Back to results
US 2020/0393033 A1Published application
Isolator
AssigneeThe Gates Corporation
InventorsAnthony R. Mora, Alexander Serkh, Keming Liu, Xiaohua Joe Chen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An isolator comprising a pulley having a pulley stop, a plate attached to the pulley, a shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft, a torsion spring attached to the shaft, a damping member attached to the torsion spring, the damping member disposed between the plate and the pulley, and the damping member compressing a damping fluid against the pulley stop.
Claims19
An isolator comprising:
- a pulley having a pulley stop;
- a plate attached to the pulley;
- a shaft;
- the pulley journalled to the shaft;
- a torsion spring attached to the shaft;
- a damping member attached to the torsion spring, the damping member disposed between the plate and the pulley;
- and
- the damping member compressing a damping fluid against the pulley stop.
5 more elements
An isolator comprising:
- a pulley having a pulley stop;
- a shaft;
- the pulley journalled to the shaft;
- a torsion spring attached to the shaft;
- a damping member attached to the torsion spring;
- and
- the damping member compressing a damping fluid against the pulley stop.
4 more elements
An isolator comprising:
- a pulley having a pulley stop;
- a shaft;
- the pulley journalled to the shaft;
- a torsion spring attached to the shaft;
- a damping member attached to the torsion spring, the damping member comprising at least one radial extension that cooperates with the pulley stop;
- the pulley having a receiver receiving a damping fluid and the damping member;
- a cover member attached to the pulley enclosing the receiver;
- and
- the damping member compressing the damping fluid against the pulley stop, the viscosity of the damping fluid in the range of 68 cSt at 40 degC. to 3000 cSt at 40 degC.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.