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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Karly R. Miller, Orland Park, IL (US);
Steven L. Bivens, Kankakee, IL (US);
Jeffrey S. Cascio, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Daniel T. Lindsey, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A damper assembly () is configured to dampen motion between a first component and a second component. The damper assembly () includes a housing () having at least one housing rotation-limiting protuberance (). A rotor () is rotatably coupled to the housing (). The rotor () includes at least one rotor rotation-limiting protuberance (). The housing rotation-limiting protuberance(s) () and the rotor rotation-limiting protuberance(s) () cooperate to limit a range of rotation of the rotor () relative to the housing ().