Patent ID: 8668213

Claim:
A damper mount structure comprising: a rod of a damper of a suspension system, the rod having an end portion; a vehicular body panel having an opening portion, the end portion of the rod being inserted through and fastened to the opening portion; an upper stationary disk facing toward an upper surface of the vehicular body panel and subjected to a pressure of a nut screwed onto the end portion of the rod; a lower stationary disk facing toward a lower surface of the vehicular body panel and opposed to the upper stationary disk with the vehicular body panel interposed between the upper stationary disk and the lower stationary disk; an annular upper damping member contacting the vehicular body panel and compressed by the upper stationary disk, the end portion of the rod fitting through the annular upper damper; an annular lower damping member disposed between the vehicular body panel and the lower stationary disk in contact with the lower stationary disk; an annular projection protruding from one of the upper damping member and the lower damping member toward the other one of the upper damping member and the lower damping member, the projection having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the one of the upper damping member and the lower damping member; and a collar having an inner circumferential surface fitting around an outer circumferential surface of the projection in such a manner as to contact the outer circumferential surface, the collar having one end surface and an opposite end surface, the one end surface being contiguous with the inner circumferential surface and fixed to the vehicular body panel, the collar having a height from the opposite end surface to the one end surface, the height of the collar being substantially equal to a height of the projection; and the opening portion of the vehicular body panel contacting the other one of the upper damping member and the lower damping member and having a beveled corner.