ELASTIC SUPPORT

摘要

An elastic support for a body, particularly an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes a seat and a load bearing support which is mounted on the seat by a rubber spring and a supporting spring wherein the supporting spring is made of non-creeping material and the rubber spring and the supporting spring are acting in parallel. The supporting spring includes at least one dished plate spring which has an S-shaped characteristic curve. The load capacities of the dished plate spring and the rubber spring are matched such that, once the weight that is to be supported has been applied, the spring rate of the dished plate spring is essentially zero and the rubber spring is essentially free of elastic stress. Thus a settling of the rubber spring is substantially prevented and the damping characteristics of the elastic support are held constant for the whole of its service life. PAT 13724-1