Patent ID: 6382267
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
An apparatus for evacuating air from internal chambers of a hydraulic mount and filling said chambers with a hydraulic fluid, said mount including a body member, a partition, a flexible diaphragm and a base member adapted to be joined in assembly to form said chambers between said body member and said partition and between said partition and said diaphragm, said apparatus comprising:a housing for supporting said body member in a position wherein said body member may support said partition, said diaphragm and said base member; a head member adapted to be placed over said base member and engageable with said body member and at least partially delimiting space formed between said base member and said body member; and passage means formed in one of said housing and said head member and in fluid flow communication with said space, with a source of vacuum and with a source hydraulic fluid for evacuating air from said chambers of said mount and for filling said chambers with hydraulic fluid, respectively.