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Hub odometer damping mechanism

US4156131A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1977
Grant dateMay 22, 1979
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Expiry dateSep 28, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06M3/12
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hub odometer having a pendulous recording mechanism with loose ball anti-orbiting means with two damping balls mounted within a radial ball track diametrally of the center of gravity of the pendulous recording mechanism and having a width in the circumferential direction approximately equal to but slightly greater than the total width of the two damping balls.

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