Rotary damper
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorMARCO WILLEMS
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Abstract
A rotary damper includes a damper motor and a damper housing in surrounding relationship to the damper motor. The damper housing has a connection piece for mounting the damper housing to a first mass. An articulated lever is swingably mounted in relation to the damper housing and connected to a second mass. The articulated lever has a lobe which is movable during a swinging motion of the articulated lever in relation to the damper housing along a movement path between two stops which are connected to the damper housing. A gear mechanism transmits and/or converts a relative rotational movement between the first and second masses to the damper motor for vibration damping.
Claims8
A rotary damper, comprising:
- a damper motor;
- a damper housing in surrounding relationship to the damper motor, said damper housing having a connection piece for mounting the damper housing to a first mass;
- an articulated lever swingably mounted in relation to the damper housing and connected to a second mass, said articulated lever having a lobe movable during a swinging motion of the articulated lever in relation to the damper housing along a movement path between two stops which are connected to the damper housing;
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- a gear mechanism configured to transmit and/or convert a relative rotational movement between the first and second masses to the damper motor for vibration damping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.