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20090071138 | Bladed shell or stator shell for a hydrodynamic torque converter, method for producing a stator shell of said type, and hydrodynamic torque converter having a stator shell of said type - A stator shell for a hydrodynamic torque converter ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090266665 | Hydrodynamic torque converter - A hydrodynamic torque converter having a housing which may be connected or is connectable torque proof to a drive unit and which has a converter cover to which is fastened a hub in which, radially at the inside, an end of a transmission input shaft is arranged in a rotatable fashion and on which, radially at the outside, a piston of a converter bypass clutch is mounted in an axially movable and if appropriate rotatable fashion is provided. The hub may be caulked with the converter cover. | 10-29-2009 |
20100084238 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A power transmission device for power transmission between an engine and a power output, comprising at least an input and an output, a hydrodynamic component with an impeller- and a turbine wheel and a device for partially bypassing at least the hydrodynamic component with a servo unit featuring a piston element that can be pressurized with hydraulic medium and having means for influencing the circulation rate difference of flow media on both sides of the piston element, wherein the means comprises rotary synchronism with the piston element of the servo unit, a further rotatable piston element disposed in axial direction with a spacing from the piston element of the servo unit. | 04-08-2010 |
20100282560 | DOUBLE CLUTCH COMPRISING A TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER - A double clutch transmission having a wet-running double clutch, a dual mass flywheel and a centrifugal force pendulum. The dual mass flywheel is arranged in a dry chamber between a drive and the double clutch and the centrifugal force pendulum is arranged in a wet chamber of the double clutch. | 11-11-2010 |
20110099992 | HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE CONVERTER - The invention relates to a hydrodynamic torque converter having an impeller wheel, a turbine wheel and an oscillation damper which is accommodated in the converter housing, and a converter lockup clutch. Two damper stages are arranged here as a serial damper between the output hub of the torque converter and the converter lockup clutch, and a damper stage is arranged between the turbine wheel and the output hub. In order to improve the damping properties, a rotary oscillation absorber is additionally provided which is arranged between the dampers and is also connected to the turbine wheel in a rotationally fixed fashion. | 05-05-2011 |
20110179782 | ROTARY VIBRATION DAMPER WITH CENTRIFUGAL FORCE PENDULUM - A rotary vibration damper with an input part and an output part having a centrifugal force pendulum disposed on a flange part of the input part or output part, with several mass parts distributed over the circumference of the flange part, and disposed on two sides of the flange part, in raceways of the flange part, and limitedly displaceable in the circumferential direction, and in the radial direction by which two mass parts are interconnected respectively on opposite sides of the flange part. | 07-28-2011 |
20110201433 | DEVICE FOR DAMPING VIBRATIONS - A device for damping vibrations comprising at least two coaxially arranged damper parts rotatable relative to each other to a limited extent in the circumferential direction, coupled by torque transmitting means and damping coupling means, which exhibit at least one energy accumulator unit, and forming the impingement areas for the energy accumulator units. At least one damper part forms a guide channel for the energy accumulator units. The individual impingement area on the damper part forming the guide channel for the energy accumulator units is formed by a stop element, connected in a torsion proof manner at least indirectly to the damper part and forms the abutment faces in the guide channel in the circumferential direction. The abutment face is capable of supporting the energy accumulator unit on both sides of the impingement area on the energy accumulator unit and is a part of the other damper part. | 08-18-2011 |
20120055281 | CENTRIFUGAL FORCE PENDULUM - The invention relates to a centrifugal force pendulum ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120180473 | HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE CONVERTER HAVING A VIBRATION ABSORBER AND TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER - A hydrodynamic torque converter having a pump wheel accommodated in a housing, a turbine wheel, which can be driven by the pump wheel, and a torsional vibration damper, where the torsional vibration damper has a damper input drive component and a damper output drive component, which can rotate to a limited degree with respect to the damper input drive component to oppose the action of at least two damper stages which are operatively connected in series and which each have at least one energy storage element, where the torsional vibration damper also has an intermediate damper component, which is arranged operatively between the damper stages and which directly or indirectly accommodates a vibration absorber, where the energy storage elements of the damper stages are substantially arranged on a common radius, where the vibration absorber is arranged adjacent to the torsional vibration damper in the axial dimension. | 07-19-2012 |
