Patent ID: 6817599
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
A vibration damping bushing for connecting a first and a second component in a vibration damping fashion, comprising:a rigid inner sleeve fixable to said first component; a rigid outer sleeve fixable to said second component; an elastic body having a main body portion of tubular configuration interposed between said inner and outer sleeves; a pair of flange portions integrally formed at opposite axial end portions of said main body portion, extending radially outwardly and laminated on opposite axial end faces of said outer sleeve, respectively; and a deformation resistant portion provided for at least one of said pair of flange portions over a given circumferential length, said deformation resistant portion projecting axially outwardly to be opposed to and entirely axially spaced away from a member of said first component with a spacing therebetween, wherein during displacement of said inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve toward a deformation resistant portion side, said at least one of said pair of flange portions provided with said deformation resistant portion undergoes elastic deformation toward said member of said first component due to compressive deformation of said main body portion in radial directions perpendicular to an axial direction of said bushing so that said deformation resistant portion comes into contact with said member of said first component to increase resistance to said compressive deformation of said main body portion.