rubber arm portions by voids provided between arm portions and connects the inner fitting and the outer fitting to each other in a vertical direction;wherein the paired rubber arm portions are formed so that the thickness thereof decreases gradually from the inner fitting side toward the outer fitting side, and the rubber leg portion is formed so that each of both side surfaces has an inwardly depressed curved surface, and is formed into a curved broaden shape toward the outer fitting side.

2. The vibration damping device according to claim 1, wherein the paired rubber arm portions have a fixing distance in an axial direction with respect to the outer fitting longer than a connecting distance between the inner fitting and the outer fitting respectively.

3. The vibration damping device according to claim 1, wherein each of the paired rubber arm portions has both side surfaces formed by inwardly depressed curved surfaces.

4. The vibration damping device according to claim 1, wherein the inner fitting has a flange portion integrally provided in one end portion in the axial direction thereof, the flange portion extending toward the outer fitting side and facing to an end portion of the outer fitting with a predetermined distance being provided, and the flange portion is fixed to a side surface facing to the rubber leg portion, and a part of the rubber leg portion is interposed between the flange portion and the end portion of the outer fitting.

5. The vibration damping device according to claim 1, wherein the outer fitting has a rectangularly tubular shape such that a part of an inner surface shape in a circumferential direction is formed by a semicircular or arcuate curved shape portion, and the rubber leg portion is fixed to the curved shape portion of the rectangularly tubular shape, and the paired rubber arm portions are fixed to parallel portions extending in parallel with each other from both ends of the curved shape portion.

6. The vibration damping device according to claim 1, wherein a stopper is further provided on a portion of the outer fitting corresponding to the inner fitting to regulate a relatively excessive displacement in the horizontal direction of the inner fitting.