Vibration Damper Assembly for Stable Engine Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vibration dampers for connecting devices like engines to vehicle bodies face manufacturing disadvantages and stability issues, making them difficult to mount correctly and maintain a stable vibration-absorbing connection.
Innovation Solution
The vibration damper features a mounting portion with first and second flanged pipe socket portions, a damping section that surrounds the mounting portion, and a retaining section like a screw bolt with a lock nut. The damping section includes identical cylindrical damping elements with partial circumferential wall sections that engage with each other, enhancing assembly simplicity and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional vibration dampers are used with separate mounting components, then the vibration damping function is achieved, but the assembly process becomes complex and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting portion merges the first and second pipe socket portions with flanges into a single integrated component structure. This combining of previously separate mounting elements into one unified mounting portion simplifies the assembly process by reducing the number of parts that need to be handled and installed separately, while maintaining the necessary structural complexity for proper vibration damping functionality.
2Productivity
If identical pipe socket portions are used, then manufacturing efficiency is improved, but component differentiation needed for proper orientation is lost
Solution Approach 1:
While the pipe socket portions are identical in their basic structure to enable standardized manufacturing, the damping section introduces asymmetric features through its partial circumferential wall sections. These wall sections are distributed unevenly around the circumference, creating an asymmetric damping profile that provides orientation guidance during installation without requiring asymmetric pipe socket portions, thus maintaining manufacturing efficiency while enabling proper component orientation.
Solution Approach 2:
The damping section implements local quality by concentrating damping material in specific directional zones rather than uniformly throughout. The partial circumferential wall sections are strategically positioned to provide enhanced damping in specific directions, creating localized damping properties that guide installation orientation while the overall pipe socket structure remains symmetric and manufacturable.
3Reliability
If the damping section completely surrounds the mounting portion, then vibration absorption is maximized, but assembly difficulty and manufacturing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The damping section is segmented into multiple independent partial circumferential wall sections rather than forming a complete continuous surround. Each wall section is a separate damping element positioned at specific angular locations around the mounting portion. This segmentation reduces manufacturing complexity by allowing individual sections to be produced and positioned separately, while still providing comprehensive vibration absorption through the distributed arrangement of multiple sections.
4Reliability
If multiple different components are used in the vibration damper, then functional requirements are met, but assembly time and error rate increase
Solution Approach 1:
The pipe socket portions are designed as universal, identical components that serve multiple functions: structural support, vibration transmission path, and orientation reference through their standardized flange connections. This multi-functionality of the standardized pipe sockets reduces the need for specialized different components, thereby reducing assembly time and error rate while maintaining connection stability through their versatile applicability throughout the vibration damper structure.
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
This design allows for easy and error-free assembly, establishes a permanently stable vibration-absorbing connection, and improves manufacturing efficiency by using identical components and simplified assembly processes.
Implementation Method 1
vibrations from the engine are absorbed and taken up by the damping section
Implementation Method 2
a damping section and a fastening section, so that vibrations from the engine are absorbed and taken up by the damping section
Implementation Method 3
the fastening section is frictionally connected to the car body and the engine via the damping section
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a vibration damper for connecting two devices to one another, in particular an engine to an environment (100) of the engine, for example a car body, wherein the vibration damper includes a damping section (20) and a fastening section (10), wherein the mounting portion (10) is formed with first and second pipe socket portions (14) having a flange (12), and wherein the damping portion (20) at least partially surrounds the fastening portion (10) at the outer surface thereof.