| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE38691 |
Flywheel assembly with annular elastic body for reducing vibrations |
February 1, 2005 |
| A flywheel assembly comprises a flywheel having a friction surface, a flexible plate, and a stopper plate serving as a stopper mechanism. The above-described flexible plate is flexible in the bending direction and rigid in the rotational direction, and has a radially outer portion fixed |
| 6257383 |
Lockup damper, lockup mechanism and damper mechanism of torque converter |
July 10, 2001 |
| A lockup damper included in a lockup mechanism 8 of a torque converter 1 includes a piston member 9, a driven member 10, coil springs 13 and seat members 40. The coil spring 13 is arranged between the piston member 9 and the driven member 10. The seat member 40 is attached to the driven |
| 6145820 |
Fluid filled dampening mechanism utilizing a fluid having a thick viscosity |
November 14, 2000 |
| The present invention relates to a clutch disk assembly having a dampening mechanism which includes a hub and a pair of plates joined together at a radial outer portion thereof. The hub and the plates define a generally annular fluid chamber therebetween. An undulated flat-spring is disp |
| 6079531 |
Lockup damper, lockup mechanism and damper mechanism of torque converter |
June 27, 2000 |
| A lockup damper included in a lockup mechanism 8 of a torque converter 1 includes a piston member 9, a driven member 10, coil springs 13 and seat members 40. The coil spring 13 is arranged between the piston member 9 and the driven member 10. The seat member 40 is attached to the driven |
| 6056102 |
Lockup damper, lockup mechanism and damper mechanism of torque converter |
May 2, 2000 |
| A lockup damper included in a lockup mechanism 8 of a torque converter 1 includes a piston member 9, a driven member 10, coil springs 13 and seat members 40. The coil spring 13 is arranged between the piston member 9 and the driven member 10. The seat member 40 is attached to the driven |
| 5941354 |
Lockup damper of torque converter |
August 24, 1999 |
| A lockup damper of a torque converter 1 includes a retaining plate 14, a driven member 10, first coil springs 13A, second coil springs 13B and an intermediate plate 30. The first coil springs 13A are disposed between the retaining plate 14 and the driven plate 10. The second coil springs |
| 5687618 |
Flywheel assembly |
November 18, 1997 |
| A flywheel assembly comprises a first flywheel connectable to an engine, a second flywheel, and an inter-flywheel viscous damping mechanism, providing viscous damping through a fluid of flywheel torsional vibrations. The second flywheel is rotatably supported on the first flywheel an |
| 5562541 |
Folded flat-spring and device into which the folded flat-spring is incorporated |
October 8, 1996 |
| A flywheel assembly having a clutch disk and at least one flywheel includes the use of at least one undulated ribbon spring formed of an elongated metallic strip, folded in accordion fashion, having an arcuate shape and having a plurality of flat-spring loop sections symmetrically stagge |
| 5515745 |
Flywheel assembly with annular elastic body for reducing vibrations |
May 14, 1996 |
| A flywheel assembly comprises a flywheel having a friction surface, a flexible plate, and a stopper plate serving as a stopper mechanism. The above-described flexible plate is flexible in the bending direction and rigid in the rotational direction, and has a radially outer portion fixed |
| 5511446 |
Flywheel assembly |
April 30, 1996 |
| A flywheel assembly comprises a first flywheel connectable to an engine, a second flywheel, and an inter-flywheel viscous damping mechanism, providing viscous damping through a fluid of flywheel torsional vibrations. The second flywheel is rotatably supported on the first flywheel an |
| 5367921 |
Flywheel assembly |
November 29, 1994 |
| A flywheel assembly comprises a first flywheel connectable to an engine crankshaft, a second flywheel on which a clutch mountable, rotatably supported by the first flywheel, and a replaceable inter-flywheel drive-driven plates/damper unit. The unit is composed of a drive plate sandwi |
| 5355747 |
Flywheel assembly |
October 18, 1994 |
| A flywheel assembly comprises a first flywheel connectable an engine, a second flywheel, and an inter-flywheel viscous damping mechanism, providing viscous damping through a fluid of flywheel torsional vibrations. The second flywheel, is rotatably supported on the first flywheel and |
| 5269198 |
Liquid viscous damper |
December 14, 1993 |
| A liquid viscous damper having drive plates (3) and driven plates (23) in a case (1). The drive plates (3) have an annular housing (35) mounted thereon and slidable relative to drive plates (3) in a circumferential direction. A maximum torsional torque limiting stopper mechanism is i |
| 5249659 |
Viscous-fluid disc damper |
October 5, 1993 |
| A viscous-fluid disc damper includes an input-side drive plate having a containing space, an output-side driven plate disposed in the containing space, and a viscous fluid medium damper mechanism arranged between both plates for absorbing torsional torque. The damper mechanism has a flui |
| 5180044 |
Liquid viscous damper |
January 19, 1993 |
| A viscous liquid damper having a damper for developing a torsion torque in between an output-side driven plate (23) and an input-side drive plate (3), and a liquid chamber located between the drive plates (3) is partitioned into front and rear divided chamber (38 & 39) in rotation di |
| 5097722 |
Liquid viscous damper |
March 24, 1992 |
| A viscous liquid damper in which a projection (27) protruding in a notch (20) of a flange (2) is formed on a side plate body (3), so that a liquid chamber in the notch (20) is partitioned into circumferential front and rear divided-chambers (28 & 29) and a main choke (A1) is formed. In o |
| 4979602 |
Release device for a clutch |
December 25, 1990 |
| A release device for a clutch comprising a cylinder disposed within a clutch housing and having a cylindrical intermediate wall portion projecting toward a release bearing, a piston having a cylindrical hollow portion and connected to the release bearing, the intermediate wall portio |
| 4844216 |
Torque converter provided with vibration damper |
July 4, 1989 |
| A torque converter provided with a vibration damper includes an input member, an pump connected to the input member, a turbine located between the pump and the input member, a lock-up clutch disk frictionally engagable with the input member, an output shaft connected to the turbine a |
| 4573945 |
Damper disc of a long travel type |
March 4, 1986 |
| A damper disc of a long travel type has a hub adapted to be connected to an output shaft; circumferentially spaced flanges projecting radially outwardly from the outer periphery of the hub; a pair of side plates connected to a torque input portion, disposed at both sides of the flanges |
| 4569668 |
Damper disc |
February 11, 1986 |
| A damper disc providing a sub-damper comprising a torsion spring compressively provided along a circumferential line at an outer peripheral portion of a flange of a hub, a circular arc weight concentrically and freely rotatably supported by the flange and an end portion thereof being |
