Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
192200000 | Clutch element resiliently carried on hub | 25 |
20090218189 | Friction Element - The invention relates to a friction element, in particular a clutch disk or brake disk, having: a disk-shaped lining carrier which supports or has at least one friction lining and has a central opening, and at least one hub part with a central receiving opening, which is formed with a hub toothing, for receiving a shaft which is formed with a shaft toothing, wherein the hub part and the lining carrier are arranged adjacent to one another so as to rotate together with the shaft, and wherein the central opening of the lining carrier is embodied as a shaft receiving opening with a lining carrier toothing for engaging into the shaft toothing of the shaft. | 09-03-2009 |
192203000 | Coil spring detail | 4 |
20100187066 | LOW FRICTION ARC SPRING DAMPER - An arc spring damper, including: a plurality of arc springs, a driving flange having a plurality of driving spring segment, a driven flange having a plurality of driven spring segments, and a ring plate including a plurality of radially extending retention segments. Each arc spring in the plurality of arc springs includes a passageway with first and second openings at first and second longitudinal ends, respectively, for the arc spring. Each driving spring segment includes a circumferentially extending driving portion and each driven spring segment includes a circumferentially extending driven portion. For each spring, a respective driving portion passes through the first opening into the passageway and a respective driven portion passes through the second opening into the passageway. Each radially extending segment from the plurality of radially extending segments is connected to and rotatable with a spring from the plurality of arc springs and radially restrains the arc spring. | 07-29-2010 |
20130256088 | ARC SPRING AND DAMPER APPARATUS - A spring retaining space that retains therein an arc spring has a predetermined curvature radius and attachment angle. The arc spring is flexed and retained in the spring retaining space, and thus the curvature radius of the arc spring becomes small, while the attachment angle of the arc spring becomes larger than a free angle. Accordingly, torsion stress with a negative sign is applied to a coil member forming the inner circumferential portion of the arc spring. | 10-03-2013 |
20140008174 | LOCK-UP DEVICE FOR TORQUE CONVERTER - The lock-up device includes an input rotary member, an output rotary member, a first torsion spring, a second torsion spring and a third torsion spring. The output rotary member is rotatable relatively to the input rotary member. Torque is transmitted to the first torsion spring from the input rotary member. The second torsion spring is disposed on a further inner peripheral side than the first torsion spring in a radial direction, and is configured to act in series with the first torsion spring. The third torsion spring is disposed on a further outer peripheral side than the second torsion spring in the radial direction, and is configured to act in series with the second torsion spring and transmit the torque to the output rotary member. | 01-09-2014 |
20140027239 | FRICTION CLUTCH PLATE WITH DAMPING SPRINGS - A clutch plate ( | 01-30-2014 |
192204000 | Specified bushing | 1 |
20100163364 | CLUTCH SUPPORT - A clutch support for supporting a clutch hub of a clutch such that the clutch hub is rotatable is described. The clutch hub comprises a flange that is fixable at clutch housing or the like; a substantially cylindrical element for receiving the clutch hub such that the clutch hub is rotatable; and a sleeve with at least one groove formed therein for providing at least one channel that allows oil to be supplied to the clutch through this channel. The sleeve is manufactured substantially without any chip removing machining action. This achieves the goal to provide a clutch support that can be manufactured in a simple manner and at comparatively low cost. | 07-01-2010 |
192205000 | Separate seat detail | 1 |
20080257680 | Wire winder with single pulling end - A wire winder with single pulling end comprises a lower cover having a shaft at a center portion thereof; the shaft having at least one slot; a smaller protrusion and a larger protrusion being arranged at two outer sides of the slot; each of the smaller protrusion and larger protrusion having a cambered shape; the larger protrusion being larger than the smaller protrusion; and a transmission line installed on the lower cover; one end of the transmission line being fixed to an interior of the shaft; then the transmission line being guided out through the slot of the shaft so that the transmission line resists against one of the larger protrusion and the small protrusion; then the transmission line winding around the shaft of the lower cover for several circles. | 10-23-2008 |
192206000 | Relatively axially movable hub sections | 1 |
20090139824 | Friction clutch, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising differentiated friction means - A clutch comprises at least one damper ( | 06-04-2009 |
192207000 | Circumferential resilience | 17 |
20100065399 | ARRANGEMENT OF A DISK SPRING AT A PISTON OF A SWITCHING ELEMENT - An arrangement of a disk spring ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100206685 | TORSIONALLY ELASTIC COUPLING - Torsionally elastic clutch
| 08-19-2010 |
