IP Library Granted Patent US 9,404,555
Granted Patent B2
US 9,404,555 · App. 14/441,994 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Centrifugal pendulum damping device

Inventors: Fumiya Nishii (Wako, JP); Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
F16F15/145
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Patent No.
US 9,404,555
App. No.
14/441,994
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A centrifugal pendulum damping device includes a support body provided with a pair of first curved tracks and fixed to a rotating shaft, inertial masses provided with a pair of second curved tracks and supported on an outer peripheral part of the support body, and pins rollably fitted in a section where a first and second curved track intersect each other. Since the shapes of the pair of first curved tracks are different from each other and the shapes of the pair of second curved tracks are different from each other, the inertial mass moves rotationally and translationally in the peripheral direction of the support body, which improves damping low frequency vibration performance. Since the inertial mass moves rotationally, it is less likely to extend outside the region of the support body.

Claims (12)

1. A centrifugal pendulum damping device comprising:

a rotating shaft whose rotational speed varies;

a support body that is provided on the rotating shaft;

a plurality of inertial masses respectively supported on a plurality of regions divided in a peripheral direction of an outer peripheral part of the support body;

a pair of first curved tracks provided in each of the plurality of regions of the support body;

a pair of second curved tracks provided in each of the plurality of inertial masses and curved in a direction opposite to that of the pair of first curved tracks; and

a plurality of pins rollably fitted in a section where the pair of first curved tracks and the pair of second curved tracks intersect each other, a damping operation being exhibited by the plurality of inertial masses undergoing pendular oscillation in a trajectory according to the shape of the pair of first curved tracks and the pair of second curved tracks with respect to the support body, wherein

the pair of first curved tracks have different shapes from each other, and

the pair of second curved tracks have different shapes from each other.

2. The centrifugal pendulum damping device according to claim 1 , wherein the length of a first segment joining a center of the radius of curvature of one of the pair of first curved tracks and a center of the radius of curvature of one of the pair of second curved tracks is different from the length of a second segment joining a center of the radius of curvature of the other of the pair of first curved tracks and a center of the radius of curvature of the other of the pair of second curved tracks.

3. The centrifugal pendulum damping device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of inertial masses has a larger mass for an outer end part thereof than for a middle part thereof.

4. The centrifugal pendulum damping device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of inertial masses has a larger mass for an outer end part thereof than for a middle part thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2015
From: NISHII, FUMIYA; YAMAMOTO, KAZUHIKO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035609/0611 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-257041 · Nov 26, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150292594A1 · Oct 15, 2015