US 12,492,733 B2
Sliding bushing
Takashi Kume, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to Sumitomo Riko Company Limited, Aichi (JP)
Filed by Sumitomo Riko Company Limited, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,527.
Application 17/982,527 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/003276, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-059572 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067436 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16F 1/38 (2006.01); F16F 1/387 (2006.01)
CPC F16F 1/3835 (2013.01) [F16F 1/387 (2013.01); F16F 2224/025 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sliding bushing, having a structure in which an inner shaft member and an outer tube member are connected by a main rubber elastic body and sliding of the inner shaft member with respect to the main rubber elastic body is allowed, wherein
the inner shaft member comprises a bulge part provided midway in an axial direction;
a braided cloth sliding liner is arranged between the inner shaft member and the main rubber elastic body so as to be non-adhesive and slidable with respect to the inner shaft member; and
wherein the braided cloth sliding liner comprises:
a coarse part, arranged on an outer periphery with respect to a large diameter part of the bulge part of the inner shaft member; and
a fine part, arranged on an outer periphery with respect to a small diameter part on both axial sides of the large diameter part,
wherein a stitch or weave of the coarse part has a coarse braid mesh, and a stitch or weave of the fine part has a fine braid mesh,
wherein a size of the coarse braid mesh of the coarse part is larger than a size of the fine braid mesh of the fine part.