Firma Carl Freudenberg

Metzeler Kautschuk Gmbh

Sgf Süddeutsche Gelenkscheibenfabrik Gmbh & Co. Kg

Rainer H Andra

Manfred Hofmann

Gunter Ullrich

Klaus Kurr

Wolfgang Nindel

Bernhard Rohrig

Georg Schafer

Wilfried Schneider

Friedrich Reinhold

Gunter Engemann

Anton Hingerl

Manfred Hofman

Udo Dorge

Werner Bauer

Vibration damping, torsionally elastic shaft coupling, especially for a

Method for manufacturing flexible disks

A torsional vibration damper has a longitudinal axis of rotation about which an inertial damping mass is disposed. The inertial damping mass, which may be in the form of a ring, surrounds the periphery of a central hub connected to a shaft to be damped. The hub is connected to the damping mass by an elastic ring disposed in the space between the damping mass and hub to connect the damping mass and hub. The elastic ring may be formed of rubber or other suitable elastomeric material, and has a longitudinal profile that varies along the circumferential direction of the elastic ring.

Torsion vibration damper

A process of producing a torsional vibration damper, in which a flywheel ring is supported on a hub ring by means of a rubber-elastic body of annular configuration which is vulcanized to both ring surfaces. The elastic body contains a loosely embedded guiding ring which improves the radial and axial guidance of the flywheel ring.

Process of producing a torsional vibration damper with a loosely

Torsional vibration damper

A torsional vibration damper having a longitudinal axis of rotation includes a central hub and a rotatable inertial ring surrounding the central hub that are connected together by a damping element arranged in the clearance space between the hub and inertial ring. The damping element comprises an outer ring, an inner ring and a flange ring disposed therebetween. The outer ring is connected between substantially axially, opposed adhesive surfaces of the inertial ring and the flange ring, respectively. The inner ring is connected between substantially radially opposed, adhesive surfaces of the flange ring and the hub ring. The adhesive surfaces of the hub ring and the flange ring each surround the axis of rotation at a radial distance that continuously varies along the circumferential direction.

Torsional vibration damper with an undulating damping ring

Process for manufacturing a torsional vibration damping device where a vulcanizable rubber mixture is placed in the interspace between a pot-like hub ring and an inertial ring. The hub ring is permanently expanded in radial direction following the vulcanization of the rubber mixture or the inertial ring is compressed towards the inside.

Process for manufacturing a torsional vibration damping device

A torsional vibration damper in which the hub ring and the flyring are interconnected through vulcanized-in basic resilient elements as well as resilient units made of rubber that are uniformly distributed around the circumference. These consist of columnar first and second resilient elements which at their outer surfaces merge into one another and at their inner surfaces are spaced from one another. The second resilient elements are precompressed by the first resilient elements and, when the torsional vibration damper is not rotating, are spaced at their outer surfaces from the inner surface of the flyring. At a desired speed of rotation, they are caused by centrifugal force to bear immovably on the inner surface of the flyring. This mechanical connection places their spring action in parallel with the spring action of the basic resilient elements.

A torsion-vibration damper comprising a driving ring and take-off ring that are rotatable relative to each other, segment chambers spaced from the axis of rotation, the chambers being bounded by the driving ring and the take-off ring and divided into subchambers by a partition, the subchambers being connected by at least one connecting opening and having at least one boundary formed of a resilient wall part.

Torsion-vibration damper

A torsional vibration damper comprising a hub ring (2) surrounded by a flyring (1), the two being united by at least one resilient member and being angularly displaceable relative to each other, the resilient member (3, 4) being of columnar shape and extending in the radial direction, and a clearance (6) being provided next to the resilient member in the circumferential direction between the hub ring and the flyring. The resilient member comprises a radially inner first resilient element (3) and a radially outer second resilient element (4). The ends facing each other of the first and second resilient elements (3, 4) are fastened on the inside and outside to one end (5) of a one-armed lever (7) which projects into the clearance (6) between the hub ring and flyring. The other end (8) of the lever (7) is adapted to be caused by the centrifugal force generated at a particular speed of rotation to bear undislodgeably and with deformation of the first and second resilient elements (3, 4) on the opposite facing flyring surface (9) which outwardly bounds the clearance (6) to effect an uncoupling of the spring action of the second resilient element (4) from that of the first resilient element (3).

An engine mount with hydraulic damping, includes at least one fluid-filled working chamber having a substantially conical shell-shaped rubber-elastic peripheral wall serving as a support spring, a support ring being connected to the peripheral wall and having an upper surface, a thrust element with adjustable radial stiffness in the form of a holding plate vulcanized to the upper surface of the support ring and closing the working chamber along with the support ring, the holding plate having a central cylindrical portion projecting freely into the working chamber and having an inner surface, a bell-shaped expanded ring projecting from the inner surface on the cylindrical portion toward the peripheral wall and having a free end, and a rubber-elastic membrane closing the free end of the expanded ring enclosing a volume of air.

Engine mount with hydraulic damping

A two-chamber engine mount with hydraulic damping includes an engine side to be connected to an engine, fluid-filled chambers having rubber-elastic peripheral walls including a chamber disposed closer to the engine side, an intermediate plate disposed between the chambers having a conduit disposed therein through which the chambers are interconnected, an engine support plate at the engine side having a first membrane chamber formed therein, a first membrane closing off the first membrane chamber, the intermediate plate having a second central membrane chamber formed therein, and a second membrane closing off the second membrane chamber from the fluid-filled chamber to the engine side.

Two-chamber engine mount with hydraulic damping

A two-chamber engine mount with hydraulic damping includes rubber-elastic peripheral walls, a rigid intermediate plate disposed within the peripheral walls defining two chambers along with the peripheral walls being acted upon by vibrations induced in a given direction, hydraulic fluid filling the chambers, the intermediate plate having a channel formed therein interconnecting the chambers, the intermediate plate having another chamber formed therein, and a rubber-elastic membrane disc having two sides and being loosely disposed in the other chamber, both of the sides of the membrane disc being acted upon by the hydraulic fluid moving the membrane disc parallel to the given direction for combined frequency and amplitude decoupling.

A pretensionable and hydraulically damped mounting element with an outer mounting sleeve, and an inner part which is held by an elastomeric body in the interior of the outer mounting sleeve, the elastomeric body above and below the inner part being formed with chambers serving as a mechanical spring and being filled with hydraulic fluid and connected to one another via a channel includes end caps located at respective end faces of the mounting element and being formed of elastic, deformable elastomeric material, the elastomeric body extending from the inner part substantially radially outwardly towards opposite sides of the outer mounting sleeve, the elastomeric body and at least one of the end caps defining the channel therebetween, the channel having a varying cross section.

Pretensionable and hydraulically damped mounting element

A two-chamber engine mount with hydraulic damping includes a housing having rubber-elastic peripheral walls and an engine side to be connected to an engine, an intermediate plate dividing the housing into fluid-filled chambers being in communication with each other through a penetration formed in the intermediate plate, and an active vibration generator being integrated into one of the fluid-filled chambers closest to the engine side and being controllable in dependence on predetermined operating parameters.

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Rainer H Andra