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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Matthias Kram, Nordheim am Main, DE;
Mathias Kopp, Bamberg, DE;
Armin Stürmer, Rannungen, DE;
Andreas Orlamünder, Schonungen, DE;
Assignee:
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/14 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/145 (2013.01); F16F 2222/08 (2013.01); F16F 2228/001 (2013.01); F16F 2228/066 (2013.01); F16F 2232/02 (2013.01); F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0263 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque transmission device including a speed-adaptive vibration absorber having an absorber mass that is arranged inside a housing, which is at least partially filled with a working medium. The vibration absorber is designed to compensate for vibration angle-independent and vibration angle-dependent damping effects by the working medium in the operating state.