Vibration-damping device for vehicles

A vibration-damping device (10, 67, 110, 156, 178, 194, 250, 304, 410, 442, 466, 500, 518) comprising: at least one rigid housing member (14, 114, 190, 276, 312, 412, 443, 467, 501, 519) fixedly disposed in a vibrative member; and a plurality of independent mass members (16, 72, 116, 158, 180, 192, 292, 316, 416, 458, 472, 506, 524) disposed non-adhesively and independently in the at least one housing member such that each of the plurality of independent mass members is opposed to the at least one housing member with a given spacing therebetween in a vibration input direction, and is displaceable relative to the at least one housing member. The each independent mass member is independently displaced relative to the at least one housing member so that the independent mass member and the housing member are brought into elastic impact against each other at their respective abutting surfaces (37, 78, 142, 170, 184, 204, 298, 315, 434, 462, 494) which are opposed to each other in the vibration input direction.