IP Library Granted Patent US 9,909,642
Granted Patent B2
US 9,909,642 · App. 14/681,583 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Damper for a drive train

Inventors: Markus Duerre (Ann Arbor, MI); Wade Singler (St. Joseph, MI)
Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
F16F15/12F16D3/76F16F15/126F16F15/136F16F15/1442F16F15/31
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Patent No.
US 9,909,642
App. No.
14/681,583
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a torsional vibration absorber for a drive train, the vibration absorber having a hub and an inertia mass, and the vibration absorber having a connecting device with at least one elastomer body that elastically connects the hub and the inertia mass with one another, wherein the connecting device comprises at least one reinforcing member which is at least partially embedded in the elastomer body.

Claims (16)

1. A torsional vibration absorber for a drive train, the vibration absorber comprising:

a hub;

an inertia mass; including an inertia ring;

a first vulcanized elastomer body;

second vulcanized elastomer body;

at least one reinforcing member which is at least partially embedded in the first and second elastomer bodies,

wherein the first elastomer body is connected by vulcanization between the hub and reinforcing member and the second elastomer body is connected by vulcanization between the reinforcing member and inertia mass to elastically connect the hub and the inertia mass with one another and

wherein the reinforcing member has a spacer sleeve having a cylindrical shape having a constant inner and outer diameter and wherein the reinforcing member is connected to the first and second vulcanized elastomer bodies, so as to absorb torsional vibrations from the drivetrain.

2. The vibration absorber according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member has a plurality of cut-outs for accommodating elastomer.

3. The vibration absorber according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member has recesses disposed one behind the other in a circumferential direction and spaced apart.

4. The vibration damper according to claim 1 , wherein the first elastomer body can be pressed into the inertia mass.

5. The vibration damper according to claim 4 , wherein in the circumferential direction, the the first elastomer body, the second elastomer body, and the at least one reinforcing member each have at least one cut-out that is configured so that the cut out can be closed during pressing into the inertia mass.

6. The vibration damper according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting device has a main portion, which substantially extends in the axial direction, and a collar portion, which protrudes in the radial direction from the main portion, wherein the hub has a collar portion extending in the radial direction and resting against the collar portion of the connecting device.

7. The vibration damper according to claim 1 , wherein the inertia mass has a disc-shaped connecting portion in which an opening for accommodating a deflection damping device is disposed.

8. The vibration damper according to claim 7 , wherein the deflection damping device has an annular body, from which projections for snap-in attachment in the openings project radially outwards, in each case axially at the end faces, in such a way that, in the snapped-in state, the projections radially reach over edges, which are located axially at the ends, of the openings.

9. The vibration damper according to claim 7 , wherein the deflection damping device has an annular body that can be obtained from a metal strip by roll forming, from which, at a first axial end face, an edge flange for the axial positioning of the deflection damping device in the opening protrudes radially outwards, and wherein a second axial end face is beaded for fixing the deflection damping device.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 25, 2021
From: VIBRACOUSTIC AG
To: VIBRACOUSTIC SE
Reel/Frame 058357/0478 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2021
From: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
To: VIBRACOUSTIC AG
Reel/Frame 057687/0381 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 12, 2018
From: TRELLEBORG VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
To: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 044613/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2015
From: DUERRE, MARKUS; SINGLER, WADE
To: TRELLEBORG VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 035874/0066 →
Continuity (1)
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