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Rotary damper

US4691811A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 19, 1986
Grant dateSep 8, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 19, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F9/12
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary damper comprises a cylindrical case closed at the bottom and having a housing containing a viscous liquid, a lid mounted in the case to close the housing and having a central circular hole, and a rotor having a shaft passing through the hole of the lid, a driven gear secured to its distal end and a brake plate rotatably disposed in the viscous liquid in the housing. The central circular hole has an increased diameter portion provided adjacent to the housing, and an O-ring is fitted on the shaft of the rotor and received in the increased diameter portion such that it is radially compressed by the peripheral wall of the increased diameter portion.

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