Damping apparatus and method for assembly

A method for assembling a damping device that comprises at least one mass element, at least one fastening element for fastening the damping device to a vehicle part or an adjacent vehicle part, and at least one spring device which connects the mass element to the fastening element in a manner capable of oscillation, the method comprising:

• providing or inserting the at least one spring device into an opening of the mass element or the fastening element, so that a fastening means of the spring device positively engages a fastening device of the mass element or the fastening element;
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• extending or pressing at least a section of the fastening element or of the mass element into a through opening of the spring device until a first supporting portion of the spring device abuts against a first support surface of the mass element or the fastening element and a second supporting portion of the spring device abuts against a second support surface of the mass element or the fastening element, or inserting at least a portion of the fastening element or of the mass element into a through opening of the spring device until a first supporting portion of the spring device abuts against a support surface of the mass element or of the fastening element and a second support section of the spring device abuts against a second support surface of the vehicle part, and fastening the damping device to the vehicle part or a vehicle part adjacent thereto;
• wherein either the fastening device is arranged between supporting devices in an axial direction, or the supporting devices are arranged between at least two fastening devices in the axial direction.

A damping device for absorbing and/or damping vibrations of a vehicle part or for isolating and/or damping a vibrating vehicle component, the damping device comprising:

• at least one mass element,
• at least one fastening element for fastening the damping device to the vehicle part or to a vehicle part adjacent to the mass element, and
• at least one spring device that connects the mass element to the fastening element in a manner capable of oscillation,
• wherein the mass element or the fastening element have at least one fastening device for fastening the spring device, the other one of the mass element and fastening element or the vehicle part comprises at least two supporting devices for supporting the spring device, the spring device comprises at least one fastening means fixed to the fastening device and at least two supporting portions which are supported in an opposite axial direction on the supporting device, the fastening device and the at least two supporting devices are spaced apart from one another in the axial direction such that, when the supporting portions bear against the supporting devices, the spring device is prestressed;
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• wherein the fastening device is formed in one piece and is made from the same material as the fastening element or the mass element;
• the spring device is inserted into an opening of the mass element;
• and at least one section of the fastening element is inserted into a through opening of the spring device.