Patent · US Expired

Torsional vibration damper with movable masses

US6398655B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Mannesmann Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Orlamünder · Schweinfurt, DE
Bernhard Schierling · Kürnach, DE
Reinhard Feldhaus · Ebenhausen, DE
Jurgen Kleifges · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 2000
Grant date	Jun 4, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16F15/1478
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A torsional vibration damper is embodied with a drive-side transmission element and an output-side transmission element, one of which is connected to the gear element of a gear active between the two transmission elements. The gear element is placed into movement during relative movements of the two transmission elements. The gear element is effective as the drive for at least one mass associated with it. Upon a position change of the mass relative to the rotational center of the transmission elements, a change occurs in the moment of inertia caused by the mass. The gear element is connected to the mass by a gear device that transforms its movement and/or changes the translation.

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