JP2002098192A - Anti-vibration device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a vibration damping device that improves ride comfort by lowering the dynamic magnification of a cylindrical engine mount for an automobile without lowering rubber hardness. SOLUTION: A vulcanizate of a vibration-proof rubber composition in which natural silica treated with a silane coupling agent is blended with a rubber component such as natural rubber, butadiene rubber, and styrene-butadiene rubber. As natural silica, a mixture of quartz powder having a fine particle spherical structure and kaolinite having a hexagonal thin plate-like particle structure is preferable.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vibration isolator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are various types of vibration-proof rubber compositions used for vibration-proof rubbers of vehicles such as automobiles. Additives such as carbon black, sulfur, zinc white, an antioxidant, and a vulcanization accelerator are added to the components.

[0003] However, the conventional vibration damping rubber composition has a problem that the obtained vibration damping device has a high dynamic magnification, which is the ratio of the dynamic spring constant to the static spring constant, and therefore has poor riding comfort. In general, the dynamic magnification tends to decrease by lowering the rubber hardness of the vibration-isolating rubber. However, if the rubber hardness is reduced to lower the dynamic magnification, rubber physical properties are reduced, and static properties important for product performance are reduced. There is a problem in that the spring constant and the durability level are lowered, resulting in poor ride comfort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a vibration isolator capable of lowering the dynamic magnification of the vibration isolator without lowering the rubber hardness and improving ride comfort.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have made intensive studies in view of the above points, and have been able to add a specific natural silica to a vibration-isolating rubber composition without reducing the rubber hardness. They have found that the dynamic magnification can be reduced, and have completed the present invention.

That is, the vibration damping rubber composition of the present invention is characterized by containing a rubber component and natural silica treated with a silane coupling agent.

An anti-vibration device according to the present invention is an automobile engine comprising a shaft member, an outer cylinder surrounding the shaft member in a direction parallel to the axis, and a rubber elastic body elastically connecting the shaft member and the outer cylinder. A dynamic spring constant Kd (N / m) relative to a static spring constant Ks (N / mm) of the engine mount.
m) and the rubber hardness H of the rubber elastic body.
and s (°) has a relationship represented by the following equation (1). Kd / Ks ≦ 0.056Hs + 0.81 (1) A vibration-isolating device having such characteristics uses a vibration-isolating rubber composition containing the above-mentioned specific natural silica to obtain a vulcanized molded product of the rubber composition. The rubber elastic body can be obtained by the above. Then, if the vibration isolator satisfies the relationship of Expression (1), the ride comfort is excellent, as shown in the results of Examples described later.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The anti-vibration rubber composition of the present invention is obtained by mixing natural rubber treated with a silane coupling agent with a rubber component as a raw rubber as described above. In addition to these, a vulcanizing agent such as sulfur, a vulcanization accelerator, and an antioxidant are usually added to the rubber composition, and various additives such as carbon black, stearic acid, and process oil are required. It can be added according to.

The rubber component includes diene rubbers such as butadiene rubber (BR), styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), nitrile rubber (NBR), isoprene rubber (IR), chloroprene rubber (CR), and ethylene propylene rubber (EPR). , EPDM), olefin rubbers such as butyl rubber (IIR), and brominated butyl rubber (Br-II).
R) and other synthetic rubbers, including polyurethane rubber, acrylic rubber, fluorine rubber, silicone rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene, etc., and natural rubbers, and the like. These may be used alone or in combination of two or more. Can be used. Among these, natural rubber, at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of butadiene rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber is preferred, and more specifically, natural rubber alone, a combination of natural rubber and butadiene rubber, and natural rubber. Any combination of styrene butadiene rubber is suitable.

As the natural silica, a mixture of spherical particles and hexagonal thin plate-like particles is preferable. More specifically, a powder in which quartz powder (SiO2) having a spherical fine particle structure and kaolinite (Al2SiO5 (OH) 4) having a hexagonal thin plate-like particle structure are loosely mixed is preferable. With such a specific structure, the dynamic magnification of the vibration-proof rubber is further reduced.
The weight ratio between quartz and kaolinite is 90:10
~ 75: 25 is preferred.

