Flywheel for an internal combustion engine

Flywheel device for internal combustion engines comprising a first rotatable flywheel mass adapted to be connected to an output shaft from the engine, a second rotatable flywheel mass adapted to be coupled via a friction clutch to an input shaft of a transmission, and spring means acting between said masses for transmitting torque between said masses, said spring means comprising first and second spring means (40a, 40b) arranged to transmit torque between the masses, the first spring means (40a) being disposed without a play between support means (5, 6, 18) that are rigidly joined to said masses (1, 2), while said second spring means (40b), in the torque-unloaded state of the masses, is arranged with a play ("s") between cooperating said support means (5, 6, 18), and wherein each said first and second spring means (40a, 40b) is joined to a respective centering means (30, 32), such that in the torque-unloaded state, the centering means of said second spring means (40b) centers the second spring means (40b) between said cooperating support means (5, 6, 18) in the direction of rotation of said masses in an unbiased state.