Apparatus for damping vibrations

US5273372A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• LUK Lamellen Und Kupplungsbau · US

Inventors

• Oswald Friedmann · Lichtenau, DE
• Johann Jackel · Baden-Baden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 1992
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1993
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16F2230/04
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for damping vibrations between the output element of the engine and the power train in a motor vehicle has flywheels which are rotatable relative to each other. One flywheel is mounted on the output element of the engine and another flywheel is connectable to the power train by a friction clutch. Vibration dampers are installed between the flywheels, and such dampers are confined in a housing which is provided on the one flywheel and contains a supply of viscous fluid medium for the parts of the dampers. The housing is the input member of the dampers and the output member of the dampers is a flange which extends into the housing and is axially movably coupled to the other flywheel.