In the present invention, such natural silica treated with a silane coupling agent is used. As the silane coupling agent, a compound having at least one or more alkoxysilyl groups and other substituents in one molecule can be used alone or as a mixture of two or more kinds. Specifically, For example, β- (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) ethyltrimethoxysilane, γ-glycidoxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane, γ-glycidoxypropyltriethoxysilane, N- (β-aminoethyl) -γ-amino Propylmethyldimethoxysilane, N
-(Β-aminoethyl) -γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane,
isocyanate-functional silanes such as γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, γ-isocyanatopropyltrimethoxysilane and γ-isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane, γ-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-methacryloxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane, γ -Methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltri (β-oxymethylethoxy) silane, γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-
Mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane, bis (γ-
(Triethoxysilyl) propyl) tetrasulfide (trade name: Si-69, manufactured by Degussa).
The treatment amount of the silane coupling agent is 2 to 1 of natural silica.
It is preferably 0% by weight.

The natural silica treated with the silane coupling agent is preferably blended in an amount of 10 to 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber. If the amount is less than 10 parts by weight, the effect of lowering the dynamic magnification may not be sufficient, and if it exceeds 40 parts by weight, the rubber physical properties may be reduced and the dynamic magnification may be rather increased.

In the present invention, it is preferable to use such a specific natural silica together with carbon black. By using carbon black in combination, it is possible to maintain the same level of rubber physical properties as a compounded system containing only carbon black, and it is possible to remarkably reduce the dynamic magnification as compared with a compounded system containing only natural silica. In such a case, the weight ratio of natural silica to carbon black is 1
The ratio is preferably 5:85 to 60:40.

Next, a cylindrical engine mount for an automobile, which is a vibration isolator according to one embodiment of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG.

The engine mount (10) shown in FIG. 1 has a cylindrical metal inner cylinder (12) provided laterally and a cylindrical metal outer cylinder (14) surrounding the inner cylinder (12) in an axially parallel manner. And a rubber elastic body (16) interposed between the inner cylinder (12) and the outer cylinder (14), and integrally joined by vulcanization bonding means. The rubber elastic body (16) is provided with a plurality of hollow portions (18) penetrating in the axial direction. The engine mount (10) is assembled so as to be pressed into a tubular portion (24) of a vehicle body side bracket (22) provided with a mounting bolt (20) to the vehicle body. Then, a shaft member of an engine-side bracket (not shown) is inserted into the inner cylinder (12), thereby supporting the engine (not shown) in a vibration-proof manner. In the engine mount (10), an engine load is applied from the direction of the arrow (A).

In the engine mount (10), the rubber elastic body (16) is formed by vulcanizing the above-described vibration-proof rubber composition of the present invention, and thereby has a static spring constant Ks (N / Mm) for the dynamic spring constant Kd (N / m
m) and the rubber hardness Hs (°) of the rubber elastic body (16) satisfy the following expression (1). Kd / Ks ≦ 0.056Hs + 0.81 (1) With a conventional cylindrical engine mount that does not satisfy the expression (1), excellent ride comfort is obtained as shown in the examples described later. Can not.

Here, the static spring constant Ks is calculated according to JIS K
In accordance with 6385, in the two-way load method of the static characteristic test, deflection in the range of -2.5 mm to +2.5 mm in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the inner cylinder (direction of arrow A) at a displacement speed of 20 mm / min is performed three times. After applying the load, the load-deflection relationship in the third loading process is measured, and the relationship is calculated in the range of deflection = ± 1.25 mm by the calculation method described in the same standard using this relationship.

The dynamic spring constant Kd is also referred to as a storage spring constant, and vibrates in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the inner cylinder (in the direction of arrow A) in the non-resonant method of the dynamic property measurement test according to JIS K 6385. A load or deflection is applied at a frequency of several hundred Hz and an amplitude of ± 0.05 mm to measure the load-deflection relationship, and the relationship is calculated by the calculation method described in the standard using this relationship.

The rubber hardness Hs is measured according to JIS K6301.

In the above equation (1), the rubber hardness H
It is preferable that s is 45 ° to 65 ° in order to satisfy the performance as an engine mount. Specifically, when the rubber hardness Hs = about 48 °, the dynamic magnification Kd / Ks ≦ 3.2, when the rubber hardness Hs = about 52 °, the dynamic magnification Kd / Ks ≦ 3.5, and when the rubber hardness Hs = about 56 °, It is preferable that the magnification Kd / Ks ≦ 3.8.

