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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Suhale Manzoor, Plymouth, MI (US);
Inventor:
Suhale Manzoor, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
DAYCO IP Holdings, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/10 (2006.01); F16F 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/1442 (2013.01); F16F 15/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Torsional vibration dampers are disclosed that include a hub and an inertia member disposed concentric with and spaced radially outward or radially inward from the hub that together define a plurality of pockets therebetween each having a spool-shaped receptacle. A plurality of spool-shaped elastomeric plugs, one each, are seated in the spool-shaped receptacles. When the inertia member is spaced radially outward of the hub, the hub is mountable on a shaft, and when the inertia member is spaced radially inward of the hub, the hub is mountable inside a shaft. Methods of making the torsional vibration dampers are also disclosed.