Appeal No. 2000-10297 Application No. 08/867,617 rubber body against the epoxy resin-coated surface and heating the rubber body and the epoxy resin-coated surface to a bond- forming temperature and maintaining the pressure and temperature for a time sufficient to form the bond. This appealed subject matter is adequately illustrated by independent claims 1 and 7 which reads as follows: 1. A method of forming a bond between a first bracket member and a resilient rubber body containing at least 40 weight percent of at least one of polyisoprene rubber or neoprene in a vehicle mount comprising a first bracket member, a second bracket member and said resilient rubber body sandwiched between said bracket members, said method comprising forming on a surface of at least one of said bracket members a coating of an epoxy resin cured at least to an immobile film at room temperature, chlorinating a surface of said rubber body provided that said body does not inherently contain chlorine in the form of neoprene rubber, pressing said chlorinated surface against said epoxy resin- coated surface, and heating said rubber body and bracket to a bond-forming temperature and maintaining said pressure and temperature for a time sufficient to form said bond. 7. A method for forming a bond between a rubber body containing at least 40 percent by weight of polyisoprene rubber and a surface of a body coated with an epoxy resin cured at least to an immobile film at room temperature, said method comprising 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007