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Granted Patent B2
US 11,732,517 · App. 17/309,866 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Damper device

Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Yota Miyoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
E05F3/14A47K13/12F16F9/16E05Y2201/212E05Y2201/224E05Y2201/638
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Patent No.
US 11,732,517
App. No.
17/309,866
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a damper device capable of increasing torque of a coil spring without increasing an outer diameter of a case. The damper device includes the case ( 2 ), a shaft ( 3 ) that is relatively rotatable with respect to the case ( 2 ), fluid filled in a damper chamber ( 5 ) formed between the case ( 2 ) and the shaft ( 3 ), a bearing member ( 4 ) that forms a partition wall ( 5 a ) that closes one end of the damper chamber ( 5 ) in an axial direction and is separate from the shaft ( 3 ), and a coil spring ( 9 ) having one end connected to a side of the case ( 2 ) and the other end connected to the shaft ( 3 ) or the bearing member ( 4 ) to apply torque to the shaft ( 3 ) with respect to the case ( 2 ). The bearing member ( 4 ) is arranged between a winding portion ( 9 a ) of the coil spring ( 9 ) and the damper chamber.

Claims (16)

1. A damper device comprising:

a case,

a shaft that is relatively rotatable with respect to the case,

fluid filled in a damper chamber formed between the case and the shaft,

a bearing member that forms a partition wall that closes one end of the damper chamber in an axial direction and is separate from the shaft, and

a coil spring having one end connected to a side of the case and the other end connected to the shaft or the bearing member to apply torque to the shaft with respect to the case,

wherein the bearing member is arranged between a winding portion of the coil spring and the damper chamber, and the winding portion of the coil spring and the damper chamber are separated from each other in the axial direction,

wherein a sliding sealing member is arranged between the bearing member and the shaft that is rotatable with respect to the bearing member, and a fixed sealing member is arranged between the case and the bearing member that is non-rotatable with respect to the case.

2. The damper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a sliding sealing member is arranged between the case and the bearing member that is rotatable with respect to the case, and the shaft is non-rotatable with respect to the bearing member.

3. The damper device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the shaft, the bearing member and the coil spring are inserted into the case in the same direction.

4. The damper device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a lid member screwed onto an inner surface of the case and a spring holding member that is sandwiched between the lid member and the bearing member and is non-rotatable with respect to the case and movable in the axial direction.

5. The damper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shaft, the bearing member and the coil spring are inserted into the case in the same direction.

6. The damper device as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a lid member screwed onto an inner surface of the case and a spring holding member that is sandwiched between the lid member and the bearing member and is non-rotatable with respect to the case and movable in the axial direction.

7. The damper device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a lid member screwed onto an inner surface of the case and a spring holding member that is sandwiched between the lid member and the bearing member and is non-rotatable with respect to the case and movable in the axial direction.

8. The damper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shaft, the bearing member and the coil spring are inserted into the case in the same direction.

9. The damper device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a lid member screwed onto an inner surface of the case and a spring holding member that is sandwiched between the lid member and the bearing member and is non-rotatable with respect to the case and movable in the axial direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2021
From: YOSHIDA, MASAHIRO; MIYOSHI, YOTA
To: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056676/0212 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-244675 · Dec 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220049535A1 · Feb 17, 2022
Cited By (1)
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