Patent ID: 11927236
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 18:
19. A rotating machine system comprising:
a rotating machine;
a housing including an inner surface, the housing surrounding at least a portion of the rotating machine, the inner surface of the housing being spaced from the rotating machine such that a space is defined therebetween; and
a plurality of vibration isolators being positioned in the space and being operatively connected to the rotating machine and to the inner surface of the housing, the plurality of vibration isolators being a plurality of compression-type vibration isolators distributed non-uniformly in a circumferential direction and being configured to compress at a substantially constant crush force in response to a force applied by the rotating machine, and the plurality of vibration isolators being one of: a plurality of stacks of conical springs or a plurality of bi-stable structures.