20120247914 | CLUTCH DEVICE - The invention relates to a clutch device, for example, a booster clutch device, including a first clutch element and a second clutch element, where a torsion spring device is provided coupling the first clutch element to the second clutch element, the torsion spring device having a multi-stage spring characteristic. | 10-04-2012 |
20120298472 | TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBING APPARATUS - A torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus includes a first side plate, a second side plate, a lining plate disposed between the side plates, a connecting member that connects the side plates at a position that is radially inward relative to the lining plate, a pressure plate disposed between the second side plate and the lining plate, and an elastic member that biases the pressure plate toward the lining plate. The lining plate is slidably sandwiched between the first side plate and the pressure plate, and the first and second side plate each includes a reinforcing portion that includes a portion that is axially curved at a location that is radially outward relative to the connecting member. | 11-29-2012 |
20130098731 | ANGULAR DAMPING DEVICE FITTED WITH FRICTION MEANS WHICH CAN BE VARIED ACCORDING TO THE ROTATION SPEED - The invention relates to an angular damping device ( | 04-25-2013 |
20150308512 | CLUTCH DEVICE - A clutch device, in particular a booster clutch device, including at least a clutch flange and a clutch hub, which are arranged coaxially to each other and are coupled with each other by means of a spring device having a multi-stage spring characteristic is provided. The clutch flange forms a plate basket to hold lamellae for a clutch. | 10-29-2015 |
192208000 | With fluid damping | 1 |
20110120832 | TORSIONAL DAMPER - A torsional damper includes a torque limiter and a damper. The torque limiter includes at least two friction members, allows transmission of torque, and prohibits transmission of excessive torque. The damper absorbs torsional vibration through resilient deformation of a spring. The torque limiter is a wet torque limiter in which the friction members are arranged in an oil chamber filled with lubricating oil. The damper is a dry damper in which the spring is not immersed in the lubricating oil. | 05-26-2011 |
192209000 | Nonmetallic | 1 |
192210000 | Interposed friction element | 1 |
20080223687 | Friction Plate for Wet-Type Multiplate Clutch - A friction plate for a wet-type multiplate clutch is provided with a core plate and friction linings bonded on opposite sides of the core plate, respectively. Each of the friction linings is composed of plural segment pieces each having at least one first oil groove and at least one second oil groove. The first oil groove opens to a radially-inner side of the friction plate and has a closed end portion located in a radially-intermediate part of the friction lining, and the second oil groove opens to a radially-outer side of the friction plate and has a closed end portion located in another radially-intermediate part of the friction lining. The second oil groove has an opening flared outwardly in a radial direction. | 09-18-2008 |
192212000 | Coil spring | 9 |
20090032364 | Method and apparatus for lash prevention using coil springs - A vibration damper including a first spline having a plurality of first teeth, a second spline having a plurality of second teeth, a third spline having a plurality of third teeth and at least one spring interconnected between the first and second splines, wherein the plurality of third teeth are intermediate the plurality of first teeth and the plurality of second teeth, and the at least one spring biases the plurality of first teeth and the plurality of second teeth against the plurality of third teeth. A method of preventing lash in a vibration damper, the vibration damper including a first spline having a plurality of first teeth, a second spline having a plurality of second teeth, a third spline having a plurality of third teeth and at least one spring interconnected between the first and second splines, the method including the steps of: introducing the plurality of third teeth intermediate the plurality of first teeth and the plurality of second teeth; and, biasing the plurality of first teeth and the plurality of second teeth against the plurality of third teeth with the at least one spring. | 02-05-2009 |
192213000 | Plural helical coil spring damping stages | 8 |
20090200133 | TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER HUB FOR A VEHICLE CLUTCH - A torsional vibration damper hub for a vehicle clutch includes a first row of springs extending substantially in the clutch rotating direction and disposed in openings formed in first inner annular plate and first pair of outer annular plates; second row of springs extending substantially in the clutch rotating direction and disposed in openings formed in the second inner annular plate and the second pair of outer annular plates; the first and second row of the springs being arranged on same radius from center of rotation of the clutch; the springs in the first row of springs arranged in one first axial level are axially overlapping the springs in the second row of springs arranged in a second axial level with the purpose to decrease a total axial length of the clutch. In an alternative embodiment the damper hub is substantially identical to a dual damper hub in conventional twin-plate clutches. | 08-13-2009 |
