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Vibration damping clutch and pinion assembly

US4605114A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 18, 1985
Grant dateAug 12, 1986
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D2013/581
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A very low spring rate vibration-damping clutch and pinion assembly for lowering the resonance of a power train to below the resonant speed of the engine includes a vibration damping clutch with two circumferential rows of springs and a necked-down pinion shaft. The vibration damper is preferably connected to both the pinion shaft and the clutch disk by spline connections.

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