IP Library Granted Patent US 8,506,434
Granted Patent B2
US 8,506,434 · App. 12/931,061 · Granted Aug 13, 2013

Isolating decoupler

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Patent No.
US 8,506,434
App. No.
12/931,061
Granted
Aug 13, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An isolating decoupler comprising a hub, a one-way clutch engaged with the hub, a pulley rotationally engaged with the hub, a spring operationally engaged between the one-way clutch and the pulley, and an inertia member engaged with the hub through an elastomeric member, the inertia member substantially disposed within a width of the pulley, the inertia member moveable independently of the pulley.

Claims (16)

1. An isolating decoupler comprising:

a hub;

a one-way clutch engaged with the hub;

a pulley rotationally engaged with the hub on a first ball bearing and second ball bearing;

a spring operationally engaged between the one-way clutch and the pulley; and

an inertia member engaged with the hub through an elastomeric member, the inertia member disposed within an envelope comprising the pulley and a first pulley support engaged with the first ball bearing and second pulley support engaged with the second ball bearing, the inertia member moveable independently of the pulley.

2. The isolating decoupler as in claim 1 further comprising a carrier member disposed between the spring and the one-way clutch.

3. The isolating decoupler as in claim 1 , wherein the inertia member is substantially coplanar with the pulley.

4. An isolating decoupler comprising:

a hub;

a one-way clutch engaged with the hub;

a pulley rotationally engaged with the hub through a first pulley support and a second pulley support;

a spring operationally engaged between the one-way clutch and the first pulley support;

a carrier member disposed between the spring and the one-way clutch; and

an inertia member engaged with the hub through an elastomeric member, the inertia member substantially disposed within a width of the pulley and the inertia member is substantially coplanar with the pulley, the inertia member moveable independently of the pulley.

5. The isolating decoupler as in claim 4 further comprising a first ball bearing between the hub and the first pulley support and a second ball bearing between the hub and the second pulley support.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE (REEL 033472 / FRAME 0333) Recorded Jun 5, 2024
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: GATES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067626/0232 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2015
From: THE GATES CORPORATION
To: GATES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034893/0006 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2014
From: THE GATES CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 033472/0333 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2014
From: THE GATES CORPORATION
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 033465/0252 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2011
From: HARVEY, JOHN
To: THE GATES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026069/0949 →