Patent · US Expired

Torsion damper including a pre-damper having a housing with hooked tongues, in particular for a motor vehicle

US5240458A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 1992
Grant dateAug 31, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2012

Classification

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

Abstract

A torsion damper comprises a main damper plate surrounding a hub, and a pre-damper mounted on one side of the main damper plate and having a housing which is coupled to the main damper plate for rotation with the latter, by coupling fingers each of which is engaged in a complementary aperture formed in the main damper plate. Guide rings of the pre-damper are retained axially between a first shoulder formed on a set of resiliently deformable hooked tongues, and a second shoulder, with both these shoulders being carried by the housing. Each hooked tongue extends radially inside a corresponding coupling finger and is also arranged to penetrate into the aperture corresponding to the associated coupling finger.

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