Pulley wheel elastic assembly

US5393266A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• LUK Lamellen Und Kupplungsbau · US

Inventors

• Helmut Braun · Hofheim, DE
• Dietmar Strauss · Schömberg, DE
• Peter Klein · Burns Lake, CA
• Stefan Valtwies · Ottersweier, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 1992
• Grant date: Feb 28, 1995
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2055/366
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheave which can be used to transmit motion to belts or chains or as an inertial damper has an input element which can be driven by the output shaft of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, an output element which is rotatable relative to the input element and can drive one or more belts or chains to transmit motion to one or more fans, pumps and/or other aggregates in a motor vehicle, and a damping unit which is installed between the input and output elements in an annular chamber defined by a housing which forms part of the input element and/or the output element. The damping unit employs long arcuate coil springs which alternate with the arms of a flange forming part of the input element or of the output element, and with pockets provided on the housing and forming part of the output element or of the input element. One or more antifriction bearings are installed between the input and output elements.