Elastic Bearing Reinforcement for Consistent Rigidity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing elastic bearings lack consistent rigidity, leading to performance and service life fluctuations when used in load-bearing applications such as vehicle exhaust systems.
Innovation Solution
An elastic bearing design featuring at least two bending beams with embedded reinforcement sections, supported by strategically placed points to maintain an essentially linear course, ensuring setpoint rigidity and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If reinforcement is embedded in elastic body without supporting points, then the elastic bearing can flex and absorb load, but the rigidity becomes inconsistent and fluctuates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by introducing supporting points at specific locations within the elastic body to create localized zones of enhanced structural definition. These supporting points are strategically positioned to guide the reinforcement elements along predetermined paths, ensuring that rigidity is maintained consistently in critical areas while allowing flexibility in other regions. This localized structural enhancement resolves the contradiction by providing rigidity consistency where needed without compromising the overall flexibility of the elastic bearing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining the course of reinforcement elements through the elastic body using supporting points and predetermined paths. The reinforcement is embedded along these pre-established trajectories before the elastic bearing is put into service, ensuring that the structural framework is already optimized for consistent rigidity. This preliminary structuring prevents rigidity fluctuations during operation, thereby improving performance reliability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If reinforcement extends linearly through bending beams, then setpoint rigidity is achieved, but the design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the reinforcement structure into discrete segments or sections, each guided by individual supporting points along predetermined paths. Rather than using a single complex continuous reinforcement, the structure is broken into manageable segments that can be independently positioned and secured. This segmentation simplifies the overall design and manufacturing process while achieving the desired linear extension and setpoint rigidity through the cumulative effect of multiple simpler elements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design provides consistent rigidity and improved performance by preventing fluctuations, enhancing both the operational stability and longevity of the elastic bearing.
Implementation Method 1
at least one elastic body (12) that has at least two bending beams (14, 16, 18, 20)
Data Source
AI summary
An elastic bearing, in particular for the suspension of a load, is provide that comprises at least one elastic body that has at least two bending beams and at least two receiving openings for receiving coupling elements, wherein at least one of the at least two bending beams is connected to at least one articulated section, and at least one reinforcement that is embedded in the at least one elastic body. The reinforcement extends at least into the at least two bending beams, wherein the reinforcement extends at least essentially linearly into the at least two bending beams in at least one predetermined section of the particular bending beam. The at least two bending beams each have at least one supporting point that ensures the at least essentially linear course of the reinforcement in the predetermined section.