[0021]

The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

(Examples 1-3 and Comparative Examples 1-3) Natural rubber, butadiene rubber, FEF carbon black, Actisil MM (natural silica manufactured by Hoffman Minerals) and additives were blended as shown in Table 1. Examples 1 to 3
And the rubber cushion composition of Comparative Examples 1-3 was prepared.

Here, Actisil MM is obtained by treating a natural silica in which quartz powder having a fine particle spherical structure and kaolinite having a hexagonal thin plate-like particle structure are loosely mixed with a silane coupling agent. The weight ratio between quartz and kaolinite is 80:20. The silane coupling agent is 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, and the processing amount with respect to natural silica is 3% by weight.

The above additives are 3 parts by weight of an aroma-based process oil, 5 parts by weight of Zinhua No. 3, 1 part by weight of stearic acid, 2 parts by weight of a wax, and an antioxidant 6C (manufactured by Ouchi Shinko Chemical Co., Ltd.) ) 2 parts by weight, antioxidant RD (Ouchi Shinko Chemical
2 parts by weight, 1.5 parts by weight of sulfur, vulcanization accelerator CZ
1.5 parts by weight (manufactured by Ouchi Shinko Chemical Co., Ltd.), vulcanization accelerator TS
(Ouchi Shinko Chemical Co., Ltd.) 0.5 parts by weight.

For each of the obtained anti-vibration rubber compositions, a test piece having a predetermined size is vulcanized and molded to evaluate rubber properties, and the rubber properties Hs, tensile strength, elongation and tear strength are measured. It was measured. The measuring method was as described above for the rubber hardness, and the tensile strength and elongation were measured by a method according to JIS K6251 and the tear strength was measured by a method according to JIS K6252. Table 1 shows the results.

A cylindrical engine mount (10) for an automobile shown in FIG. 1 was prepared using each of the above rubber compositions. At this time, the outer diameter of the inner cylinder (12) was 22 mm and the outer cylinder (14)
Was 75 mm in inner diameter. For the obtained engine mounts of Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3, product spring characteristics such as static spring constant, dynamic spring constant and dynamic magnification were measured, and riding comfort was evaluated. Table 1 shows the results. Each measuring method and evaluation method are as follows.

Static spring constant and dynamic spring constant: Measured in accordance with JIS K 6385 as described above.

Ride comfort: An engine mount is mounted on a passenger car, and the vibration and sound level (muffled sound) in the vehicle cabin transmitted from the engine vibration are measured. Those were evaluated as "x".

[0029]

[Table 1]

FIG. 2 shows the relationship between the rubber hardness Hs and the dynamic magnification Kd / Ks for Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3.

As shown in Table 1 and FIG. 2, the engine mounts of Examples 1 to 3 in which half of carbon black was replaced with Actisil MM as compared with Comparative Example, the rubber hardness Hs
Was maintained substantially constant, and the dynamic magnification could be greatly reduced, satisfying the relationship of the above equation (1). And
All of the engine mounts of Examples 1 to 3 satisfying the relationship of the expression (1) were excellent in ride comfort.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Lower the dynamic magnification of the vibration isolator without lowering the rubber hardness,
Riding comfort can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an automobile engine mount according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a graph showing a relationship between rubber hardness and dynamic magnification of Examples and Comparative Examples.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (10)… Motor engine mount (12)… Inner cylinder (14)… Outer cylinder (16)… Rubber elastic

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An automobile engine mount comprising: a shaft member; an outer cylinder surrounding the shaft member in a direction parallel to the axis; and a rubber elastic body elastically connecting the shaft member and the outer cylinder. The dynamic magnification, which is the ratio of the dynamic spring constant Kd (N / mm) to the static spring constant Ks (N / mm) of the engine mount, and the rubber hardness Hs (°) of the rubber elastic body are expressed by the following equation (1). A vibration isolator characterized by having the relationship indicated by parentheses. Kd / Ks ≦ 0.056Hs + 0.81 (1) 2. The rubber elastic body is a vulcanized molded article of an anti-vibration rubber composition containing a rubber component and natural silica treated with a silane coupling agent. Anti-vibration device. 3. The vibration damping device according to claim 2, wherein said natural silica is a mixture of spherical particles and hexagonal thin plate-like particles. 4. The vibration damping device according to claim 2, wherein the natural silica is a mixture of quartz powder having a fine particle spherical structure and kaolinite having a hexagonal thin plate-like particle structure.