20110198189 | Integrated clutch assembly damper arrangement - A clutch assembly and damper arrangement is provided that includes a driver hub and a driven element coupled to the driver hub by a compliance element. A clutch is provided that is selectively engageable to the driven element. The clutch has a housing supporting the compliance element and is torsionally unitary with the driven element. | 08-18-2011 |
192213100 | Plural axially spaced springs | 2 |
20090139825 | TOROUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBER - A torque fluctuation absorber, including: an output plate that is rotatably disposed; a first rotating plate disposed for movement in the direction of rotation of the output plate relatively from the output plate; a first elastic member engaged with the output plate and the first rotating plate and capable of transmitting the power applied to the first rotating plate to the output plate; a second elastic member to which the power from a power source is applied and capable of transmitting the power to the first rotating plate; and a power transmission control mechanism. The power transmission control mechanism is located radially outside the first elastic member about an axis of rotation. The second elastic member is spaced from the first elastic member and the power transmission control mechanism in the direction of the axis of rotation. The first elastic member and the second elastic member are arranged radially offset. | 06-04-2009 |
20160102744 | Lock-Up Device For Torque Converter - A lock-up device for a torque converter for transmitting a torque and for absorbing and attenuating a torsional vibration includes an input rotary member, an output rotary member disposed on both axial sides of the input rotary member and rotatable relatively to the input rotary member, and a plurality of first coil springs disposed in radially inner positions. The first coil springs are compressed in series by rotation of the input rotary member relative to the output rotary member whereby the torque is inputted therein from the input rotary member. The lock-up device also includes at least one second coil spring compressed when the input rotary member and the output rotary member are rotated relatively to each other at a predetermined relative angle or greater. The lock-up device additionally includes a float member disposed radially inward of the first coil springs and coupling the plural first coil springs in series. | 04-14-2016 |
192213200 | Plural radially spaced springs in a common radial plane | 4 |
20090090593 | Power Transmission Damper For a Torque Limiter - A damper assembly has a torque input member configured to be connected to engine crankshaft through a torque limit clutch. An output member has a hub configured to be mounted to a transmission input shaft. Damping springs operatively interconnects the input member and output member, enabling the input member and output member to rotate relative to each other at some angular displacements before the input torque from engine crankshaft is completely transmitted to transmission input shaft. The damping springs includes a series of long springs and a series of relatively short spring. The long springs compress before the short compress as the input member rotates relative to the output member. | 04-09-2009 |
20090166146 | Clutch Disc and a Clutch System - The present invention describes a clutch disc, particularly used in a clutch system for effecting the selective coupling between an engine and a transmission of an automotive vehicle, comprising a first torsion disc ( | 07-02-2009 |
20150021139 | TRANSMISSION CLUTCH DAMPER - A transmission clutch damper assembly having an outer carrier with at least one spring retainer plate located therein. At least one spring is retained by stops in the spring retainer plate. A hub having radially outwardly extending castles is provided. Upon rotation of the outer carrier in a first direction relative to the hub, the castles are acted upon by a first spring end, and upon rotation of the outer carrier in a second direction relative to the hub, the castles are acted upon a second spring end. Two of the spring retainer plates can be provided with a drive ring therebetween adapted to contact the castles dependent upon a relative rotational position of the hub and the outer carrier, establishing a direct drive connection. | 01-22-2015 |
192213210 | Interposed friction element | 1 |
192213220 | Biasing means | 1 |
20100243404 | TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBER - A torque fluctuation absorber includes: a first plate member, a second plate member, arranged axially with a predetermined distance from the first plate member, a third plate member which rotates integrally with the first plate member, and is arranged axially with a predetermined distance from the second plate member; slide members located between the second plate member and the third plate member; and an elastic member which is supported by the first plate member and biases the second plate member towards the plurality of slide members. The plurality of slide members are configured to generate a first hysteresis torque when a torsion angle between the second plate member and the third plate member is within a predetermined range, and to generate a second hysteresis torque greater than the first hysteresis torque when the torsion angle exceeds the predetermined range. | 09-30-2010 |