Appeal No. 2001-2327 Page 5
Application No. 08/835,460
cylindrical elastic bodies 40, 42, 44, 46. The body mount 30 is interposed between the
frame 32 and the body 36, for elastically securing the frame 32 to the vehicle body 36. The
first support member 34 includes an axial portion in the form of a sleeve portion 48, and a
radial portion in the form of an annular support plate portion 50 which is welded to the
sleeve portion 48 such that the support plate portion extends from an axially intermediate
part of the sleeve portion 48 in the radially outward direction. The annular support plate
portion 50 has a peripheral portion 52 which is bent in an upward direction, namely, in one
of the axially opposite directions toward the vehicle body 36 when the body mount 30 is
installed on the vehicle.
The first cylindrical elastic body 40 of Kanda is bonded at its outer circumferential
surface to a substantially entire area of the inner circumferential surface of the sleeve
portion 48 of the first support member 34, by vulcanization of a rubber material. The first
elastic body 40 has a cylindrical wall having a substantially constant radial thickness over
the entire axial length. As shown in Figure 3, the second cylindrical elastic body 42 is
bonded by vulcanization of a rubber material to an upper surface of the annular support
plate portion 50 of the first support member 34.
Kanda teaches (column 6, lines 12--27) that
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