Assembly for taking up and compensating for torque-induced shocks

US4723463A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• LUK Lamellen Und Kupplungsbau · US

Inventors

• Wolfgang Reik · Bühl, DE
• Oswald Friedmann · Lichtenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 1986
• Grant date: Feb 9, 1988
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16F15/139
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A torsion damping assembly which is installed between the crankshaft of the engine and the input element of the change-speed transmission in a motor vehicle has two coaxial flywheels one of which is driven by the crankshaft and the other of which can transmit torque to the transmission in response to engagement of a friction clutch. The transmission of torque between the two flywheels takes place by way of a damper and a slip clutch which latter is effective only within a selected range of possible angular movements of the two flywheels relative to each other.