20120255394 | CENTRIFUGAL PENDULUM MECHANISM - The invention relates to a centrifugal pendulum mechanism, having at least one pendulum mass support and at least one pendulum mass arranged thereon, which pendulum mass can be moved to a limited extent radially relative to the pendulum mass support by means of at least one rolling element inside raceways formed by recesses in the pendulum mass support and the pendulum mass and in the circumferential direction, the rolling element having guiding means formed in the gap between the individual pendulum mass and the pendulum mass support. The invention includes means for reducing the gap size between the pendulum mass and the pendulum mass support in an at least spatially limited manner are provided outside the raceways for the rolling element and outside the range of the intermediate space between the pendulum mass and the pendulum mass support that can be converted by the guiding means. | 10-11-2012 |
20120325609 | DAMPER UNIT AND FORCE-TRANSMITTING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A DAMPER UNIT - A damper unit having at least two series-connected damper units arranged offset from each other in a radial direction, each including two damper parts that are coupled to each other by means of spring units and a speed-adaptive absorber which is at least indirectly coupled to the connection between the two dampers, wherein the speed-adaptive absorber is arranged between the spring units of both dampers in a radial direction. | 12-27-2012 |
20130233125 | TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER - A torsional vibration damper for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle having a substantially discoidal centrifugal flange and a plurality of centrifugal pendulum-type absorbers. Each centrifugal pendulum-type absorber includes a first pendulum mass and a second pendulum mass. The first pendulum mass is arranged above a first surface of the pendulum flange, and the second pendulum mass is arranged above a second surface of the pendulum flange. The first pendulum mass and the second pendulum mass are firmly connected to each other by means of at least two spacing bolts in each case. The pendulum flange has a plurality of cutouts in which the spacing bolts are guided. A second spacing bolt of a first centrifugal pendulum-type absorber and a first spacing bolt of a second centrifugal pendulum-type absorber are guided in at least one first cutout. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239745 | CENTRIFUGAL PENDULUM MECHANISM - The invention relates to a centrifugal pendulum mechanism that includes a pendulum flange and pendulum masses which are fastened on both sides of the pendulum flange by means of a spacing bolt accommodated in a curved cutout of the pendulum flange to form a pair of pendulum masses, where the pair of pendulum masses is guided relative to the pendulum flange by means of the at least two rollers and can be pivoted restrictively because of a stop, where the rollers are accommodated in curved guide tracks in the pendulum masses and in complementary curved guide tracks in the pendulum flange and can be rolled, and at least two pairs of pendulum masses are arranged so as to be circumferentially adjacent to each other. | 09-19-2013 |
20150176676 | CENTRIFUGAL-FORCE PENDULUM - The invention relates to a centrifugal-force pendulum having a pair of pendulum masses and a pendulum flange, in which a curved cut-out having a cut-out contour is provided, wherein the pendulum masses of the pair of pendulum masses are arranged on both sides of the pendulum flange and are connected to each other by at least one spacer pin led through the cut-out, wherein the spacer pin has a damping arrangement which comprises at least one stabilizing element and at least one elastic damping element ( | 06-25-2015 |
20150198219 | CENTRIFUGAL PENDULUM DEVICE - A centrifugal pendulum device having a pendulum flange and a pendulum mass, wherein the pendulum mass is pivotable in a limited manner along a pendulum path with respect to the pendulum flange via at least two running rollers which are able to roll and are received in at least one guide track in the pendulum mass and in at least one guide track in the pendulum flange, wherein the movement of the pendulum mass can be limited by abutment against the pendulum flange and wherein an annular damper for damping the abutment is arranged on a component that is able to come into abutment against the pendulum flange. In this case, the cross-sectional area of the damper takes up less than 87 percent of a surrounding rectangular area. | 07-16-2015 |
20150204416 | TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER - A torsional vibration damper includes a pendulum flange which is rotatable around an axis of rotation, having a cutout, as well as two pendulum mass pairs which are movably attached to the pendulum flange, adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, and an elastic element to damp mutual colliding of adjacent pendulum mass pairs. The pendulum mass pairs each comprise two pendulum masses which are positioned opposite each other relative to the pendulum flange, and a bolt which runs through the cutout and connects the pendulum masses to each other axially. In the area of the cutout an elastic element is attached to each of the two bolts, which is set up to collide with the other elastic element in the circumferential direction. | 07-23-2015 |
