Patent ID: 8857800
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B60K,F16F

Abstract:
1. A tank rubber cushion for providing a vibration-damping support of a fuel tank at multiple locations against a vehicle body, comprising: an inner axial member adapted to be fixed to one of the fuel tank and the vehicle body, the inner axial member having flanges at both ends in an axial direction, respectively, and the inner axial member being adapted to be inserted through a mounting hole formed in a support portion provided to another of the fuel tank and the vehicle body, with the flanges of the inner axial member being placed at and facing to both sides of the support portion in the axial direction; two divided rubber cylinders inserted onto an outer peripheral face of the inner axial member while facing each other in the axial direction; an axial vibration-damping rubber portion in an annular form being provided on an axially outside portion of each of the divided rubber cylinders, and being arranged between opposing surfaces of the flange of the inner axial member and the support portion in the axial direction; a transaxial vibration-damping rubber portion in a cylinder form being provided to an axially inside portion of each of the divided rubber cylinders, and being thrust into the mounting hole of the support portion from both sides in the axial direction so as to be arranged between opposing surfaces of the inner axial member and the support portion in a transaxial direction, wherein the transaxial vibration-damping rubber portion of each divided rubber cylinder includes a concave/convex portion wherein a diameter varies in a circumferential direction so that an assembly is made with a gap between an outer periphery of the inner axial member and an inner periphery of the support portion along the concave/convex portion; and an outer wall of the transaxial vibration-damping rubber portion of each divided rubber cylinder is defined by a first alternating concave/convex surface and an inner wall of the transaxial vibration-damping rubber portion of each divided rubber cylinder is defined by a second alternating concave/convex surface, and a thickness between the first alternating concave/convex surface and the second alternating concave/convex surface, which thickness includes a thickness of the concave/convex portion in a diametrical direction, is constant in the circumferential direction.