Series spring torsional vibration damper
AssigneeBorg-Warner Corporation
InventorsDon R. Fall, Paul E. Lamarche
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Abstract
A torsional vibration damper assembly for use in a torsion coupling or clutch arrangement to provide a low spring rate, high deflection amplitude characteristic. The assembly includes an input means having driving members operatively connected thereto, a hub assembly adapted to be operatively connected to an output means and including a housing containing at least one hub barrel and drive plates secured thereto, a plurality of floating spacers, and a plurality of compression spring sets which are arranged in two groups operating in parallel with the spring sets of each group operating in series.
Claims30
A vibration damper assembly to transmit torque between driving and driven elements, comprising an input member operatively associated with torque input means, a hub assembly operatively connected to torque output means, a housing encompassing said hub assembly, floating spacers within said housing, resilient means in said housing between said spacers, said hub assembly including a pair of oppositely disposed arms adapted to engage said resilient means, and a pair of drive members secured to said input member and extending into said housing into the path of and engaging said resilient means.
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