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20100060802 | ENHANCED TELEVISION SERVICES - A method and system to permit TV viewers to interact with program content broadcast over a subscriber network, such as cable, satellite, internet, or cellular telephone. The details of the ability for the viewer to interact is embedded as data in the program signal. The subscription provider broadcasts a visual indicator as a small icon during programming that informs the viewer that interaction is permitted. The viewer then uses a remote control to purchase products, vote on events, respond to polls, download files, request information, and request callback actions. The TV viewer uses the remote control to send information to a set-top box front-end application, and to iteratively create transactions that are batched and then sent to a back-end core application and database which then handles fulfillment. | 03-11-2010 |
20110271293 | Enhanced Television Services - Back-End Core Software - A method and system to permit TV viewers to interact with program content broadcast over a subscriber network, such as cable, satellite, interne, or cellular telephone. The details of the ability for the viewer to interact is embedded as data in the program signal. The subscription provider broadcasts a visual indicator as a small icon during programming that informs the viewer that interaction is permitted. The viewer then uses a remote control to purchase products, vote on events, respond to polls, download files, request information, and request callback actions. The TV viewer uses the remote control to send information to a set-top box front-end application, and to iteratively create transactions that are batched and then sent to a back-end core application and database which then handles fulfillment. | 11-03-2011 |
20120144414 | Enhanced Television Services - A method and system to permit TV viewers to interact with program content broadcast over a subscriber network, such as cable, satellite, internet, or cellular telephone. The details of the ability for the viewer to interact is embedded as data in the program signal. The subscription provider broadcasts a visual indicator as a small icon during programming that informs the viewer that interaction is permitted. The viewer then uses a remote control to purchase products, vote on events, respond to polls, download files, request information, and request callback actions. The TV viewer uses the remote control to send information to a set-top box front-end application, and to iteratively create transactions that are batched and then sent to a back-end core application and database which then handles fulfillment. | 06-07-2012 |
20140344869 | Enhanced Television Services - A method and system to permit TV viewers to interact with program content broadcast over a subscriber network, such as cable, satellite, internet, or cellular telephone. The details of the ability for the viewer to interact is embedded as data in the program signal. The subscription provider broadcasts a visual indicator as a small icon during programming that informs the viewer that interaction is permitted. The viewer then uses a remote control to purchase products, vote on events, respond to polls, download files, request information, and request callback actions. The TV viewer uses the remote control to send information to a set-top box front-end application, and to iteratively create transactions that are batched and then sent to a back-end core application and database which then handles fulfillment. | 11-20-2014 |
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20120144414 | Enhanced Television Services - A method and system to permit TV viewers to interact with program content broadcast over a subscriber network, such as cable, satellite, internet, or cellular telephone. The details of the ability for the viewer to interact is embedded as data in the program signal. The subscription provider broadcasts a visual indicator as a small icon during programming that informs the viewer that interaction is permitted. The viewer then uses a remote control to purchase products, vote on events, respond to polls, download files, request information, and request callback actions. The TV viewer uses the remote control to send information to a set-top box front-end application, and to iteratively create transactions that are batched and then sent to a back-end core application and database which then handles fulfillment. | 06-07-2012 |
20140344869 | Enhanced Television Services - A method and system to permit TV viewers to interact with program content broadcast over a subscriber network, such as cable, satellite, internet, or cellular telephone. The details of the ability for the viewer to interact is embedded as data in the program signal. The subscription provider broadcasts a visual indicator as a small icon during programming that informs the viewer that interaction is permitted. The viewer then uses a remote control to purchase products, vote on events, respond to polls, download files, request information, and request callback actions. The TV viewer uses the remote control to send information to a set-top box front-end application, and to iteratively create transactions that are batched and then sent to a back-end core application and database which then handles fulfillment. | 11-20-2014 |