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US 11,162,570 B2Granted
Torsional damper
AssigneesNok Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinya Kinoshita, Yuk Ito, Takashi Kondo, Masaya Miyazawa, Kei Mochizuki
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Abstract
In a torsional damper, a damper mass is connected to a hub through a damper rubber. The hub is provided with a boss fixed to a crankshaft and a rim holding the damper rubber. The boss and the rim are coupled by plurality of spokes. The plurality of spokes each has an inclined shape inclined in the axial direction. Reinforcement portion is provided in the spokes in one direction corresponding to a bending vibration to be input among the plurality of spokes.
Claims4
A torsional damper, comprising:
- a hub having a boss fixed to a crankshaft and a rim provided on an outer periphery side of the boss and coupling the boss and the rim through a plurality of spokes branched in a radiation direction from the boss;
- a damper mass connected to the hub through a damper rubber;
- an inclined shape inclining the plurality of spokes in an axial direction;
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- reinforcement portion provided in the spokes in one direction corresponding to a bending vibration to be input among the plurality of spokes,
- wherein the hub concentrically has a tubular jig catcher for engaging a whirl-stop jig,
- the reinforcement portion has a rib shape connecting an inner periphery of the rim and an outer peripheral surface of the jig catcher,
- the jig catcher has a polygonal-shaped outer peripheral surface, and
- the reinforcement portion of the rib shape is coupled to a corner of the jig catcher.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.