US 11,865,892 B2
Vehicle strut assembly
Michael Ogren, Spring Hill, FL (US); Yu Zhang, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Kenichi Komatsu, Atsugi (JP)
Assigned to Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US); and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
Filed by Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US); and NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/210,285.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305859 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60G 7/02 (2006.01); B60R 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 7/02 (2013.01) [B60R 17/00 (2013.01); B60G 2204/143 (2013.01); B60G 2204/418 (2013.01); B60G 2600/44 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle strut assembly, comprising a strut member; a bearing assembly encircling an upper end portion of the strut member; a mounting bracket configured to receive the bearing assembly with mounting bracket encircling the upper end portion of the strut member and further configured to attach to a portion of a vehicle body assembly of a vehicle; and a noise isolating member installed below the mounting bracket and along a surface of the bearing assembly reducing noises transmitted from the vehicle strut assembly to the portion of the vehicle body assembly, the noise isolating member including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having an overall annular shape with a central opening, the second portion having an overall cylindrical shape having an inner diameter equal to an inner diameter of the first portion, the second portion extending from the first portion such that the first portion and the second portion are coaxial.