Patent ID: 6622975
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B60K,F16F

Abstract:
A suspension device for a swinging load (L), in particular for an exhaust system in a motor vehicle, the said device havinga carrying region (10), at which the suspension device is to be connected to a carrying structure, a flexible load beam (20) which essentially consists of elastomer material, is disposed between two articulating zones (28) and has a centrally disposed center of load distribution (22) from which the load (L), which acts on the said load beam centrally, is distributed to the two articulating zones (28), two carrying legs (30) which each connect one of the said articulating zones (28) to the carrying region (10), and an inlay (32) which has low flexural strength but is essentially rigid in respect of tension and which extends along a zone of the load beam (20), which zone is stressed in respect of tension when under load (L), at least as far as the two articulating zones (28), the two articulating zones (28) being arranged in a common transverse plane (B) which extends transversely to the direction of action of the load (L) and in which they are movable towards and away from one another when the load changes, wherein the center of distribution of load (22) is disposed, in the non-loaded condition, between the carrying region (10) and the transverse plane (B), and the load beam (20) is adapted to approach a stretched position in which the center of distribution of load (22) lies in the transverse plane (B) when the suspension device is subjected to a load (L) which increases and is directed away from the said carrying region (10).