Double damped flywheel, particularly for automotive vehicles

A double damped flywheel, particularly for an automotive vehicle, of the kind comprising two coaxial masses which are mounted so as to be rotatable relative to each other, a first mass which includes at least one face plate, and a second mass which includes at least one damper plate and a reaction plate, a support member to which said first mass is fixed, bearing means mounted between the reaction plate and the support member, circumferentially acting resilient means mounted between said first and second masses and damping means mounted between said first and second masses, said resilient means and damping means being such as to act on both said first and second masses, characterised in that delayed action coupling means defining a circumferential clearance for initial relative retational displacement between the reaction plate and damper plate, are provided between the reaction plate and damper plate, in such a way as to produce a common rotation of the reaction plate and the damper plate after the clearance has been taken up, and the damping means operating after the clearance has been taken up.