IP Library Granted Patent US 6,883,653
Granted Patent B2
US 6,883,653 · App. 10/444,898 · Granted Apr 26, 2005

Dynamic damper

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Patent No.
US 6,883,653
App. No.
10/444,898
Granted
Apr 26, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dynamic damper for damping vibration of a rotary shaft. The dynamic damper includes a tubular mass member and a rubber elastic member. The rubber elastic member includes an attachment tube press-fitted onto the rotary shaft and an arm. The attachment tube is disposed coaxially with the mass member but nearer to an axial center thereof than the mass member. The arm connects the attachment tube to the mass member. The attachment tube includes a tubular support portion connected to the arm, a tubular attachment portion, and a tubular coupling portion for coupling the tubular support portion with the tubular attachment portion. The tubular attachment portion has larger interference than the tubular support portion.

Claims (13)

1. A dynamic damper for damping vibration of a rotary shaft, comprising:

a tubular mass member; and

a rubber elastic member that elastically supports the mass member on the rotary shaft, the rubber elastic member including an attachment tube and an arm both made of a rubber elastic material, the attachment tube disposed coaxially with the mass member but nearer to an axial center thereof than the mass member, the attachment tube to be press-fitted onto an outer peripheral face of the rotary shaft, the arm connecting the attachment tube to the mass member;

wherein

the attachment tube comprises: a tubular support portion including a part connected to the arm; a tubular attachment portion; and a tubular coupling portion for coupling the tubular support portion with the tubular attachment portion, wherein the tubular coupling portion is thinner than the tubular support portion and the tubular attachment portion, and the tubular support portion has a shoulder provided on an end coupled to the tubular coupling portion; and

the tubular attachment portion has larger interference than the tubular support portion where the interference is a value obtained by dividing a difference between an inner diameter before press-fitting onto the rotary shaft and an outer diameter of the rotary shaft by the inner diameter before press-fitting.

2. A dynamic damper for damping vibration of a rotary shaft, comprising:

a tubular mass member; and

a rubber elastic member that elastically supports the mass member on the rotary shaft, the rubber elastic member including an attachment tube and an arm both made of a rubber elastic material, the attachment tube disposed coaxially with the mass member but nearer to an axial center thereof than the mass member, the attachment tube to be press-fitted onto an outer peripheral face of the rotary shaft, the arm connecting the attachment tube to the mass member;

wherein

the attachment tube comprises: a tubular support portion including a part connected to the arm; a tubular attachment portion; and a tubular coupling portion for coupling the tubular support portion with the tubular attachment portion, wherein the tubular coupling portion is thinner than the tubular support portion and the tubular attachment portion, and the tubular support portion has a shoulder provided on an end coupled to the tubular coupling portion;

the tubular attachment portion has larger interference than the tubular support portion where the interference is a value obtained by dividing a difference between an inner diameter before press-fitting onto the rotary shaft and an outer diameter of the rotary shaft by the inner diameter before press-fitting; and

the tubular coupling portion is formed to prevent the tubular support portion from being affected by deformation of the tubular attachment portion due to press-fitting onto the rotary shaft.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
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