Flywheel assembly for internal combustion engine
USRE39487E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 9, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A crankshaft assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft, an elastic member fixed to the crankshaft, and a flywheel fixed to the elastic member such that the flywheel is supported in an elastic relationship with the crankshaft. The elastic member has a rigidity in its rotating direction large enough to effectively transmit a driving power to a transmission through a clutch. On the other hand, the elastic member has a rigidity in an axial direction of the crankshaft small enough to shift a resonance frequency of a bending vibration out of a target frequency band of a forced vibration, while ensuring to prevent a failure of disengagement of the clutch.
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