Patent ID: 7883061
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: B60K,F01N,F16F,F16L

Abstract:
1. An exhaust pipe support including an elastic body having a ring shape for suspending an exhaust pipe from a vehicle body, the elastic body comprising: an upper attachment portion having an upper attachment hole which extends parallel with an axial direction of the elastic body and into which a supporting member of a vehicle body side is to be inserted, the upper attachment portion being disposed in an upper part of the elastic body; a lower attachment portion having a lower attachment hole which extends parallel with the axial direction of the elastic body and into which a supporting member of an exhaust pipe side is to be inserted, the lower attachment being disposed in a lower part of the elastic body positioned symmetrically to the upper part where the upper attachment portion is disposed; and a pair of arm portions extending in a vertical direction and mutually connecting the upper attachment portion and the lower attachment portion to form the ring shape, wherein a first reinforcement rib formed of elastic material is integrally formed on an outer circumferential surface of each of the pair of arm portions so as to protrude at a predetermined height and extend continuously in the vertical direction along the arm portions, an upper end of the first reinforcement rib being located at a higher position than a connecting position of an inner circumferential surface of the arm portion and the upper attachment portion and at a higher position than the center of the upper attachment hole of the upper attachment portion, while a lower end of the first reinforcement rib is located at a lower position than a connecting position of the inner circumferential surface of the arm portion and the lower attachment portion and at a lower position than the center of the lower attachment hole of the lower attachment portion.