IP Library Granted Patent US 10,788,098
Granted Patent B2
US 10,788,098 · App. 15/754,152 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Clutch disk comprising a centrifugal pendulum

Inventors: Uwe Weller (Karlsruhe, DE); Steffen Lehmann (Ettlingen, DE); Alain Rusch (Gambsheim, DE); Evgenij Franz (Rastatt, DE); Walter Hepperle (Offenburg, DE)
Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
F16F15/13492F16D13/64F16F15/1343F16F15/13461F16F15/13484F16F15/145F16D2300/22F16H45/02F16H2045/0226F16H2045/0263
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Patent No.
US 10,788,098
App. No.
15/754,152
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to clutch disc comprising a torsional vibration damper which has an inlet part and an outlet part and a spring device operatively arranged in the peripheral direction between the input part and the output part, wherein the spring device is formed from the first and second spring elements connected behind one another and separated by an intermediate flange, and a centrifugal pendulum which has a pendulum mass carrier arranged about an axis of rotation of the clutch disc and pendulum masses accommodated on same on pendulum paths for oscillation and arranged in a distributed manner over the periphery. In order to improve the insulation effect of the torsional vibration damper and the centrifugal pendulum and/or better adjust same to the required application, the pendulum mass carrier is coupled for conjoint rotation with the intermediate flange and centrally accommodated on the output part.

Claims (26)

1. A clutch disk comprising:

a rotation axis;

a torsional vibration damper comprising:

an input portion; and

an output portion comprising a hub;

a first output-side flange portion arranged with backlash on the hub;

a second output-side flange portion arranged with backlash on the hub; and

a resilient device, comprising:

an intermediate flange;

a first resilient element arranged to apply a first rotational force to the intermediate flange in a first rotational direction and arranged to apply a second rotational force to the first output-side flange portion in a second rotational direction, opposite the first rotational direction; and

a second resilient elements arranged to apply a third rotational force to the intermediate flange in the second rotational direction, and arranged to apply a fourth rotational force to the second output-side flange portion in the first rotational direction; and

a centrifugal pendulum comprising:

a pendulum mass carrier arranged around the rotation axis and rotationally fixed to the intermediate flange; and

pendulum masses capable of oscillating relative to the pendulum mass carrier.

2. The clutch disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pendulum mass carrier is received on the hub so as to be rotatable in a limited manner and centered thereon.

3. The clutch disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a friction sleeve is arranged between the pendulum mass carrier and the hub.

4. The clutch disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the torsional vibration damper and the centrifugal pendulum are arranged axially beside each other.

5. The clutch disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pendulum mass carrier is connected to the intermediate flange via axially orientated spacer bolts which engage through a flange portion of the input portion which receives friction linings.

6. The clutch disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pendulum mass carrier is constructed as a pendulum flange having pendulum masses arranged at both sides.

7. The clutch disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pendulum mass carrier is formed by two lateral portions which are arranged axially beside each other and which are axially spaced apart at a pendulum portion and which receive the pendulum masses between them.

8. The clutch disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pendulum masses are supported via radially effective resilient elements with respect to the pendulum mass carrier.

9. The clutch disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second resilient elements have the same rigidity.

10. The clutch disk of claim 1 , wherein the input portion includes two axially spaced-apart flange portions secured to one another.

11. The clutch disk of claim 10 , wherein the two axially spaced-apart flange portions are connected via spacer bolts extending through apertures in the intermediate flange.

12. The clutch disk of claim 1 , wherein the hub extends along the rotation axis and the first output-side flange portion and the second output-side flange portion are spaced apart from one another and attached to the hub via a tooth arrangement.

13. The clutch disk of claim 12 , wherein the pendulum mass carrier is rotatably connected to the hub.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2018
From: WELLER, UWE; LEHMANN, STEFFEN; RUSCH, ALAIN; FRANZ, EVGENIJ; HEPPERLE, WALTER
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 216 356 · Aug 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180245664A1 · Aug 30, 2018